At Chile’s most important conference on tailings, the SMI Chile researcher presented findings on what can be learned from the memory of the disaster that struck the El Soldado mine in 1965. “What Remains: Disaster Risk and Emergency Preparedness in a Chilean Mining...
SMI Chile researchers Mónica Morales and Nigel Wight travelled to the city of San Juan, where they delivered two new training courses on the social performance of this future mining operation, developed through a joint venture between BHP and Lundin Mining. Vicuña...
The lead researcher of SMI Chile’s Social Performance and Resource Governance team addressed the key public policy challenges surrounding participation mechanisms related to lithium governance. Her participation took place during the panel discussion “Indigenous...
SMI Chile General Manager and Social Performance and Resource Governance researcher Francisca Rivero, together with Mónica Morales, who leads this area at the Centre, are representing SMI Chile at GESS 2026, the International Social Performance and Sustainability...
Sarah Mackenzie, Senior Manager and researcher at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) at The University of Queensland, together with Dr Nigel Wight, Senior Researcher at SMI Chile, travelled to San Juan, Argentina, to deliver a masterclass for...
The meeting took place during the visit to Chile of Sarah Mackenzie, a University of Queensland expert in social responsibility in mining and aimed to foster discussion on the global context of mineral exploration and the challenges facing the sector amid growing...
