The Sustainable Minerals Institute Podcast

Conversations about mining and society: Complex Orebodies

The Sustainable Minerals Institute Podcast

Show Notes

Dr Anthony Hodge (Tony) unpacks some of the key challenges facing the mining industry.

In this interview he speaks with Professor Rick Valenta, leader of the Complex Orebodies research program at The University of Queensland's Sustainable Mineral Institute, about the supply-side challenges facing future mines and sustainable paths forward.

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