Partnership and collaboration

An additional three years of funding will see the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s International Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE Chile) continue to grow as a force for change in the minerals industry.

The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) and Mining3 have joined forces with Newcrest Mining, Vale, OZ Minerals, BHP Billiton and PT Merdeka Copper Gold to develop Cave Mining 2040.
The international consortium will collaborate on projects aimed at developing new and improved cave mining methods that could help meet future demand for minerals.

Emerging leaders from across Africa are in Queensland for an Australia Awards Short Course to help them tackle the challenges of social and environmental sustainability and leverage economic development from small-scale mining.

Dr Vlado Vivoda participated in the Inaugural Energy Policy Dialogue: Australia, Europe and the Asia-Pacific Region, held in Canberra on 26-27 March 2018.

SMI and the UQ Business School ran a workshop for women leaders in the mining industry in Santiago, Chile.