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As part of media coverage of World Environment Day (6 June), Assoc Professor Glen Corder joined Katherine Feeney in the ABC studios to discuss mining and a circular econmony

Executives from the Department of Natural resources, Mines and Energy were among the latest cohort to sign up for the internationally-recognised Global Minerals Industry Risk Management (G-MIRM) training program developed and run by SMI's Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre .

Assoc Professor Nick Bainton co-wrote the first publicly available Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) for a proposed gas project in Papua New Guinea. He and co-author Nora Gotzmann discuss the impacts of the report.

SMI hosted a group from the International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP), including representatives from member companies Agnico Eagle Mines, Anglo American, BHP, Kinross Gold, Newcrest, Newmont, Rio Tinto and Teck Resources.

University of Queensland researchers and a number of leading mining companies have formed a three-year consortium to research effective mine closure strategies.
The ‘Social Aspects of Mine Closure Research Consortium’ met for the first time at UQ on Friday and committed to expanding the data which government, industry, and communities rely on when making decisions on mine closure.

Professor Deanna Kemp discusses the background and aims of the 'Social aspects of mine closure research consortium', ahead of the first meeting on 10 May 2019.

An additional three years of funding will see the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s International Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE Chile) continue to grow as a force for change in the minerals industry.

Geoscientist Dr Anita Parbhakar-Fox joined the team at SMI’s W.H Bryan Mining and Geology Research Centre (BRC) in February 2019. We asked Anita what she thought were some of the key issues for the mining industry in dealing with mine waste and how the work of SMI could help find solutions.

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.

UQ Sustainable Minerals Institute's Associate Professor Nicholas Bainton said the report’s publication demonstrates the slow evolution of the international community’s expectations of the extractive industries.

CEEC is pleased to announce that a diverse and experienced new team will steer the comminution energy curves into the next phase of development, following the move by project lead Dr Grant Ballantyne from research to industry.