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.
Water presents a multifaceted set of issues that can rapidly become the touchstone for community acceptance or otherwise of resource developments. Not only are issues of water availability and quality important but water also presents an intrinsic set of values that are often interwoven into people’s perceptions of the issues. This elevates the importance of “getting water right” as an imperative in obtaining social licence to operate.
The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) and Mining3 have joined forces with Newcrest Mining, Vale, OZ Minerals, BHP Billiton and PT Merdeka Copper Gold to develop Cave Mining 2040.
The international consortium will collaborate on projects aimed at developing new and improved cave mining methods that could help meet future demand for minerals.
Researchers from the Sustainable Minerals Institute have identified a matrix of risks that the mining industry must overcome to unlock vitally important copper reserves.
Nena Bulovic was one of only 19 early-career researchers from across Australia and New Zealand invited to participate in the third Australian Climate and Water Summer Institute (SI) hosted by the Australian National University.
Emerging leaders from across Africa are in Queensland for an Australia Awards Short Course to help them tackle the challenges of social and environmental sustainability and leverage economic development from small-scale mining.
University of Queensland researchers have produced a range of educational resources aimed at tackling safety risks for workers in the gemstone industry.
The University of Queensland and Newcrest Mining Ltd have agreed a new research initiative which provides funding for eight new PhD research projects to develop interconnected and systems-based solutions for a sustainable mining future.
