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Strengthening ASEAN Cooperation in Minerals

The DELVE Exchange: The Role of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Networks During COVID-19

Low-Carbon Cement Adoption in the Pacific Region-Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3)

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New program focuses on mining as an agent for change

Published on: 11 May 2021

We don’t often think of mining as a part of the development sector, but a new strategic program at The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute is focusing on a much-neglected aspect of the industry to improve sustainability and human development outcomes, and help realise the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
University of Queensland partners with industry to tackle water supply concerns in Chile

Published on: 16 November 2020

The Sustainable Minerals Institute’s International Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE-Chile) is partnering with Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary M.C. Inversiones Limitada (MCI) to provide Chilean industries and society with sustainable water supply system planning tools.
First public human rights report into PNG gas industry

Published on: 8 April 2019

A University of Queensland researcher has co-written the first publicly available Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) for a proposed gas project in Papua New Guinea.
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Global Centre for Mineral Security

The Global Centre for Minerals Security undertakes research, education, technical assistance, and capacity building on the sufficient and affordable access by all people to the minerals necessary for human development.