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The University of Queensland has established a memorial fund in honour of Dan Alexander that will enable PhD students to learn, grow and benefit from his legacy.
Donations made to the fund online, through the bank, or via telephone will be matched dollar for dollar by the University (up to $50,000 per gift) between 6 October 2021 and 6pm on UQ Giving Day, 20 October 2021.

To say that Alban was a legend in mining research and innovation would be an understatement. He was the driving force behind The University of Queensland’s Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC), and mentor to many students who have gone on to senior roles in the mining industry around the world.

Technology that could rehabilitate mine waste back to useful soil is entering full-scale trials at alumina refineries in Queensland.

The University of Queensland continues to lead the way in mining research, with the appointment of an inaugural Professor of Mining Geoscience.
Andre van As, who has worked on geoscience issues relating to mass underground mining (caving) operations and projects for the past 30 years, has been appointed to the new position.

Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) researcher Dr Éléonore Lèbre has secured a major research grant to produce a ‘first of its kind’ atlas of mining-impacted locations.

Harvesting plants that can absorb metal from the ground may offer a sustainable solution for mining and rehabilitation according to research underway at the Sustainable Minerals Institute's Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation.

One year after announcing an integrated management structure for the Julius Kruttschnitt Minerals Research Centre (JKMRC) and JKTech, the ‘Production Centres’ collective of the Sustainable Minerals Institute is driving innovation in mining and mineral processing.

Dr Jo-Anne Everingham is a familiar name to many working in the mining industry. Since joining the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s (SMI) Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) in 2010, Jo-Anne has indefatigably supported those on the margins of society, particularly in regional Australia, through insightful research that has earnt her the respect of her colleagues, industry and government.

SMI researchers are searching for partners in the Queensland coal industry to help them trial a new technique for predicting the rate at which mine waste releases salt into the environment.  

JKTech has announced commercialisation funding for five geometallurgy and mineral processing research projects.
JKTech’s Managing Director and Director of The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute Professor Neville Plint said the projects have the potential to transform the mining industry.