Dr Éléonore Lèbre

Research Fellow

CSRM

+61 7 3346 4009

e.lebre@uq.edu.au

Dr. Éléonore Lèbre specialises in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks in the mining industry. She connects her work with topical issues such as tailings dam failures, renewable energy transition and critical metals. During her work at the CSRM Éléonore also developed expertise in mining-induced displacement resettlement, sustainability reporting, social incident investigation and mine closure.

Éléonore's PhD was undertaken at the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation. Her thesis applies the concept of circular economy to the management of mining waste in the objectives of minimising waste and optimising resource extraction. Éléonore holds two MSc degrees from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the Ecole Centrale Marseille in France, through the Top Industrial Managers in Engineering (TIME) association’s double degree agreements.

Current Research and Industry Engagement

Éléonore currently works within the Complex Orebodies Programme in collaboration with researchers across the SMI centres. Her research centres on using global data on mining projects and ESG metrics to assess the risks associated with operating mines and new discoveries.

Over the past three years, Éléonore has been involved in industry research consortiums as well as projects with industry partners including Rio Tinto, Newcrest, MMG and OceanaGold.

Key Publications

Lèbre, Éléonore, Stringer, Martin, Svobodova, Kamila, Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Côte, Claire, Arratia-Solar, Andrea and Valenta, Rick K. (2020). The social and environmental complexities of extracting energy transition metals. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4823, 4823. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18661-9

Lèbre, Éléonore, Owen, John R., Corder, Glen D., Kemp, Deanna, Stringer, Martin and Valenta, Rick K. (2019). Source risks as constraints to future metal supply. Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (18), 10571-10579. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02808

Valenta, R. K., Kemp, D., Owen, J. R., Corder, G. D. and Lèbre, E. (2019). Re-thinking complex orebodies: consequences for the future world supply of copper. Journal of Cleaner Production, 220, 816-826. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.146

Owen, J. R., Kemp, D., Lèbre, E., Svobodova, K. and Pérez Murillo, G. (2020). Catastrophic tailings dam failures and disaster risk disclosure. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 42 101361, 101361. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101361

Kemp, Deanna, Owen, John R. and Lèbre, Éléonore (2020). Tailings facility failures in the global mining industry: will a ‘transparency turn’ drive change? Business Strategy and the Environment bse.2613. doi: 10.1002/bse.2613

Publications

Journal Articles (27)

Conference Papers (3)

Thesis (1)

Research Reports (6)

Data Collections (3)

Newspaper Articles (2)

Journal Articles

Lèbre, Éléonore, Kung, Anthony, Savinova, Ekaterina and Valenta, Rick K. (2023). Corrigendum to ‘Mining on land or in the deep sea? Overlooked considerations of a reshuffling in the supply source mix’ (Resources, Conservation & Recycling (2023) 191, (S0921344923000356), (10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106898)). Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 196 107032, 1-1. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107032

Garcia-Zavala, Consuelo, Ordens, Carlos M., Pagliero, Liliana, Lèbre, Éléonore, Aitken, Douglas and Stringer, Martin (2023). An approach for prioritising environmental, social and governance (ESG) water-related risks for the mining industry: The case of Chile. The Extractive Industries and Society, 14 101259, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2023.101259

Lèbre, Éléonore, Kung, Anthony, Savinova, Ekaterina and Valenta, Rick K. (2023). Mining on land or in the deep sea? Overlooked considerations of a reshuffling in the supply source mix. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 191 106898, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106898

Valenta, Rick K., Lèbre, Éléonore, Antonio, Christian, Franks, Daniel M., Jokovic, Vladimir, Micklethwaite, Steven, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Runge, Kym, Savinova, Ekaterina, Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Stringer, Martin, Verster, Isabella and Yahyaei, Mohsen (2023). Decarbonisation to drive dramatic increase in mining waste–options for reduction. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106859, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106859

Savinova, E., Evans, C., Lèbre, É., Stringer, M., Azadi, M. and Valenta, R.K. (2023). Will global cobalt supply meet demand? The geological, mineral processing, production and geographic risk profile of cobalt. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106855, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106855

Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Lechner, Alex M., Harris, Jill, Zhang, Ruilian and Lèbre, Éléonore (2023). Author Correction: Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples. Nature Sustainability, 6 (8), 1024-1024. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-01057-6

Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Lechner, Alex M., Harris, Jill, Zhang, Ruilian and Lèbre, Éléonore (2023). Energy transition minerals and their intersection with land-connected peoples. Nature Sustainability, 6 (2), 203-211. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-00994-6

Ang, Michelle Li Ern, Owen, John R., Gibbins, Christopher N., Lèbre, Éléonore, Kemp, Deanna, Saputra, Muhamad Risqi U., Everingham, Jo-Anne and Lechner, Alex M. (2023). Systematic Review of GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Impacts of Mining. Journal of Environment and Development, 32 (3), 243-273. doi: 10.1177/10704965231190126

Svobodova, Kamila, Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Moudrý, Vítězslav, Lèbre, Éléonore, Stringer, Martin and Sovacool, Benjamin K. (2022). Decarbonization, population disruption and resource inventories in the global energy transition. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 7674, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35391-2

Everingham, Jo-Anne, Svobodova, Kamila, Lèbre, Éléonore, Owen, John R. and Worden, Sandy (2022). Comparative capacity of global mining regions to transition to a post-mining future. Extractive Industries and Society, 11 101136, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2022.101136

Lèbre, Éléonore, Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna and Valenta, Rick K. (2022). Complex orebodies and future global metal supply: an introduction. Resources Policy, 77 102696, 102696. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102696

Azadi, Mehdi, Lèbre, Éléonore, Ali, Saleem H., Steen, John and Wall, Frances (2022). Future of battery metals supply. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 182 106283, 106283. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106283

Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Harris, Jill, Lechner, Alex M. and Lebre, Eleonore (2022). Fast track to failure? Energy transition minerals and the future of consultation and consent. Energy Research and Social Science, 89 102665, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2022.102665

Arratia-Solar, A., Svobodova, K., Lèbre, É. and Owen, J.R. (2022). Conceptual framework to assist in the decision-making process when planning for post-mining land-uses. The Extractive Industries and Society, 10 101083, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2022.101083

Lèbre, Éléonore, Owen, John R., Stringer, Martin, Kemp, Deanna and Valenta, Rick K. (2021). Global Scan of Disruptions to the Mine Life Cycle: Price, Ownership, and Local Impact. Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (8) acs.est.0c08546, 4324-4331. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c08546

Owen, J. R., Kemp, D., Lèbre, É., Harris, J. and Svobodova, K. (2021). A global vulnerability analysis of displacement caused by resource development projects. The Extractive Industries and Society, 8 (2) 100877, 100877. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2021.01.012

Kung, Anthony, Svobodova, Kamila, Lèbre, Eléonore, Valenta, Rick, Kemp, Deanna and Owen, John R. (2021). Governing deep sea mining in the face of uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Management, 279 111593, 111593. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111593

Bainton, Nicholas, Kemp, Deanna, Lèbre, Eleonore, Owen, John R. and Marston, Greg (2021). The energy‐extractives nexus and the just transition. Sustainable Development, 29 (4) sd.2163, 624-634. doi: 10.1002/sd.2163

Lèbre, Éléonore, Stringer, Martin, Svobodova, Kamila, Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Côte, Claire, Arratia-Solar, Andrea and Valenta, Rick K. (2020). The social and environmental complexities of extracting energy transition metals. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4823, 4823. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18661-9

Kemp, Deanna, Owen, John R. and Lèbre, Éléonore (2020). Tailings facility failures in the global mining industry: will a ‘transparency turn’ drive change?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30 (1) bse.2613, 122-134. doi: 10.1002/bse.2613

Owen, J. R., Kemp, D., Lèbre, E., Svobodova, K. and Pérez Murillo, G. (2020). Catastrophic tailings dam failures and disaster risk disclosure. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 42 101361, 101361. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101361

Lèbre, Éléonore, Owen, John R., Corder, Glen D., Kemp, Deanna, Stringer, Martin and Valenta, Rick K. (2019). Source risks as constraints to future metal supply. Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (18), 10571-10579. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02808

Valenta, R. K., Kemp, D., Owen, J. R., Corder, G. D. and Lèbre, E. (2019). Re-thinking complex orebodies: consequences for the future world supply of copper. Journal of Cleaner Production, 220, 816-826. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.146

Lebre, Eleonore, Corder, Glen and Golev, Artem (2017). The role of the mining industry in a circular economy: a framework for resource management at the mine site level. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 21 (3), 662-672. doi: 10.1111/jiec.12596

Lebre, Éléonore, Corder, Glen D. and Golev, Artem (2016). Sustainable practices in the management of mining waste: a focus on the mineral resource. Minerals Engineering, 107, 34-42. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2016.12.004

Golev, Artem, Lebre, Eleonore and Corder, Glen (2016). The contribution of mining to the emerging circular economy. The AusIMM Bulletin (6), 30-32.

