Don McKee
Emeritus Professor Don McKee, metallurgical engineer and founding Director of the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland (2001–2007) and former Director of the JKMRC (1990–96).
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Oct 6, 2026
Don McKeeGUEST
Um, go back to about 1990 or 1991, uh, there were three centers which were broadly worked with the minerals industry within the university.
Don McKeeGUEST
There was the Julius Kruttschnitt Center, um, been established years before by Albin Lynch.
Don McKeeGUEST
There was one called the Center for Mined Land Rehabilitation, which lived in the then Agricultural Sciences Department or something of that name.
Don McKeeGUEST
And there was the WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Center, which sat in the Earth Science Department.
Don McKeeGUEST
Um, the very first thing that happened was the establishment of the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Center.