RESEARCH THEME

Governance

Research programs and groups

Governance and Leadership: strategic program aiming to identify, enable, initiate, and trial new approaches to leadership and governance in the minerals sector with the ultimate goal of improving the sector’s safety, health, environmental management, and social performance.

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

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining

Highlight projects

Capacity Building of the Minerals Council of Australia Water Accounting Framework

UNEA resolution 4/19 on Mineral Resource Governance

Strengthening ASEAN Cooperation in Minerals

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Mapping the risks

Published on: 30 June 2022

The global database that highlights supply risk for critical metals
Lessons from Izok Lake: an innovative and integrated approach

Published on: 30 June 2022
UN–UQ partnership underpins new resolution on minerals sustainability

Published on: 7 April 2022

A new United Nations resolution on Environmental aspects of minerals and metals management will build on work undertaken by the United Nations Environment Programme and The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute.
New collaborative research to help drive tailings transparency

Published on: 11 August 2021

UQ researchers will collaborate with industry and university partners on a new three-year, $1.65million research project that aims to drive transformational change in the public disclosure requirements of mine tailings information.
Researchers call for cautious progress in deep sea mining

Published on: 4 January 2021

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have urged for regulatory caution in a new paper which emphasises just how little is known about the potential impacts of deep sea mining (DSM).
Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management launches with support from SMI

Published on: 10 August 2020

The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management establishes an unprecedented global standard on tailings management applicable to existing and future tailings facilities.
New funding to research the role of independent inquiries in the mining industry

Published on: 12 May 2020

University of Queensland led research into the role and effectiveness of independent inquiries in mining has received over $300,000 from the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Program.The project brings together experts from UQ, the Australia National University (ANU), gold mining company Newmont, and leading international NGO RESOLVE.