Please click here to find profiles of the graduate students at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at UBC.
Research Themes of Graduate Students in the SWG include:
– Artisanal & Small-scale Mining (ASM)
– Best Mining Practices
– Climate Change and the Mining Industry
– Community and Health Issues in Mining
– Corporate Social Responsibility & Social Licence
– Environmental Monitoring and Protection (solid, liquid, and gas)
– First Nations and Indigenous Groups and Mining
– Geomechanics and Rock Mechanics
– Human Capital
– Impact Benefit Agreements (IBA’s)
– Improvements in Mill Recovery and Product-quality
– Mine Automation and Robotics
– Mine/Mill Integration
– Mine Site Hydrogeology and Hydrology
– Occupational Health and Safety in Mining
– Preventive vs. Failure Maintenance Practices (Materials, Life Cycle Analysis)
– Policy and Regulation
– Reduction in Energy Use
– Reduction in Raw Material and Reagent Consumption
– Reduction in Water Use
– Renewable Energy Systems and Mining
– Solid Waste Management Practices
– Tailing Disposal Techniques
– Turning Waste into Value