Researchers from The University of Queensland have found that as much as 80% of the Pacific region’s sand and aggregate (used to build houses, roads, bridges, and to protect coastlines from the impacts of climate change) come from Fiji – at great cost for some of Fiji’s rivers.
Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute have found 11 critical and strategic metals, including copper, cobalt, silver and antimony, in the waste of metalliferous and coal mine sites across New South Wales – opening the door to a secondary source of minerals critical to the energy transition.
Queensland experts will deliver mine safety and sustainability training across resource-rich regions of Latin America as part of an Australian transnational education program supporting the development of skilled workforces in the critical minerals sector.
Professor Daniel Franks, Director of the Global Centre for Mineral Security explains how using ore sands could reduce mining waste and help tackle the sand crisis.
A new tool has been added to the search for critical mineral opportunities, thanks to three-dimensional models of mineral deposits, maps and other key data recently published in new chapters of the Mineral Deposit Atlas.
Risk management know-how developed by the Sustainable Minerals Institute could help Queensland’s roll-out of new safety laws designed to reduce mining fatalities.
