Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) have received over $1 million in Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Linkage funding to establish the long-term sustainability of the rehabilitation of ecosystems using technosol – a soil-like substance made from process waste.
The Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry's Environmental Geochemistry develops innovative tools for understanding and predicting geochemical processes, which underpin sustainable management of waste rock dumps, mineral processing tailings and final voids.
Sustainable Minerals Institute researcher Dr Fang You will use super-powered microbes to overcome a fundamental hurdle facing mine waste rehabilitation after being awarded a 2023 Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship.
A new tool created by Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation will enhance stakeholders’ understanding of how different mine site rehabilitation approaches can affect regional ecosystems.
The recent Life of Mine Conference recorded its highest attendance ever with almost 400 delegates from around the world, travelling to Brisbane for the event co-hosted by the Sustainable Minerals Institute Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry and AusIMM.
Invasive weeds are considered to be one of the major threats to the long-term success of post-mine rehabilitation. Therefore, many mine sites closely monitor the presence, abundance, distribution, and spread of weed species in their rehabilitated areas.
American undergraduate students have experienced Australian mine site restoration firsthand as part of a new course delivered under the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s (SMI) partnership with the University of Delaware (UD).
