UQ Resources Forum University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute Professor Neville Plint Director

Responsible Resource Development Our Vision is to: Create Change for Responsible Resource Development Sustainable Stakeholder Return Balancing resource development with environmental and social impacts What would this look like? It depends! How do we move from extractive industry to trusted development partner?

Our mission is to develop people work on big challenges Platinum Our mission is to develop people work on big challenges co-create solutions People Partnerships Challenges

Institute Structured around: People, Production, Environment Research depth in discipline Multi-disciplinary research programs

The Digital Mine… unlocking the value of digital technologies through translating data to knowledge Less than 10% of mining companies developed a comprehensive digital strategy 90+ Linking Several Digital Platforms Company Realising the value of digital technology DIGITAL STRATEGY FOCUS Data to knowledge Joint cognitive systems Collaboration labs Digital technologies Tools and method for analysing digital data, Intelligent sensors, Dynamic, integrated models Decision making tools, Process diagnosis tools, Effective human interface Intra-disciplinary collaboration, linking digital platforms, Integrated data management Automation, Virtualization, Systems of business, Integrated risk analysis RESEARCH Sustainable Minerals Institute School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering School of Chemical Engineering School of IT and Electrical Engineering School of Humanities and Social Sciences UQ Business School LINKAGES

Complex Orebodies… accessing the mines of the future SUPPLY OF THE FUTURE Better, fairer social relationship Reduced environmental and social footprint Technical Innovation Made accessible by FOCUS Social Footprints and Data Low Footprint Processing Variability and Flexibility Energy and Efficiency Social data methodology and insight Holistic evaluation – surface and sub-surface Procedural fairness Alternative processing Water efficiency Waste minimisation Deleterious elements Ore Deposit Knowledge Continuous sensing Performance prediction Flexible processing Holistic evaluation Novel comminution and separation Particle size optimisation Transformative processing RESEARCH Sustainable Minerals Institute School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering School of Chemical Engineering School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Social Science Institute for Social Science Research UQ Business School Research Computing Centre LINKAGES

Mining Life Cycle… transforming perspectives on waste across the life of the mine How can the mining industry create new economic value, target reduced footprints and significantly diminish liability from mining waste? TRANSFORM WASTE FOCUS Local, regional & global societal dimensions Spatial & temporal geo-environmental impacts Geo-metallurgy to unlock additional value Mining’s contribution to circular economy Understanding the relationship between mining waste and resettlement ‘Designer tailings’ incorporating socio-environmental factors into tailings strategies Applying circular economy principles in mining regions RESEARCH Integrated approaches to managing mining legacies Innovative business methods to create value from waste Sustainable Minerals Institute School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering School of Chemical Engineering School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Institute for Social Science Research School of Chemistry & Molecular Biology UQ Business School School of Civil Engineering LINKAGES

Mineral governance and organisation… integrated approaches towards sustainable development How do we unlock mining’s contribution to sustainable development, throughout the mine life-cycle, and across the stakeholder spectrum? Factoring SD into policy frameworks in government and industry Effective approaches to multi-stakeholder governance Designing organisations to better enable responsible decision-making FOCUS Understanding and accounting for resource value across the life of a mine Implementing game-changing multi-stakeholder governance processes. Designing organisations to manage knowledge across the lifecycle RESEARCH Accounting for positive development outcomes across the life of a mine. Integrated and multi-disciplinary policy and governance frameworks for mine closure. Participatory water monitoring at the catchment and regional level. Organising within companies and across the stakeholder spectrum. Beyond government to governance and collaborative approaches. A focus on value creation – sustainable and equitable outcomes. Sustainable Minerals Institute Political Science School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Law Social Science Institute for Social Science Research UQ Business School UQ International Development LINKAGES

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Leading Research - QS Ranking Institution Country 1 Colorado School of Mines United States of America 2 Curtin University Australia 3 University of Queensland 4 Pennsylvania State Uni 5 Uni. of New South Wales 6 McGill University Canada 7 Queens University 8 Uni. British Columbia 9 Frieberg Uni Germany 10 Universitate De Chile Chile 11 University of Western Australia

Leading Research - Shanghai Ranking Institution Country 1 University of Science and Technology Beijing China 2 The University of Queensland Australia 3 Central South University China 4 China University of Geosciences (Beijing) 5 China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou) China 6 Kyushu University Japan 7 University of Cape Town South Africa 8 University of California United States of America 9 The Imperial College United Kingdom 10 The University of New South Wales 11 McGill University Canada

Some Interesting Conversations Manage Expectations Understand Expectations Marketing Product Primary Production Recycling- “Green” Big Small Batch Continuous.