RESEARCH THEME

Environment
and water

Research programs and groups

Ecological Engineering of Mine Wastes: research group in the Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining

Environmental Geochemistry: research group in the Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining

Ecosystem Assessment, Restoration and Resilience: research group in the Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining

Water Management and Accounting: research program in the Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining

Regional Water and Land Resources: research program in the Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining

Highlight projects

Capacity Building of the Minerals Council of Australia Water Accounting Framework

SWAP: Social Water Assessment Protocol

Norfolk Island Hydrological Assessment

Water Sensitive Mining (ARC Future Fellowship)

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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.
Coral discovery equips researchers with new environmental monitoring method

Published on: 21 October 2019

A rare element discovered in Great Barrier Reef coral skeletons will help scientists understand the environmental history of nearby regions.
UQ study shows global supply of metals won’t meet demand without industry change

Published on: 4 October 2019

University of Queensland researchers have highlighted the effects environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks will have on the global supply of metals without major innovations in the mining industry.
Resourcing the future

Published on: 1 March 2019

UQ researchers are helping ensure sustainable access to vital resources now and in the future.
An Ore-some forest

Published on: 2 February 2017

Metal crops or hyperaccumulator plants are unusual plants that have the capacity to accumulate high concentrations of certain elements...
Environmental Geochemistry

The Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry's Environmental Geochemistry develops innovative tools for understanding and predicting geochemical processes, which underpin sustainable management of waste rock dumps, mineral processing tailings and final voids.
World-leading research into understanding hyperaccumulator plants

Hyperaccumulator plants are plants that concentrate metals in their leaves and sap - and enabling phytomining. Phytomining is a new technology to recover metals, such as nickel, from mining waste or contaminated land by growing and harvesting these plants and extracting metal from their biomass.