MIWATCH Blog

Recently published her first authored paper, PhD student Olivia Mejías shares the journey and challenges she had in writing this paper on the current state of knowledge regarding the cycling of indium.

MIWATCH group members Rosie Blannin, Loren Nicholls, and Olivia Mejías recount their time at the 17th Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) Biennial Meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.

A new generation of geoscientists interested in critical metals and sustainable mining are coming to the fore in the Society of Economic Geologists.

Olivia Mejías travelled to Perth to visit the John de Laeter Research Centre at Curtin University to access the Atom Tomography Probe (ATP) and uncover the critical metal indium hidden in mine waste.

Loren Nicholls, who recently presented at the AusIMM Life of Mine Conference 2023, gives a wrap up on her experience at the conference days.

Associate Professor Anita Parbhakar-Fox reflects on the war on waste and the waste footprint related to metal consumption.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Sibele Nascimento's new paper investigates the long-term impact of historical mining on water quality at Mount Lyell.

Postdoctoral researcher Allan Silva Gomes shares his first fieldwork experience as part of the Mine Waste Transformation through Characterisation (MIWATCH) team.

Several MIWATCH group members made the trip to Perth to attend the Australian Earth Sciences Convention.

Loren Nicholls talks about the MIWATCH delegation at the World Mining Congress 2023 in Brisbane