On Wednesday 20 July, it was announced that Dr Neville Plint has been appointed Director of the Sustainable Minerals Institute following an international search that generated interest from a very strong field.
It is not all doom and gloom in mining. With innovation and sustainability opening up new hope for the industry writes professor chris moran. Director sustainable minerals institute
A QUEENSLAND University professor who assisted in the Pike River disaster inquiry, Dr David Cliff, is developing an innovative template model to co-ordinate the control of coal mine safety hazards.
The University of Queensland is number one in Australia in two subject areas and among the world’s top 20 in four, a global review published today confirms.
The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) and the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) have forged closer ties, signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the extractives sector and human rights.
The Japan Coal Development Australia Pty Ltd (JCDA) has made a philanthropic gift in support of research conducted by two SMI PhD students valued at $5000 each.
SMI research into hyperaccumulator plants – plants that concentrate metals in their leaves and sap – has been given a boost with a $367,000 Australian Research Grant.