Feb 20 2009
Student Member Profiles
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