# Claire Cote

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/5782
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/60585

Dr

# Claire Cote

Email:
:   [c.cote@uq.edu.au](mailto:c.cote@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 334 64061](tel:+61 7 334 64061)

## Positions

Affiliate of Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining
:   Centre for Environmental Responsibility in Mining
:   Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Centre Director of Leading for High Reliability Centre
:   Leading for High Reliability Centre
:   Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Affiliate of Leading for High Reliability Centre
:   Leading for High Reliability Centre
:   Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Professorial Research Fellow and Centre Director
:   Sustainable Minerals Institute
:   Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

## Overview

### Background

Claire is an international expert in mine water and environmental management who has applied her academic and technical knowledge to influence the mining industry’s environmental performance. She has held several positions in research and consulting, and worked with mining companies in Australia, Africa, Chile and Canada to address issues related to water and sustainable development, documenting and implementing best practices. She gained extensive experience in the mining sector at Anglo American from 2011 to 2018, where she provided technical expertise on all topics related to environmental and water management, in Australia and Canada. She has led new approaches to improve planning for mine closure, including a review of closure plans for De Beers operations in Canada.

In her current role, she seeks to promote environmental excellence throughout the mining cycle, based on capacity building and targeted research programs on water and environmental management, integrated closure planning and beneficial post mining land uses. Claire is part of the newly formed Leading for High Reliability Centre at the University of Queensland, a collaboration between the Sustainable Minerals Institute, the School of Psychology and the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership.

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### Availability

Dr Claire Cote is:
:   Available for supervision

### Qualifications

- Masters (Coursework) of Engineering, Grenoble Institute of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University

## Works

[Search Professor Claire Cote’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/3614)

[All
(56)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/5782/all)
[Journal Article
(19)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/5782/4748)
[Other Outputs
(20)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/5782/4749)
[Conference Publication
(16)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/5782/4751)
[Book Chapter
(1)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/5782/4752)

2025

Journal Article

##### Applying High Reliability Organisation theory to guide implementation of the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM)

Howe, Layla, Cote, Claire and Johnston, Susan (2025). Applying High Reliability Organisation theory to guide implementation of the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM). Business Strategy and the Environment bse.70427. doi: 10.1002/bse.70427

[Applying High Reliability Organisation theory to guide implementation of the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:09d79e7)

2025

Conference Publication

##### Australian Water Atlas for Resource Extraction (AWARE), Pilot project

Rochford, Louisa M., Bolz, Pascal, Samper, Agnes, Bulovic, Nevenka, Edraki, Mansour, McIntyre, Neil and Cote, Claire (2025). Australian Water Atlas for Resource Extraction (AWARE), Pilot project. CRC TiME Annual Forum 2025, Darwin, NT, Australia, 26-27 August 2025.

[Australian Water Atlas for Resource Extraction (AWARE), Pilot project](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1386276)

2025

Journal Article

##### ESG mapping of the Australian mining sector – The state of play on mobilising spatial datasets for decision making

Lèbre, Eléonore, Czarnota, Karol, Walsh, Stuart D.C., Haynes, Marcus, Ufer, Natasha, Sonter, Laura J., Sreekar, Rachakonda, Bolz, Pascal, Bulovic, Nevenka, Côte, Claire, Kunz, Nadja C., Micklethwaite, Steven, Northey, Stephen A., Rochford, Louisa M., Schodde, Richard, Seligmann, Benjamin and Sturman, Kathryn (2025). ESG mapping of the Australian mining sector – The state of play on mobilising spatial datasets for decision making. Resources Policy, 105 105592, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105592

[ESG mapping of the Australian mining sector – The state of play on mobilising spatial datasets for decision making](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:41c841f)

2025

Other Outputs

##### Renewable energy as post-mining land use

Claire Madeleine Côte, Pascal Bolz and Jacqui Robertson (2025). Renewable energy as post-mining land use. Brisbane, Queensland: ACARP.

[Renewable energy as post-mining land use](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c6c0def)

2025

Journal Article

##### A multimethod GIS-based framework for site selection of underground pumped storage power stations using closing coal mines: a case study of the Shanxi province, China

Sun, Zhongbo, Zhao, Yixin, Bolz, Pascal, Côte, Claire and Ren, Jiandong (2025). A multimethod GIS-based framework for site selection of underground pumped storage power stations using closing coal mines: a case study of the Shanxi province, China. Renewable Energy, 243 122521, 122521. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.122521

[A multimethod GIS-based framework for site selection of underground pumped storage power stations using closing coal mines: a case study of the Shanxi province, China](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4090533)

2024

Journal Article

##### How Reliable Is Environmental Management in Mining? Learnings Through Analysis of Sustainability Reports

Howe, Layla, Johnston, Susan and Côte, Claire (2024). How Reliable Is Environmental Management in Mining? Learnings Through Analysis of Sustainability Reports. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 32 (2), 2664-2680. doi: 10.1002/csr.3085

