RESEARCH THEME

Climate and energy

Research programs and groups

High Temperature Processing Program (HTP): research group in the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre

Mine Energy Transformation and Integration Program: research group in the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre

Development Minerals: transdisciplinary research program that undertakes research, education, technical assistance and capacity building on the local materials most important for local development

Highlight projects

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management Tool

Comminution optimised for Grade Engineering

CEEC Energy Curves

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management Tool to enable decarbonisation in the mining industry

Published on: 30 June 2021

Researchers at the Sustainable Minerals Institute's Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) are developing new tools and models for mapping and analysing greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and energy consumption in mining operations.
UQ researchers develop framework for climate change mitigation in mining

Published on: 4 February 2020

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have developed a framework that aims to reduce the mining industry’s contribution to climate change by accounting for sources and sinks of greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions.
Justice in the energy transition

CSRM researchers are working to understand and highlight the risks many communities are facing and how the idea of ‘just transition’ will play out on the ground.
Leaders of the energy transition are calling for a sustainable source of critical metals – is phytomining the answer?

From the humid rainforests of Malaysia and the dry bushlands of Australia to the labs of leading universities, researchers are closing in on a new method of ‘mining’ that could change how we think about metals – phytomining.
High Voltage Pulse Pretreatment of Ores

A novel technology using high voltage pulses (HVP) to pretreat ore and improve ore processability has been developed by Dr Frank Shi and his team at the SMI-JKMRC. This technology has the potential to significantly improve the profitability of mining operations.