Copper is a powerhouse metal of the energy transition but getting it out of the ground from tough minerals like chalcopyrite is no easy feat. MIWATCH Post-Doc Eric O Ansah explains new research.
Many of us at MIWATCH started out in Environmental Geochemistry to tackle the challenge of acid and metalliferous drainage (or AMD). Motivated by that, we are excited to welcome new postdoc, Dr Elin Jennings.
Research Assistant Rose Ridgeway reflects on her first trip with MIWATCH to the abandoned fancy yellow diamond mine in Ellendale, based about an hour and a half’s drive from Derby in Western Australia.
Last week, MIWATCH welcomed Dr. Steve Jason Chingwaru a geometallurgist and postdoctoral researcher from Zimbabwe. Steve recently completed his PhD which centred on the geometallurgical characterization and deportment of gold in one of the largest historical tailings reservoirs of the Witwatersrand.
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!
