Jennifer Broadhurst

Dr Broadhurst has 30 years research and development experience in the field of mineral’s beneficiation within various industry and academic organisations. Since joining the Department of Chemical Engineering at UCT in July 2001, Dr Broadhurst has been involved in a number of research and capacity development activities relating to the environmental and other sustainability issues of relevance to the coal-based power generation and primary metal production industry sectors. Such activities include project management of the Minerals to Metals Signature Theme, and co-supervision of under-graduate, post-graduate and contractual research projects.

Dr Broadhurst is also involved in the development and presentation of under-graduate (4th year) and post-graduate (MSc) courses pertaining to acid rock drainage and environmental issues in hydrometallurgy. Dr Broadhurst is also currently actively involved in developing inter and trans-disciplinary research capacity and has been actively involved in the establishment and application of a new trans-disciplinary and multi-institutional masters course in the Management of Mineral Resources for Sustainable Development in Africa, as part of the Education for Sustainable Development in Africa initiative under the auspices of the United Nations University.

Research Interests

Tools and metrics for evaluating environmental and broader sustainability performance of primary metal production processes; characterisation and management of solid mineral wastes; acid rock drainage prediction and mitigation, value from waste, distribution behaviour and impacts of minor and trace elements across the entire ore-to-metal chain, development and application of trans-disciplinary approaches to the complex sustainability issues of relevance to the minerals industry.