The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) has hosted a group of multi-disciplinary experts as they finalise the details of a much-anticipated international standard for tailings management.
An online resource hub showcasing leading practices around Indigenous participation in the extractive resources sector has been launched by UQ’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM)
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.
Moving and managing mine waste safely is an ongoing challenge for the mining industry but research underway at The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute suggests that re-mining the waste could offer an environmental and economic solution.
University of Queensland researchers have launched a digital library focusing the mine closure conversation on people as part of the Social Aspects of Mine Closure Consortium, an industry-university collaboration between UQ’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) and six mining companies.
