Next generation drone technology will be put to the test in Australia’s mining industry as University of Queensland (UQ) researchers aim to make hyperspectral imaging more accessible than ever before.
The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute has received close to $2.4 million from the Queensland Government Office of Industrial Relations for research into occupational dust lung diseases.
The University of Queensland will play a crucial role in a multi-million-dollar four-year project which will see universities and industry working together to build commercialisation in Australia’s critical mineral supply chain that will create 1300 jobs.
Researchers at The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Mineral Institute have won five grants, totalling more than $1.2 million in funding, to develop new sustainable resource research from the Australian Coal Industry’s Research Program (ACARP).
A University of Queensland start-up company has secured $240,000 in venture capital to further develop technology focused on the environmental management of mine sites.
As demand for critical metals grows, the impact of increased mining on Pacific Islands nations with critical deposits is to be explored in a new international research project.
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.
UQ researchers will collaborate with industry and university partners on a new three-year, $1.65million research project that aims to drive transformational change in the public disclosure requirements of mine tailings information.
