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international grand recipient aims to make hydrogen a viable mining alternative

Mahmoud Alzoubi is awarded the Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund grant

Queen's Miner

Queen's Miner

The 2025 Annual Review of the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining is now available. Discover what we have been working on this year, celebrate...

Canada Research Chair Farzaneh Sadri, uncovering and recovering sources of critical metals

Canada Research Chair Farzaneh Sadri, uncovering and recovering sources of critical metals

Farzaneh Sadri, a Tier 2 CRC in Chemical Extraction of Critical Metals, is seeking ways to recycle and recover critical metals from existing...

Mining Games 2025 - Students

Congratulations Queen's Mining Society

Congratulations to our Queen’s Mining Undergraduate Society for their 3rd place overall finish at the 35th Annual Canadian Mining Games in...

Winners NSERC USRA and USSRF

Congratulations to the Mining Engineering 2025 NSERC USRA and USSRF Recipients

Congratulations to the Mining Engineering 2025 NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) and Undergraduate Student Summer Research...

Queen’s announces three Canada Research Chairs at Smith Engineering

Queen’s announces three Canada Research Chairs at Smith Engineering

Smith Engineering researchers Ning Lu, Jianbing Ni, and Farzaneh Sadri have been appointed Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs.

Meet the new Head of the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Vlad Kecojevic

Meet the new Head of the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Vlad Kecojevic

A Q&A with Vlad Kecojevic

Virtual reality helps aspiring mining engineers process their surroundings

Virtual reality helps aspiring mining engineers process their surroundings

The Engineering Teaching and Learning Team and Charlotte Gibson have developed a virtual reality offering that brings mining field trips into the...

Charlotte Gibson

Advancing mining in a high-tech world

Researcher Charlotte Gibson discusses the current challenges in finding and processing the critical minerals present in batteries, electric...

Mahmoud Alzoubi

How Mahmoud Alzoubi’s research is influencing the future of sustainable mining

The next generation of engineers are innovating energy-efficient mining techniques to alleviate the effects of climate change, and Alzoubi is...

Sam and Kate - award winners

Copper Club Scholarship Recipients

Indigenous graduates set to take part in special convocation traditions

Indigenous graduates set to take part in special convocation traditions

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Prof Taheri has received $451,000 in CFI funding to expand his Rock Mechanics lab at Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining at Queen’s University

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Dr. Charlotte Gibson interviewed by Global Business Reports on the future of mining

An expert in hydrometallurgy, Farzaneh Sadri takes on the job of recovering critical minerals

An expert in hydrometallurgy, Farzaneh Sadri takes on the job of recovering critical minerals

New to the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, Farzaneh Sadri researches hydrometallurgy, a field of metallurgy that uses liquids to help...

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Dr. Christopher Pickles and Dr. Farzaneh Sadri awarded a $1M Alliance Mission Grant

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Congratulations to the Mining Engineering 2024 NSERC USRA and USSRF Recipients!

Teck Resources establishes $2 Million endowment for Mining scholarships at Smith Engineering and UBC

Teck Resources establishes $2 Million endowment for Mining scholarships at Smith Engineering and UBC

Teck Resources announces the creation of the Don Lindsay Teck Award in Mining Engineering, a $2 Million endowment which aims to provide...

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International Women's Day in Mining Engineering

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Panagiotis Katsabanis appointed Interim Head of Mining

Prof. Katsabani will serve as Interim Head of the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, effective January 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024.

Christopher Spencer among international team to unearth groundbreaking insights into diamond formation

Christopher Spencer among international team to unearth groundbreaking insights into diamond formation

Christopher Spencer is featured in Canadian Mining Journal as part of an international team which recently shed light on the long-standing mystery...

Charlotte Gibson incorporates virtual reality in Mining curriculum in successful pilot project

Charlotte Gibson incorporates virtual reality in Mining curriculum in successful pilot project

Charlotte Gibson’s work incorporating virtual reality simulation in two courses for students of Queen’s Mining is featured in CIM Magazine

Dean’s Teaching Assistant Awards announced

Dean’s Teaching Assistant Awards announced

These teaching assistants are recognized for work carried out during the 2022-23 academic year.

Orissa Ghai is this year's recipient of the Lord Bagri Scholarship

Orissa Ghai is this year's recipient of the Lord Bagri Scholarship

Orissa Ghai has been selected as this year's recipient of The Lord Bagri Scholarship, awarded by The Copper Club for the 2023-24 academic term.

Ryan Sernoskie's Extraordinary Achievements

Ryan Sernoskie's Extraordinary Achievements

Ryan Sernoskie received two academic achievement awards.