Sustainable Minerals Institute UQ
Speaker: Professor Simon Michaux, Affiliate Professor of Geometallurgy, Geological Survey of Finland
Summary: The amount of metallic required to make only one technology of renewable tech items to interchange fossil fuels, is far bigger than first thought. Present mining manufacturing of those metals just isn’t even near assembly demand. Present reported mineral reserves are additionally not sufficient in dimension. Most regarding is copper as one of many flagged shortfalls. Exploration for extra at required volumes will likely be troublesome, with this seminar addressing these points.
Bio: Simon Michaux is an Affiliate Professor of geometallurgy on the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) in KTR, the Round Economic system Options Unit. He holds a Bachelor of Utilized Science diploma in Physics and Geology and a PhD in Mining Engineering from the College of Queensland’s JKMRC. Simon has over 18 years expertise within the Australian mining trade in analysis and improvement, 12 months at Ausenco within the personal sector, and three years in Belgium on the College of Liege researching Round Economic system and industrial recycling. Work expertise in Finland has been at GTK has been within the Minerals Intelligence within the MTR unit, earlier than becoming a member of the KTR. Simon’s long run targets embody the event and transformation of the Round Economic system right into a extra sensible system for the economic ecosystem to navigate the dual challenges of the shortage of expertise minerals and the transitioning away from fossil fuels.
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