A new five -year term for the professor Lucie Coudert.
The University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) announces the renewal of Canada Research Chair on the reprocessing of mining releases. This chair, led by the professor Lucie Coudert fromMines and Environment Research Institute (IRME), aims to promote the integration of rejecting processes for rejections into mining operations. The objective of the chair created in 2019 is to reduce the environmental impacts associated with the long -term management of these discharges, while maximizing the recovery of the mineral substances they still contain.
Thanks to this financing of the Canada Research Chairs Program, Lucie Coudert will be able to continue her work until 2030. During her first mandate, she considerably extended her research activities by establishing herself as a researcher of international caliber in the field of reprocessing mining. Professor Coudert thus obtained more than a million dollars in provincial and federal subsidies to carry out projects according to an innovative approach, combining mineralogical, hydrometallurgical, environmental and economic aspects to determine the best reprocessing options.
According to the UQAT, this multidisciplinary approach has captured the attention of the mining industry and government authorities which seek to reconcile the exploitation of mineral resources and the reduction of environmental impacts, in particular linked to the management of mining rejections. The results of Professor Coudert’s research have been the subject of 35 scientific articles published in renowned journals, in addition to numerous conferences given during national and international events. Knowledge sharing remains a priority for irme.
Since 2019, Professor Coudert has also contributed to the training of scientific succession by supervising 23 students at higher cycles as well as several trainees, thus forming highly qualified staff for the mining industry.
