News & Events - Sustainable Minerals Institute - University of Queensland

PhD student Ziming Ye with Dr Alan Finkel at Falling Walls Lab Australia

SMI PhD student presents at Falling Walls Lab Australia

Published on: 27 September 2018

JKMRC PhD student Ziming Ye was one of only 20 Australian young researchers invited to participate in the third Falling Walls Lab Australia in Canberra on 11 September.

Coal Minesite Rehabilitation Scholarships

Published on: 12 September 2018

Interested in Researching Ways to Improve Coal Mine Rehabilitation?

The Coal Minesite Rehabilitation Trust Fund 2019 Postgraduate Scholarships (Minesite Rehabilitation Scholarships) are now open for application.

Elucidating the cellular distribution and pathways of nickel accumulation in tropical hyperaccumulator plant species

The tree that bleeds... metal?

Published on: 12 September 2018

Heavy metals like nickel and zinc are usually the last thing that plants want to grow next to in high concentrations. But a specialised group, known as hyperaccumulators, have evolved to take up the normally toxic metals into their stems, leaves and even seeds.

Newcrest Mining Ltd Executive General Manager Public Affairs and Social Performance Ian Kemish, and UQ Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter Høj

UQ formalises partnership with Newcrest Mining

Published on: 30 August 2018

The University of Queensland and Newcrest Mining Limited have signed a partnership agreement that paves the way for long-term education, training and research activities.

A Brake for our Tired Planet?

Can mining play a role in our transition into cleaner energy technologies? Jane Tin an intern at the Sustainable Mineral Institute, looks at some of the issues

Strategic challenges for mining in the water scarce regions of Chile

Chile has a mature and developed mining industry that has played an important role in the development of the country for over a century and has been at the heart of the national economy for decades.

SMI Photo Competition winning photograph

SMI Photo Competition 2018

Published on: 24 August 2018

The annual photography competition is run internally during Sustainability Week and focuses on sustainability in the resource sector

Scholarship supports international experience

Published on: 17 August 2018

Chilean student Ariel Salazar, is researching his thesis at UQ, thanks to an international travel scholarship

What will the future of mining look like in 2040?

What will mining look like in 2040?

Published on: 16 August 2018

The Sustainable Minerals Institute, together with UQX, are pleased to announce the launch of The Future of Mining? MOOC to begin on September 4, 2018.

Energy Curve Enhancement Blog 4: Specific energy cost curve enhancements

The variation in electricity price directly impacts the economic value that can be achieved by companies employing energy efficient comminution technologies.