At JKTech, we are proud to be at the forefront of applying the latest research and technology to support the mining industry toward a sustainable and productive future.
JKTech Pty Ltd is a trusted, independent partner committed to helping mining operations achieve their future production goals. Through our comprehensive services—consultancy, laboratory testing, training, product development, and ongoing support—we assist clients across the entire mining value chain.
Our close alignment with The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) allows us to deliver innovative solutions that integrate cutting-edge advancements and sustainable outcomes and offer an important link between research and the global minerals industry.
JKTech is a ‘not-for-profit’ ‘profit-for-purpose’ organisation with its proceeds used to support student education, development pathways for new technologies and improving industry operations and outcomes. We achieve this through the proceeds of commercial delivery of solutions to the global mining industry through Australian based JKTech Pty Ltd and in South America through our Chilean based SMI-ICE-Chile.
SMI-ICE-Chile develops and provides industry & governments with sustainability solutions for the mining industry and local society leveraging off JKTech, SMI and UQ research, solutions and expertise.
Expertise
Our team of consultants and engineers bring decades of industry experience and are committed to delivering exceptional value to clients around the world. We offer a wide range of solutions designed to enhance productivity, improve metal recovery, and optimise operations.
- Technical Consulting: comparative statistics and experimental design, geometallurgy, drill and blast, mining, comminution, flotation, minerals separation, process mineralogy, reconciliation and mine-to-mill.
- Software Solutions: JKSimMet, JKSimFloat, JKMultiBal, JKSimBlast, JKVBOC (blast modelling), JKMillFIT and JKDynamicStockpileModelling (JKMRC)
- Testing Equipment: Ore breakage characterisation (JK Drop Weight Testing – JKDWT) flotation characterisation and metallurgical sampling equipment
- Laboratory Services: Metallurgical, comminution and flotation testing and piloting (JK Drop Weight Testing – JKDWT; SMC Test, BBMWI, BRMWI, JK BBM, JK Lite)
- Professional Development: Training courses and workshops
History
Established in 1986 as the Commercial Division of the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC), JKTech became an independent entity in 2001, incorporated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of UQ under UQ Holdings Pty Ltd. The company is led by a Board of Directors, with Professor Mark Noppé serving as its Chief Executive Officer.