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Queen’s students in the STEM Indigenous Academics program visit SNOLAB, gaining first-hand insight into the groundbreaking research on dark matter and neutrinos.

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The control of mining-induced seismicity caused by hard and extremely thick rock stratum (HETRS) has become an important topic in more and more coal mines. This study investigates the mechanisms of ...

especially compared with mining the ore. The price paid to smelters for raw copper concentrate is at its lowest in decades. What is more, designing, building and operating smelters is hard.

An Indigenous community in the heart of the Peruvian Andes is doing what most of its peers in mineral-rich areas around the world aren’t: mining and profiting from their ancestral lands.

UMNUGOVI, Mongolia -- Rio Tinto, in collaboration with the University of Queensland, has marked the official launch of the South Gobi Underground Mass Mining Institute (SGUMMI ... we store on your ...

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has officially launched the South Gobi Underground Mass Mining Institute (SGUMMI) at its Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, in collaboration with the University of Queensland.

Underground mining has become more scientific, controlled and automated, requiring fewer people underground, improving safety and efficiency. Murray Macnab, group executive technical director UMS says ...