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A rare element discovered in Great Barrier Reef coral skeletons will help scientists understand the environmental history of nearby regions.  

BRC and JKMRC researchers put aside two days in their busy calendar last month to travel north and workshop new applied research opportunities with mining industry stakeholders in Mt Isa.

The University of Queensland is one of seven universities tasked with championing sustainable minerals processing through a federally-backed $35 million Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence.

University of Queensland researchers have highlighted the effects environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks will have on the global supply of metals without major innovations in the mining industry.

The Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation's Professor Longbin Huang, Rio Tinto and Queensland Alumina Limited have been recognised for collaborative research into technologies that could turn bauxite residue, or ‘red mud’, into soil capable of growing plants.

A proposed Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC-TiME) is one step closer as one of only six proposed Centres to progress to Stage Two in Round 21 of the Australian Government’s CRC Program.
Hosted by The University of Queensland and the University of Western Australia, CRC-TiME brings together 50 leading mining companies, the Minerals Council of Australia, mining equipment, technology and services (METS) companies, regional development organisations, research partners, as well as local, State and Commonwealth governments.

An introduction to The University of Queensland’s (UQ) mining minds has kick-started a recently signed partnership with the PNG University of Technology (UNITECH).

An agreement between UQ’s Sustainable Minerals Institute Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE-Chile) and TRENDS Industrial paves the way for collaboration on an integrated multi-user desalination supply system in Chile’s Atacama region.

After two years at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) Global Fellow Dr Emilka Skrzypek is returning to St Andrews to complete the third year of her Fellowship.
MSCA Fellowships are among Europe’s most competitive and prestigious awards, aimed at supporting the best and most promising researchers.
Funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework, they provide research mobility and career development grants, with particular emphasis on promoting interdisciplinary research and international collaborations.

Researchers from around the world met in Brisbane to discuss sustainable solutions for the mining industry’s biggest challenges as part of UQ Minerals Week.
Academic leaders from The University of Capetown (UCT), The University of British Columbia (UBC) and The University of Exeter’s Camborne School of Mines joined colleagues from the Sustainable Minerals Institute at UQ’s St Lucia campus.