To support UBC and BC Provincial Health Officer’s COVID-19 social distancing protocols, our faculty and staff will be working remotely and our offices and labs…
2020/04/18
NBK and BRIMM
News
Here you can find all the news from the The Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and the Bradshaw Research Initiative for Minerals and Mining (BRIMM). Please note that articles about BRIMM will take you to BRIMM’s website.
2020/03/26
CIM Article on Water and Mining – Nadja and Bern Interviewed
Last August, Centennial Coal in Australia had to transport 725,000 liters of water by rail from one of its mines 40 kilometers down the line…
2020/03/24
In memory of Dr. Carroll Oliver Brawner “Chuck”
“In memory of Dr. Carroll Oliver Brawner “Chuck”, Professor Emeritus. Chuck was with the Department as a Professor from 1978 until the end of 1994.”…
2019/12/19
‘Bad Reputation’: Mining Engineering and Mining Justice at UBC
According to the 2019 Times Higher Education list, UBC ranks number one globally for “taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.” With…
2019/11/18
Characterization and Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from East Kootenay Coalfields – REE BC Coal Project
The Need The rare earth elements are a group of 17 similar metals often found and mined together. They play a critical role in everyday…