Spring seems to have sprung early in Brisbane and with it MIWATCH welcomes two new starters – Dr Eric O Ansah starting as a postdoctoral researcher and Master of Sciences Candidate Pamela Curi.
We all have expectations and prophecy about how things will go, but we can't always predict challenges. Sometimes, they come up because of decisions we made that have little or no interaction with what is waiting for us.
Earlier this year, the MIWATCH team made the move to North Wing, one of the oldest parts of the UQ Experimental Mine Site at Indooroopilly, Queensland.
Before the inaugural Australian Mine Waste Symposium in February 2024 (was it that long ago now!), I had the opportunity to meet with Professor Iain Stewart who inspired many high school students (particularly in the UK) to become geologists!
Enrique Sáez Salgado shares his insights from his recent industrial student placement at Teck Mining Company in Trail, Canada, focusing on the Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 project in Chile.