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Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Challenges and opportunities for greater participation

Published on: 1 June 2018

SMI's Lynda Lawson co-writes new International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) report for the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development.
Boost for energy efficiency in comminution

Published on: 1 June 2018

A new $469,000, three-year project has been launched to help mining and METS companies improve the energy efficiency of comminution processes.
Vietnamese miners look to New Acland for best practice rehabilitation and operations

Published on: 24 May 2018

Fifteen Vietnamese mining leaders toured New Acland Mine on Monday as part of a study tour exploring best practice and innovation in Australian mining that SMI is delivering.
CSRM at mined lands conference

Published on: 17 May 2018

Jo-Anne Everingham gave a plenary address and ran a workshop at the 8th Annual Best Practice Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Conference (2018) organised by the Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment (TFI), the University of Newcastle on 12 April 2018.
New Discussion Paper: Mine Closure and Social Performance

Published on: 15 May 2018

CSRM have just released a new discussion paper on the social aspects of mine closure through their Social Aspects of Mine Closure Consortium.
How SMI is helping the jewellery industry clean up its act

Published on: 4 May 2018

The Gemstones and Sustainable Development Knowledge Hub – a project launched in 2017 by the University of Delaware, The University of Queensland and the University of Lausanne research mentioned in Vogue Australia.
Giant outback rock library helping change the face of mining exploration

Published on: 27 April 2018

A giant library filled with different types of rocks from north-west Queensland has been set up in Mount Isa, in an attempt to revolutionise mining exploration.
Mining Leaders Program 2018

Published on: 20 April 2018

The University of Queensland with UQ Business School, Executive Education and the Sustainable Minerals Institute are partnering for the 2018 Mining Leaders Program. Applications are still open.
Can we measure a contribution of mining to the SDGs?

Published on: 20 April 2018

Kathryn Sturman addressed a Roundtable Discussion on Extractives and the SDGs: Partnerships to progress the goals hosted by Cardno, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network in Melbourne on 10 April 2018.
Dr Grant Ballantyne 2017 winner of the Minerals Engineering International Young Person's Award

Published on: 17 April 2018

Dr Grant Ballantyne is the recipient of the 2017 Minerals Engineering International Young Person’s Award which was presented at the MEI Comminution ’18 Conference in Cape Town. This award is bestowed upon an outstanding candidate under the age of 35.

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