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Smart water supply planning tools demonstrated to public and mining industry

Published on: 6 May 2022

The Sustainable Minerals Institute’s Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE-Chile) is exploring how to integrate the region’s water-supply planning using two tools, working with private and public sectors.
UQ collaborates on a trailblazing sustainable energy project

Published on: 19 April 2022

The University of Queensland will play a crucial role in a multi-million-dollar four-year project which will see universities and industry working together to build commercialisation in Australia’s critical mineral supply chain that will create 1300 jobs.
Solution to world's largest waste stream: Make sand

Published on: 12 April 2022

A new study by researchers from the University of Geneva and The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute has found that a step-change in mineral processing could drastically reduce mineral waste and avoid a sand sustainability crisis.
Examining the value proposition of Indigenous equity participation in mining operations

Published on: 11 April 2022

Over the last 20 years, recognition of Indigenous peoples’ right to control, co-manage and benefit from resource development on their lands has increased, and one model of co-management currently attracting attention is Indigenous equity ownership of mining projects.
UN–UQ partnership underpins new resolution on minerals sustainability

Published on: 7 April 2022

A new United Nations resolution on Environmental aspects of minerals and metals management will build on work undertaken by the United Nations Environment Programme and The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Russia and Ukraine are important to the renewables transition. Here’s what that means for the climate

Published on: 17 March 2022

The Russia-Ukraine crisis is already a human catastrophe. And it could also prove disastrous for climate action by slowing the global energy transition.
Predicting Queensland’s New Economy Mineral Future

Published on: 9 March 2022

Predicting where ‘new economy minerals’ will be found in Queensland is set to be easier thanks to a collaborative project between the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s (SMI) W.H. Bryan Mining & Geology Research Centre (BRC) and the Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ).
New leadership at SMI-ICE-Chile

Published on: 10 February 2022

The Sustainable Minerals Institute and JKTech are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Douglas Aitken as General Manager, SMI-ICE-Chile.
A complex orebodies approach: Lessons from the Izok Lake corridor project

Published on: 9 February 2022

Izok Lake and High Lake in north-west Canada on the border of Nunavut and Northwest Territories, are remote, beautiful – and contain two exceptionally high–grade mineral deposits.
First Nations voice and visibility in mine site transitions and closure

Published on: 9 February 2022

Building international connections, sharing knowledge and informing mine closure governance were the key outcomes from an Indigenous Exchange Forum that brought together 40 First Nations representatives and affiliated researchers from Australia, Canada and Aotearoa (NZ) who have major mines on their lands.

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