Postdoctoral fellowship opportunity on digital governance of mineral supply chains. See post for details.

In this latest article, Sally Innis, Benjamin Cox, John Steen and I make an economic case as to why the mining sector should support carbon taxation UBC SPPGA , UBC Engineering

This is how we are discovering new genes to develop new Cleantech for mineral processing and mine waste management. BRIMM UBC Applied Science

No apology from Pope Francis for the Canadian Residential Schools to a First Nations delegation to the Vatican. It’s entirely consistent with the Catholic Church’s previous behaviors but still mind-boggling in its heartlessness. #residentialschools cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Weekly Research Spotlight: University of British Columbia PhD Student Raphaël Deberdt recently published research paper on #cobalt responsible sourcing for battery manufacturing. Check out this #mustread paper -ow.ly/p8vr50ICaBJ #mustread #greentransition #responsiblesourcing #responsiblemining

John Steen of UBC BRIMM speaks to BNN Bloomberg about why it makes sense for miners to support carbon taxes. John Steen #carbontaxes #copper #mining

Critical minerals being used as leverage in brewing trade disputes.

Supply crunch coming over the next decade in #copper, #lithium, #cobalt and #ree . Cobalt may be designed-out of battery production but shortage of the others are a risk to the energy transition.

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.UBC Engineering professors Dr. John Steen (John Steen) and Dr. Vikramaditya G. Yadav on reducing mining waste. via Forbes forbes.com/sites/ankitmis…

“We carry in our hearts the true country and that cannot be stolen” #midnightoil #vancouver

Copper Mountain Mine's new electric trolley assist Haul Trucks will cut GHG emissions by 30% over the next five years while saving ~90% on energy costs compared to diesels -- and they're twice as fast! #electrification #changingmines #bcpoli #cdnpolitics

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#PDAC2022 moment: fantastic panel on world's 1st microbial data platform (M-MAP) to advance microbial based biomining -- extraction and site remediation, hosted by BRIMM. Mining innovation in action! DIGITAL #Mining Allonnia Teck Resources Koonkie

We are published! This work is the first of a series we intend to publish, which aims to unify and optimize the financial and environmental inputs required for tailings-related equipment choices. Open access paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… John Steen Nadja Kunz BRIMM

How might data analytics and data science change the delivery of megaprojects? New review paper from UBC Engineering researchers published in the Project Management Journal Project Management Journal #megaproject #datascience #informationeconomics #ai

When you were a carefree tenured professor living your best life, and then are suddenly forced to chair your department

Check out Innovation Economy Council's latest research report featuring our Member, John Steen from BRIMM and the innovative effort to build a comprehensive genome database of microbes. View the full report here: bit.ly/3U5MQAT

Mines do not work without #water, and we cannot live without it. We are excited to see that Nadja Kunz is presenting at the World Mining Congress 2023. She studies the #mining sector's role in water stewardship. Click here to learn about her work: brimm.ubc.ca/people/nadja-k…

#Gender and #mining is a critical issue. Nadja Kunz along with, Leila Harris, Phyllis Lesnikov analyzed the gender dimensions of corporate sustainability reporting across ICMM members. Read the paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…