Research

SMI-CSRM's Professor Saleem Ali's article “Time for a global agreement on minerals to fuel the clean energy transition” has been published on The Conversation.

The 2017 Ian Morley Prize was awarded to Juan Frausto Gonzales for his thesis entitled "Linking comminution objective function with recovery potential". The Ian Morley Prize recognises the all-round perfromance of the student in academic terms and in the life of the Centre.

SMI’s Grant Ballantyne is set to be assistant editor of the new Minerals Engineering Journal.

In the first collaboration of its kind, UQ’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining is advising and working with some of the world’s leading mining companies to improve the lives of people affected by resettlement.

SMI's WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre will play a major role in the design and management of the new $27.125 million Strategic Resources Exploration Program in which The University of Queensland has been invited to take a leadership role. 

SMI/MISHC's Professor David Cliff - chats to Nick Bennett and Sam Stove on "The Daily Drive" about the geological phenomenon whereby underground coal seams ignite somehow, often by spontaneous combustion, and then burn for years.

The first Sponsor’ Review Meeting (SRM) of AMIRA International’s P9Q-Modelling and Simulation Project was held on 22-23 of August 2017 in Brisbane at The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI).