News and Events

The University of Queensland with UQ Business School, Executive Education and the Sustainable Minerals Institute are partnering for the 2018 Mining Leaders Program. Applications are still open.

Kathryn Sturman addressed a Roundtable Discussion on Extractives and the SDGs: Partnerships to progress the goals hosted by Cardno, the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network in Melbourne on 10 April 2018.

Dr Grant Ballantyne is the recipient of the 2017 Minerals Engineering International Young Person’s Award which was presented at the MEI Comminution ’18 Conference in Cape Town. This award is bestowed upon an outstanding candidate under the age of 35.

The research is expected to deliver innovative and feasible technology and methodology to rehabilitate tailings - the most costly and challenging domains at mine sites and refineries, in order to significantly improve economic and ecological sustainability of mining and minerals industries in Australia and overseas.

SMI-CMLR's Antony van der Ent and colleagues discuss the different techniques, based on X-rays, used for probing the internal distribution and chemical form of different elements in plants.

An emerging technology has the potential to turn toxic red mud into useful soil, combatting the expensive rehabilitation of red mud dams across Australia.

Dr Vlado Vivoda participated in the Inaugural Energy Policy Dialogue: Australia, Europe and the Asia-Pacific Region, held in Canberra on 26-27 March 2018.

SMI and the UQ Business School ran a workshop for women leaders in the mining industry in Santiago, Chile.

On Thursday 8 March, SMI hosted it’s third UQ-SMI Alumni and Community Event. With over 50 attendees registered including alumni, industry representatives, SMI Advisory Board Members, members of the UQ community and staff and students past and present, the event was a success.