JKTech Pty Ltd is the technology transfer company for the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) and the other Centres of the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at The University of Queensland. Our role is to take viable research outcomes and transfer them to the international minerals industry.

JKTech was formed in 1986 as the Commercial Division of the JKMRC and was subsequently incorporated as a company in 2001, as a wholly owned subsidiary of The University of Queensland via its holding company UQ Holdings Pty Ltd.

The company operates under a Board of Directors with Dr Geoff Gault as the Managing Director.

Our team of engineers has extensive experience in the minerals industry and we are committed to delivering value to our international client base.

We offer a range of innovative solutions for the minerals industry aimed at increasing productivity and metal recovery. These specialist products and services include:

• Consulting (comminution, flotation, mine-to-mill)
• Mineral liberation analysis (MLA system)
• Specialist software packages (JKSimMet, JKSimFloat, JKSimBlast)
• Specialist equipment
• Laboratory services (pilot plant and metallurgical testing)
• Training courses

We are located with the JKMRC at The University of Queensland's Experimental Mine and we are closely associated with the various research activities undertaken.

The JKMRC is an internationally renowned minerals industry research and postgraduate education facility. The Centre's staff and students work closely with many of the world's leading mining and mineral processing companies in a wide range of research projects in Australia and overseas. The JKMRC collaborates with many other research institutions and is part of the Sustainable Minerals Institute which coordinates all of the minerals industry related activities at The University of Queensland.

The JKMRC was named after internationally renowned mining executive, Julius Kruttschnitt. 

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