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.
The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) is pleased to announce leading researcher and industry collaborator Professor Mohsen Yahyaei has been appointed Director of the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC).
Researchers from the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) and mining industry representatives are confident major strides in mineral processing are ahead following the first in-person meeting of the Collaborative Consortium for Coarse Particle Processing Research (CPR).