Sustainable Minerals Institute

Research

  • UQ

    SMI welcomes three new HDR students

    Published on: 30 April 2020
    Meet Nurassyl Battalgazy, Fitsum Weldegiorgis and Roneel Narayan who commenced with SMI in April.
  • Clytie Dangar

    Webinar: Mobilising METS – creating cooperative pathways to customer-centric solutions

    1 May 2020 9:00am–10:00am
     
    in JKMRC Friday Seminars 2020
    There is great opportunity to expand the depth and breadth of relationships between the METS and Research communities. Global pressures in mining present both opportunity and threat to METS companies looking to grow. The pace of change is fast, challenges are becoming more complex and competition is fierce. New partnership models provide the potential for quicker pathways to commercialisation for research and vital new innovation opportunities for METS companies.
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  • Respirable dust- Removing the unknowns

    Respirable dust- Removing the unknowns

    28 April 2020 12:30pm–1:30pm
     
    in SMI Webinar Series
    Nikky LaBranche, Research Manager for Occupational Health & Safety and inaugural Industry Fellow in the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, discusses her work in particulates and mine dust lung diseases.
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  • SMI lunchtime webinar series

    Erosion and Sediment Control

    21 April 2020 12:30pm–1:30pm
     
    in SMI Webinar Series
    Associate Professor Claire Côte, Director of SMI's Centre for Water in the Mineral Industry (CWiMI) discusses her work in Erosion and Sediment Control.
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  • Geology, sustainability and academia - a conversation with Jennifer Gunter

    Published on: 21 April 2020
    Earlier this year, Jennifer Gunter joined the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s (SMI) WH Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre (BRC) as a Senior Research Fellow, the latest position in a mining-heavy career which has taken her around the world. With a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Geology from UQ, a Masters in Environmental Engineering Management (University of Technology, Sydney) and hands-on experience from grassroots bush camps to large complex mining operations, Jennifer’s career certainly reflects SMI’s commitment to applied, multidisciplinary research.
  • Norfolk Island Hydrological Assessment

    Norfolk Island Hydrological Assessment

    The project “Norfolk Island Hydrological Assessment” is a component of the larger “Norfolk Island Environmental Assessment” project led by The University of Newcastle. The Norfolk Island Regional Council (NIRC) has identified the need to undertake an assessment of the Island’s environmental capacity to provide scientific background on land use, hydrology, biodiversity and available technologies for further discussion of long-term population targets.
  • Mill Filling Prediction tool addresses productivity challenges and energy inefficiency

    Mill Filling Prediction tool addresses productivity challenges & energy inefficiency

    Published on: 2 April 2020
    Researchers from the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) are developing a soft sensor to overcome previously-accepted performance challenges facing Semi-Autogenous Grinding (SAG) mills.
  • path for global transition away from coal presented by new research

    New research presents pathway for global transition away from coal

    Published on: 26 March 2020
    University of Queensland researchers have presented a realistic pathway for the world’s transition away from coal using a framework which, country by country, identifies contradictions and constraints in national efforts.

  • Social Aspects of Mine Closure Research Consortium: first six project reports published

    Published on: 23 March 2020
    The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute has published the first six project reports of the Social Aspects of Mine Closure Research Consortium.
  • Mehdi Azadi

    Webinar: Climate change mitigation in mining

    20 March 2020 9:00am–10:00am
     
    in JKMRC Friday Seminars 2020
    Climate change accountability plays a critical role in ensuring the security of the future of minerals supply. Mining has an important position in enabling our modern lifestyle and the development of infrastructure for green technologies; and, therefore, it is important to acknowledge and point out the risk of climate change on mining infrastructure. A comprehensive carbon accounting framework, that takes into consideration all mitigation opportunities, is required to implement climate change mitigation strategies within mining supply chain.
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