We had the privilege of spending the week in Roebourne for rehearsals, to attend the prison performance and the final community concert at the invitation of Big hART (arts and social change organization) and the local Indigenous members of their board. The aim of the visit was to start building relationships with First Nations artists as we undertake our research project Resourceful Acts Cultural Livelihoods on Resource Extraction Frontiers.
A survey of tailing professionals in the global mining industry has found that most have limited experience with information disclosure or community engagement.
The Australian mining industry was promised billions of dollars in the recent federal budget, but despite this funding, virtually nothing has been allocated to help communities engage with new mining activities.
Dr Vigya Sharma, from SMI's Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, works at the intersection of society and the natural environment, she discusses the challenges of achieving a just and equitable energy transition.
O recurso educacional “Gestão de Rejeitos e Desempenho Social: Navegando pelo ‘GISTM’”, desenvolvido pelo Centro de Responsabilidade Social na Mineração (CSRM) da Universidade de Queensland, agora está disponível gratuitamente em espanhol e português.
El recurso educativo "Gestión de Relaves y Desempeño Social: Navegando por el 'GISTM'", desarrollado por el Centro para la Responsabilidad Social en Minería (CSRM) de la Universidad de Queensland, ya está disponible de forma gratuita en español y portugués.
The educational resource Tailings Management and Social Performance: Navigating the 'GISTM’ developed by The University of Queensland’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) is now available for free in both Spanish and Portuguese.
Shifting Australia’s electricity sector to low-carbon technologies and closing coal plants is vital to tackling climate change. But such transitions are easier said than done.
