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UQ collaborates on global effort to reduce the risks of tailings

Published on: 12 August 2019

The collapse of the tailings dam at the Corrego de Feijão iron ore mine near Brumadinho in Brazil in January 2019 highlighted again the very serious risks associated with managing mining waste.

Drones, AI and the cloud - the new possible

16 August 2019 9:00am–10:00am

in JKMRC Friday Seminars 2019

This presentation focuses on research developments at Monash University where drones have been combined with high performance compute and computer vision techniques, in order to remotely sense or sample our planet.

New mining resettlement dataset sets the standard

Published on: 12 August 2019

University of Queensland researchers have published the first ever global dataset of mining induced displacement and resettlement, giving mining companies an evidence base to develop best practice.

The Language of Safety

9 August 2019 9:00am–10:00am

in JKMRC Friday Seminars 2019

When considering safety, especially in operating mines, the reporting of incidents and the language used to describe them really matters. Natural Language Processing can now be used to classify and detect new classifications of incidents and detect previously unseen combinations of hazards and behaviours, allowing for the development of meaningful and targeted safety intervention programs.

Energy Curve Enhancement Blog 9 - Incorporating mineral liberation into the Energy Curves

The minerals industry invests a great deal of energy in comminution, both in terms of capital costs and operating costs. A number of people have published estimates of how much of the energy is consumed in comminution, including Ballantyne and his co-workers (2012) who estimated that in 2008-2009 1.3% of Australia’s energy was consumed in comminution circuits in gold and copper operations

Cobalt and HREE Minerals Systems in the Eastern Mount Isa Block

26 July 2019 9:00am–10:00am

in JKMRC Friday Seminars 2019

A study of Co-rich samples from the Eastern Mount Isa Block was undertaken to constrain the IOCG mineral system and evaluate HREE prospectivity. Although these deposits are interpreted to have had a granitic source, the element association includes metals not normally concentrated in silicic melts e.g., Co, Ni, Sc and PGE's.

Mining and Social Performance: A Review

Project Derisking through metallurgical testing

14 June 2019 9:00am–10:00am

in JKMRC Friday Seminars 2019

Metallurgical testing is critical to a minerals project development. There are some key questions that need to be answered at each stage of a project from Scoping, to Prefeasibility and to Detailed feasibility and a key component is the process parameters evaluated during metallurgical testing.

Assoc Prof Glen Corder discusses the circular economy and mining on ABC Radio

Published on: 10 June 2019

As part of media coverage of World Environment Day (6 June), Assoc Professor Glen Corder joined Katherine Feeney in the ABC studios to discuss mining and a circular econmony

2019 QUEX Symposium

25 July 2019 9:00am–5:00pm

in UQ Minerals Week 22- 26 July

The University of Queensland and the University of Exeter will host the Inaugural QUEX International Symposium: Fostering Global Sustainability and Wellbeing on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 July 2019.

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UQ collaborates on global effort to reduce the risks of tailings

Drones, AI and the cloud - the new possible

New mining resettlement dataset sets the standard

The Language of Safety

Energy Curve Enhancement Blog 9 - Incorporating mineral liberation into the Energy Curves

Cobalt and HREE Minerals Systems in the Eastern Mount Isa Block

Mining and Social Performance: A Review

Project Derisking through metallurgical testing

Assoc Prof Glen Corder discusses the circular economy and mining on ABC Radio

2019 QUEX Symposium

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