The Sustainable Minerals Institute Podcast: Recent Episodes

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A world-leading research institute at The University of Queensland committed to developing the transformative people, technologies and approaches to address global sustainability challenges through the responsible supply of mineral resources.

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Susan Johnston explains what High Reliability Organisations (HRO's) means and the adaptation of this approach to the resources sector. Susan is the Program Leader of the Leadership and Organisational Improvement Program, which aims to challenge and support the resources sector to consider how changes to organisational, and leadership approaches can produce better outcomes.Contact Susan Johnston at susan.johnston@uq.edu.au.Host: Gillian IeversMore info:Sustainable Minerals Institute's Leadership and Organisational Improvement Program - https://smi.uq.edu.au/strategic-programs/leadership-organisational-improvement

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The Mineral Governance Podcast. Episode 2: Preventing Tailings Facility Failures by Sustainable Minerals Institute

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The Mineral Governance Podcast. Episode 1: The UN Environment Assembly Resolution by Sustainable Minerals Institute

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SMI's Professor Rick Valenta, Acting Director of the Production Centres, sits down with Associate Professor Paul Gow to discuss exploration geology, how it has evolved, what it's future looks like and what researchers can do it help.

This is the fourth episode of a podcast series that explores the key issues connected to mining's role in sustainability through interviews with thought-leaders at the Sustainable Minerals Institute.

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Using the power of Zoom, SMI Deputy Director (Strategy) Professor Alice Clark discusses the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre's Separation Research Program with group leader Associate Professor Kym Runge.

The Separation Group aims to improve existing mineral separation or develop novel processes to achieve improved profitability, resource utilisation and minimise environmental impact in the mining industry.

This is the third episode of a new podcast series exploring key issues connected to mining's role in sustainability through interviews with thought-leaders at the Sustainable Minerals Institute.

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SMI's Associate Professor Glen Corder, Leader of the Industrial Ecology & Circular Economy research group, speaks with Professor Longbin Huang about the origins, progress and future of technology that turns tailings into functional soil for the purposes of sustainable rehabilitation.

Professor Huang is a Professorial Research Fellow and Group Leader of Ecological Engineering of Mine Wastes at the Sustainable Minerals Institute's Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation.

This is the second episode of a new podcast series that will explore key issues connected to mining's role in sustainability through interviews with thought-leaders at the Sustainable Minerals Institute.

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SMI's Professor Daniel Franks, Leader of the Governance and Leadership Program, sits down with Professor Anna Littleboy to discuss the methodology, members and intended outcomes of the recently announced CRC for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC-TiME).

This is the first episode of a new podcast series that will explore key issues connected to mining's role in sustainability through interviews with thought-leaders at the Sustainable Minerals Institute.

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Dr Anthony Hodge (Tony) unpacks some of the key challenges facing the mining industry.

Here he talks about sustainability, the metals supply conundrum, and more with Professor Anna Littleboy, leader of The Mine Life Cycle research program at The University of Queensland's Sustainable Mineral Institute.

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Dr Anthony Hodge (Tony) unpacks some of the key challenges facing the mining industry.

In this episode Tony speaks with Professor Daniel Franks, leader of the Governance and Leadership in Mining research program at The University of Queensland's Sustainable Mineral Institute, about the need for a research agenda that integrates different aspects of resource governance, with a focus on building an evidence base of the effectiveness of different approaches to policy and regulatory issues, as well as company and collaborative management initiatives.

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Dr Anthony Hodge (Tony) unpacks some of the key challenges facing the mining industry.

Here he sits down with Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) Director Professor Neville Plint to discuss SMI's Cross-cutting Programs, which focus on five of the big issues facing mining: complex orebodies, the mine life cycle, governance and leadership, digital mining, and creating the next generation of leaders.

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Dr Anthony Hodge (Tony) unpacks some of the key challenges facing the mining industry.

Here he speaks with Robin Evans, leader of the Transformational Learning research program at The University of Queensland's Sustainable Mineral Institute, about the growing need for innovative, world-class education on responsible resource development.

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Dr Anthony Hodge (Tony) unpacks some of the key challenges facing the mining industry.

In this interview he speaks with Professor Rick Valenta, leader of the Complex Orebodies research program at The University of Queensland's Sustainable Mineral Institute, about the supply-side challenges facing future mines and sustainable paths forward.