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SMI Chile and Teck Celebrate the Completion of Women’s Leadership Programme
A group of women from the coastal communities of Chanavayita, Cáñamo and Caramucho in the Province of Iquique received certificates recognising their outstanding participation in a personal development programme.
SMI Chile Team Takes Centre Stage at Planning for Closure 2026
Through the presentation of research studies and participation as keynote speakers at the opening ceremony, SMI Chile played a prominent role in this latest edition of the region’s leading international mine closure conference.
SMI Chile kicks off Planning for Closure with technical course
With strong attendance, a multidisciplinary team from SMI Chile launched its participation in the leading mine closure conference by presenting an approach that calls for rethinking mine closure as a long-term territorial governance challenge.
Media highlight Mary Valdés appointment
El Mercurio de Antofagasta and several specialised mining industry publications have highlighted the appointment of Chilean academic and executive Mary Valdés to lead SMI Chile.
Nathalie Jamett presents in Peru on the benefits of an integrated water system
As part of the 1st Moquegua Water Conference, SMI Chile researcher Dr Nathalie Jamett presented the work developed in Chile to advance towards an integrated and collaborative water supply model.
SMI Chile team delivers workshop to test water management tool
The collaborative workshop took place at the campus of the Universidad Católica del Norte and brought together representatives from academia, industry and the public sector, with the aim of validating scenarios and criteria related to water use and supply in the...
SMI-ICE-Chile and Codelco analyze results of the climate risk model
Within the framework of the climate change resilience project that SMI-ICE-Chile is developing for Codelco, the teams from both companies met to review the climate projections obtained for high-altitude regions and the progress of the geospatial results visualization tool.
SMI-ICE-Chile gives a technical course on emerging challenges and solutions related to water and mineral processing
As part of the preliminary courses for the Procemin-Geomet International Conference, speakers from SMI-ICE-Chile and the Sustainable Minerals Institute delivered this training, which was attended virtually by more than 80 participants.
SMI Chile and Teck Celebrate the Completion of Women’s Leadership Programme
A group of women from the coastal communities of Chanavayita, Cáñamo and Caramucho in the Province of Iquique received certificates recognising their outstanding participation in a personal development programme.
Mónica Morales and Nigel Wight presented at the “Meeting of Indigenous Communities and Peoples within the framework of the National Lithium Strategy”
Due to their extensive experience working with indigenous peoples on mining projects, both representatives of SMI-ICE-Chile were invited to speak on “Resource Governance and Indigenous Peoples” at the event co-organized by the Ministries of Mining, Social Development and Family, and by the International Labour Organization (OIT), under the leadership of UN Human Rights.
Nigel Wight publishes scientific article on Chile’s unique situation regarding lithium
In the recent edition of the journal Energy Research & Social Science, the researcher from SMI-ICE-Chile presents, along with four other experts, an interesting work on Chile’s exceptional status regarding lithium, based on the analysis of the Maricunga Salt Flat.
SMI-ICE-Chile and Teck mining company launch leadership program for women from coastal coves in the province of Iquique
The social performance teams at our Centre and at Teck have launched a personal skills development program to strengthen leadership among women living in the fishing coves of Chanavayita, Cáñamo, and Caramucho.
SMI Chile researchers publish article in the Environmental Law and Science Journal
In the latest issue of the Journal of the First Environmental Court, a scientific publication, a team of researchers from the Centre has published an article entitled “High Andean wetlands under environmental stress: The contribution of interdisciplinary scientific research to conciliation processes in environmental damage cases”.
Pablo Bustos and Dilan Campos presented at the Congress of Salt Flats and High Andean Ecosystems
Researchers from the Environmental Rehabilitation and Ecosystem Dynamics team at SMI-ICE-Chile took part at the 1st Congress of Salt Flats and High Andean Ecosystems, organized by the Natural Laboratory Node for Salt Flats and the Laboratory of Microbial Complexity and Functional Ecology at the University of Antofagasta.
Dilan Campos spoke at the international congress on environmental sciences
At the recent Latin American Congress of Environmental Sciences of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bío Bío, in Concepción, the SMI-ICE-Chile researcher presented the results of a study to prevent acid mine drainage, one of the greatest...
Marcela Calderón presented research to curb acid mine drainage at the Tailings 2025 Congress
The SMI-ICE-Chile researcher presented the results of a team working on developing a passivation technology to prevent acid mine drainage in copper tailings.
SMI-ICE-Chile provides safety training to Nexa Resources in Peru
The Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health team, led by Rocío Núñez and Carlos Cuello, successfully completed the delivery of the course “G3- Risk management systems for managers”, taught to the management of the mining company Nexa Resources in the city of Lima, Peru.
SMI-ICE-Chile had an outstanding participation in Safemining2024
Ratifying our commitment to improving the comprehensive safety of workers in the mining industry, we were present once again as organizers and speakers of this international event held by Gecamin.
We train managers and heads of NEXA Resources in Peru in risk management
In the city of Lima, the SMI-ICE-Chile team successfully completed the course aimed at optimizing risk identification and developing safety leadership for the entire operation of this Peruvian mining company.
SMI Chile Team Takes Centre Stage at Planning for Closure 2026
Through the presentation of research studies and participation as keynote speakers at the opening ceremony, SMI Chile played a prominent role in this latest edition of the region’s leading international mine closure conference.
SMI Chile kicks off Planning for Closure with technical course
With strong attendance, a multidisciplinary team from SMI Chile launched its participation in the leading mine closure conference by presenting an approach that calls for rethinking mine closure as a long-term territorial governance challenge.
SMI Chile appoints Mary Valdés as Executive Director
The Sustainable Minerals Institute Chile (SMI Chile) has appointed Chilean executive and academic Mary Valdés as its new Executive Director.
Media highlight Mary Valdés appointment
El Mercurio de Antofagasta and several specialised mining industry publications have highlighted the appointment of Chilean academic and executive Mary Valdés to lead SMI Chile.
Chilean Mining Magazine Reports on Visit of Argentine Mining Secretary to SMI Chile
The specialized publication reports on the meeting between Luis E. Lucero, the top mining official in Argentina, and the senior staff of the University of Queensland’s International Center in Chile.
José Ojeda publishes analysis on the scope of circularity in mining
In the March print edition of Revista Minería Chilena, an SMI Chile researcher examines the impact and innovation opportunities arising from the recent regulatory change that now allows the use of copper slag in infrastructure projects.
Revista Minería Chilena publishes column by Nathalie Jamett
Coinciding with the opening of the ACADES 2026 Congress, SMI Chile Senior Researcher Nathalie Jamett argues in this opinion piece for the need to transition towards shared water management as the most efficient and sustainable model to address the severe water stress affecting mining regions in Chile.