Teaching

Multilingual social performance course flexes SMI’s professional development capabilities

Published on: 5 November 2021

Researchers and teaching staff from the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) have developed and delivered a multilingual social performance course designed for staff at operations across the Americas.

MISHC professional development goes online

Published on: 29 June 2020

The Risk and Critical Control Management (RCCM) course which has been delivered face to face by UQ’s Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre for a number of years now has an online option and will be available from 6 July 2020.

Mineral Processing undergraduate education – the role of SMI

Since UQ’s pause in teaching in mid-March, a team of committed researchers and professional staff at SMI’s Production Centres have been quietly, if a little frantically, working to deliver their Process Mineralogy and Comminution course (MINE3219) to 3rd year Chemical and Metallurgical Engineers.

SMI Professional Development goes international with new online courses

Published on: 11 May 2020

Mining industry professionals from around the world will now have access to a range of online professional development courses developed and delivered by subject matter experts at The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI).

Mine restoration course kick-starts education agreement between SMI and the University of Delaware

Published on: 10 February 2020

American undergraduate students have experienced Australian mine site restoration firsthand as part of a new course delivered under the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s (SMI) partnership with the University of Delaware (UD).

Meeting kick-starts Aus-PNG mining partnership

Published on: 9 September 2019

An introduction to The University of Queensland’s (UQ) mining minds has kick-started a recently signed partnership with the PNG University of Technology (UNITECH).

Women in Mining Leadership

Published on: 29 March 2018

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

AAA course highlighted in Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speech in Perth

Published on: 12 September 2017

SMI-CSRM is proud to lead the DFAT flagship program: Australia Awards Africa Short Course for 9th time since 2011.

Building Capacities in Mining Sector Governance in Niger

Published on: 13 June 2017

SMI through the Minerals and Energy for Development Alliance (MEfDA) partnership with University of Western Australia (UWA) has been commissioned byDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to support mining sector governance in Niger from 2017 to 2018.

Africa Fellowship Awardees highlight important lessons learnt

Published on: 28 July 2016