A new collaborative research program will formally integrate geoscientific and metallurgical expertise from across the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) to maximise operational performance across the mining value chain.
‘High voltage’ mineral processing technology with the potential to significantly reduce energy consumption and help the mining industry decarbonise is one step closer thanks to funding from the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer.
Queensland's emerging critical minerals industry has received a boost with the conceptual launch of a state-of-the-art processing plant designed by researchers from the Sustainable Minerals Institute.
International interest in JKMRC soft sensors is rising as operators seek options for improving process insight and control without the technological risk.
Gideon Chitombo first walked through the doors of the Julius Kruttscnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) in 1982. Little did he know it was the start of a relationship which would last over four decades and culminate in his appointment as Professor and Chair of Minerals Industry Engagement at The University of Queensland in 2009 – the world’s first professorial position of engagement.
A new type of sinter developed by University of Queensland researchers could accelerate the iron and steelmaking industry’s efforts to reduce its carbon emissions by requiring over 20% less coking coal to produce.
Iron and steelmaking account for 8% of the world’s carbon emissions and researchers from The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) are working to develop an alternative to the current smelting process that could rapidly accelerate the energy transition.
A Consortium of Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) researchers and mining industry partners has been recognised as a model for collaborative, applied research at the UQ Research and Translation Awards.
The AMIRA P9 project launched in 1962 with the aim of implementing mathematical modelling and computer simulation in mineral processing. Half a century later and the most recent iteration of the project – AMIRA P9Q – has just wrapped up.