Lèbre, Éléonore and Corder, Glen (2015). Integrating industrial ecology thinking into the management of mining waste. Resources, 4 (4), 765-786. doi: 10.3390/resources4040765

Conference Papers

Lebre, E., Valenta, R. K., Kemp, D., Owen, J. R. and Corder, G. D. (2019). Complex orebodies: the role of social and environmental complexities in current mine projects development. 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Minerals Industry (SDIMI 2019), Sydney, Australia, 27-29 May 2019. Carlton, VIC, Australia: AusIMM.

Svobodova, K., Owen, J. R., Lebre, E., Edraki, M. and Littleboy, A. (2019). The multi-risk vulnerability of global coal regions in the context of mine closure. 13th International Conference on Mine Closure, Perth, WA Australia, 3-5 September 2019. Perth, WA Australia: Australian Centre for Geomechanics. doi: 10.36487/ACG_rep/1915_45_Svobodova

Lebre, Eleonore, Valenta, Rick, Kemp, Deanna, Owen, John and Corder, Glen (2018). Accounting for social and environmental complexities in mining project developments: the case of copper. Complex Orebodies, Brisbane, Australia, 19-21 November 2018. Carlton, VIC, Australia: AusIMM.

Thesis

Lèbre, Éléonore (2018). Mine waste or future resource? Integrating industrial ecology thinking into a mining project. PhD Thesis, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.706

Research Reports

Skrzypek, Emilka, Bainton, Nicholas, Burton, John and Lèbre, Eleonore (2022). The justice dimensions of extracting energy transition metals from the Pacific. London, United Kingdom: The British Academy. doi: 10.5871/just-transitions-s-i/e-s

Owen, John, Lebre, Eleonore and Kemp, Deanna (2022). A spatial overlay approach to analysing mining’s sustainability challenges: a methodological note. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

Owen, John, Kemp, Deanna, Valenta, Rick and Lebre, Eleonore (2021). CSRM Occasional Paper: ESG and the Future of Copper. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

Kung, Anthony, Kemp, Deanna, Owen, John, Johnston, Susan, Bainton, Nick, Harris, Jill and Lèbre, Éléonore (2021). Diagnostic review of the social performance function of an international mining company. Brisbane, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.

Everingham, Jo-Anne, Svobodova, Kamila, Lebre, Eleonore, Worden, Sandy and Owen, John (2020). Mining regions in transition - a global scan. Brisbane, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.

Owen, John, Kemp, Deanna, Lèbre, Eléonore and Kung, Anthony (2019). Screening social incidents in the global mining industry: a concept note. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.

Data Collections

Micklethwaite, Steven, Verster, Lizette, Antonio, Christian, Ziemski, Marcin, Hilden, Marco, Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Ali, Kuyuk, Ali, Kalantari, Hossein, Sasmito, Agus, Hernandez-Santin, Lorna, Erskine, Peter, Cote, Claire, Lebre, Eleanor and Seligman, Benjamin (2022). Data relating to the Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (Izok-Dataroom-UQ). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9a95ed5

Owen, John R. , Lebre, Eleonore and Kemp, Deanna (2022). Energy Transition Minerals (ETMs): A global dataset of projects. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/12b9a6e

Owen, John, Lèbre, Éleonore, Northcott, David, Harris, Jill, Huda., Mirza and Verrier, Brunilde (2019). Global mining induced displacement and resettlement (MIDR) events dataset.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.764

Newspaper Articles

Sharma, Vigya, Lebre, Eleonore and Loginova, Julia (2022, 03 15). Russia and Ukraine are important to the renewables transition. Here’s what that means for the climate The Conversation

Kemp, Deanna, Lebre, Eleonore, Owen, John and Valenta, Richard (2021, 04 12). Clean energy? The world’s demand for copper could be catastrophic for communities and environments The Conversation