Nigel Wight presents research on the El Cobre tragedy at Tailings 2026 Congress
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 and UDD’s C+ Centre present research advances from the Match Fund project
As part of the joint work between SMI Chile and the Centre for Research in Technologies for Society (C+) at UDD’s Faculty of Engineering, researchers Diego Ocampo and Javiera de la Fuente presented their respective research findings at a seminar entitled “Snow, salt flats and lagoons: geospatial artificial intelligence put to the test in the field”.
SMI Chile delivers new social performance training courses for the Vicuña project in Argentina
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.
Mónica Morales presents a territorial governance perspective at Lithium Forum 2026
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.
Media outlets highlight the inauguration of the SMI Chile Advanced Training Centre
Various specialized news outlets and media platforms reported on the advanced mining training program launched by our Centre, an event attended by Queensland’s Minister for Trade, Ms. Ros Bates, and Australia’s Ambassador to Chile, Mr. Andrew Martin.
Nathalie Jamett makes new scientific contribution to optimise water management in mineral processing
Together with an international scientific team, SMI Chile researcher Nathalie Jamett has published a paper in the journal Minerals Engineering, proposing an approach to optimise water management in the flotation circuit of a concentrator plant.
Queensland Minister for Trade inaugurates SMI Chile Advanced Training Centre
As part of a mission to Chile and other countries in Latin America, the Hon. Minister Ros Bates officially launched the advanced mining training programme of the Sustainable Minerals Institute International Centre at The University of Queensland in Chile.
Francisca Rivero presents at international social performance and sustainability event in Peru
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 Forum, taking place in Lima, Peru.
Nigel Wight publishes research on new challenges facing mineral supply chains
Together with an international group of researchers, including Dr Doug Aitken and Dr Steven Micklethwaite (SMI UQ), SMI Chile researcher Nigel Wight has contributed to new scientific research addressing the security and sustainability of mineral supply for the global energy transition.