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Newcrest Mining Ltd has doubled-down on its commitment to communities by sending staff to a week-long social performance workshop hosted by The University of Queensland.

Congratulations to Dr Eric Stemn, Dr Sandra Worden and Dr David Campin for graduating with their doctoral degrees in July's graduations

The Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) Advisory Board Chair and resources industry veteran Charlie Sartain has been recognised for his contributions to the mining industry and his ongoing support for The University of Queensland and SMI with an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering.

Increasingly scarce metals are being recovered from mining waste by University of Queensland researchers, who are making the most of native plants’ metal-absorbing nature.

As part of media coverage of World Environment Day (6 June), Assoc Professor Glen Corder joined Katherine Feeney in the ABC studios to discuss mining and a circular econmony

Executives from the Department of Natural resources, Mines and Energy were among the latest cohort to sign up for the internationally-recognised Global Minerals Industry Risk Management (G-MIRM) training program developed and run by SMI's Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre .

Assoc Professor Nick Bainton co-wrote the first publicly available Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) for a proposed gas project in Papua New Guinea. He and co-author Nora Gotzmann discuss the impacts of the report.

SMI hosted a group from the International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP), including representatives from member companies Agnico Eagle Mines, Anglo American, BHP, Kinross Gold, Newcrest, Newmont, Rio Tinto and Teck Resources.

University of Queensland researchers and a number of leading mining companies have formed a three-year consortium to research effective mine closure strategies.

Professor Deanna Kemp discusses the background and aims of the 'Social aspects of mine closure research consortium', ahead of the first meeting on 10 May 2019.