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SMI welcomes three new HDR students

30 Apr 2020

As a result of the COVID-19 restrictions, many of you will not have had the chance to meet SMI's newest students in person. So we are taking this opportunity to introduce you to Nurassyl (BRC), Roneel (JKMRC), and Fitsum (CSRM).

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Nurassyl Battalgazy ( W.H. Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre)
Thesis topic: Geostatistical Modelling of Complex Orebodies
 
 
 
Fitsum Weldegiorgis (Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining)
Thesis topic: Mining and economic development linkages in the resource-rich African countries
 
 
Roneel Narayan  (Newcrest HDR candidate, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre)
Thesis topic: Plant Strategies for Tailings Management
 
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