Research

Pioneering research and PhD realities – a conversation with Daniel Lay

Published on: 24 August 2020

The Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) is home to dozens of fantastic early career thinkers and future thought leaders who are already making a name for themselves, and nowhere is this more evident than in our postgraduate cohort.

The emerging importance of living labs in research

28 August 2020 9:00am–10:00am

in JKMRC Friday Seminars 2020

Taking research out of the lab and into a live environment is always an extensive learning process yet, what if your lab is a live environment? Community based living labs are not new although only starting to emerge in Australia now with some importance. What if Australia had region based living lab that encompasses the traditional community aspects but also the surrounding industry and support business?

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Practitioners experiences as incident investigators in the field

25 August 2020 9:00am–10:00am

in SMI Webinar Series

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Uranium in sediment and its significance from the life of mining at Ranger Mine, Northern Territory

15 September 2020 9:00am–10:00am

in SMI Webinar Series

Dr Barry Noller outlines research as part of the rehabilitation of the Ranger Uranium Mine, which saw the development of water quality guideline values (WQGV) for uranium and other metals in local waterbodies to protect aquatic organisms from the effects of metal toxicity.

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Summer and Winter Research Programs for Undergraduates

A contribution to the key question related to tailings - When does a soil behave like a soil and how can we observe that?

7 August 2020 9:00am–10:00am

in JKMRC Friday Seminars 2020

The presentation deals with the question from which condition onwards soil starts to show soil-like properties and how they relate to potential failure mechanisms for Tailings Storage Facilities. Special attention will be given to an emerging monitoring technology based on the electromagnetic measurement method dielectric spectroscopy.

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New research group strengthens SMI expertise across the mineral processing value chain

Published on: 10 July 2020

The Sustainable Minerals Institute’s Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) has added to its research capability with the announcement of a High Temperature Processing Research group.

Research and Development Priorities for Minerals in Queensland

23 June 2020 9:00am–10:00am

in SMI Webinar Series

Professor Rick Valenta presents the results of an analysis of the R&D priorities for minerals (excluding coal) in Queensland - a collaboration between SMI, DNRME, QRC and QEC

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Mine Site Environmental Management

19 June 2020 9:00am–10:00am

in JKMRC Friday Seminars 2020

This seminar will highlight awareness of environmental commitments in all mining-related work or projects.

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Mine closure and residual risk: a geochemical perspective

16 June 2020 9:00am–10:00am

in SMI Webinar Series

Associate Professor Mansour Edraki will use examples of SMI projects to discuss basic geochemical processes that we need to understand in order to predict and reduce residual risk at mine closure, with a focus on acid and metalliferous drainage, including neutral and saline drainage.

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Pioneering research and PhD realities – a conversation with Daniel Lay

The emerging importance of living labs in research

Practitioners experiences as incident investigators in the field

Uranium in sediment and its significance from the life of mining at Ranger Mine, Northern Territory

Summer and Winter Research Programs for Undergraduates

A contribution to the key question related to tailings - When does a soil behave like a soil and how can we observe that?

New research group strengthens SMI expertise across the mineral processing value chain

Research and Development Priorities for Minerals in Queensland

Mine Site Environmental Management

Mine closure and residual risk: a geochemical perspective

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