[How Reliable Is Environmental Management in Mining? Learnings Through Analysis of Sustainability Reports](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3917fda)

2024

Journal Article

##### Examining reported company commitments to water stewardship: Working beyond the mine?

Robertson, Jacqui, Côte, Claire and Stevens, Shona (2024). Examining reported company commitments to water stewardship: Working beyond the mine?. Resources Policy, 96 105193. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105193

[Examining reported company commitments to water stewardship: Working beyond the mine?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:49eb1e9)

2024

Other Outputs

##### STRATÉGIE ET PERFORMANCE DES PLANS DE GESTION DES EAUX SUR MINE EN NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE

Cote, Claire, Montaufier, Jean-Charles, Herreman, Kevin, Allenbach, Michel, Mardhel, Vincent, Dupaigne, Timothée and Jinakoa, Nora (2024). STRATÉGIE ET PERFORMANCE DES PLANS DE GESTION DES EAUX SUR MINE EN NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE. Nouméa, New Caledonia: CNRT Nickel et son Environnement.

[STRATÉGIE ET PERFORMANCE DES PLANS DE GESTION DES EAUX SUR MINE EN NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:77a8fe9)

2024

Journal Article

##### Regional post-mining land use assessment: an interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach

Worden, Sandy, Svobodova, Kamila, Côte, Claire and Bolz, Pascal (2024). Regional post-mining land use assessment: an interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach. Resources Policy, 89 104680, 104680. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.104680

[Regional post-mining land use assessment: an interdisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f3b72c5)

2023

Journal Article

##### Mining-related environmental disasters: A High Reliability Organisation (HRO) perspective

Howe, Layla, Johnston, Susan and Côte, Claire (2023). Mining-related environmental disasters: A High Reliability Organisation (HRO) perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 417 137965, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137965

[Mining-related environmental disasters: A High Reliability Organisation (HRO) perspective](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f2b08ed)

2023

Conference Publication

##### Developing a regional data catalogue to support the technical assessment of post-mining land use

Côte, Claire Madeleine, Bolz, Pascal, Pagliero, Liliana, Shaygan, Mandana, Edraki, Mansour and Erskine, Peter (2023). Developing a regional data catalogue to support the technical assessment of post-mining land use. AusIMM Life of Mine Conference 2023, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-4 August 2023. Carlton, VIC, Australia: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

[Developing a regional data catalogue to support the technical assessment of post-mining land use](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4df666b)

2023

Conference Publication

##### Shifting post-mining land use planning from mine site to regional scale

Worden, Sandy, Svobodova, Kamila and Cote, Claire (2023). Shifting post-mining land use planning from mine site to regional scale. AusIMM Life of Mine Conference 2023, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 2-4 August 2023.

[Shifting post-mining land use planning from mine site to regional scale](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ecc92e3)

2023

Conference Publication

##### Complex Orebodies Analysis: A Multidisciplinary Application to the Izok Lake Corridor Project in the Canadian Arctic

Micklethwaite, S., Verster, I., Seligmann, B.J., Antonio, C., Hilden, M., Hernandez-Santin, L., Ghoreishi-Madiseh, S.A., Kuyuk, A., Kalantari, H.B., Sasmito, A.P., Cote, C., Ziemski, M., Car, M., Lamb, A., Erskine, P., Runge, K. and Valenta, R.K. (2023). Complex Orebodies Analysis: A Multidisciplinary Application to the Izok Lake Corridor Project in the Canadian Arctic. 26th World Mining Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 26-29 June 2023. Brisbane, QLD Australia: 26th World Mining Congress.

[Complex Orebodies Analysis: A Multidisciplinary Application to the Izok Lake Corridor Project in the Canadian Arctic](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b012a08)

2022

Other Outputs

##### Dynamically transforming environmental assessment through a shared analytics framework: Bowen Basin case study

Côte, Claire Madeleine, Asmussen, Pascal and Gentle, C (2022). Dynamically transforming environmental assessment through a shared analytics framework: Bowen Basin case study. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: CRC TiME.

[Dynamically transforming environmental assessment through a shared analytics framework: Bowen Basin case study](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1235185)

2022

Other Outputs

##### Integration of biophysical aspects in mine closure planning

Côte, Claire Madeleine, Zavala Garcia, Consuelo, Chrystal, Robynne and Asmussen, Pascal (2022). Integration of biophysical aspects in mine closure planning. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: CRC TiME.

[Integration of biophysical aspects in mine closure planning](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:bd473bb)

2022

Other Outputs

##### Data relating to the Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (Izok-Dataroom-UQ)

Micklethwaite, Steven, Verster, Lizette, Antonio, Christian, Ziemski, Marcin, Hilden, Marco, Ghoreishi-Madiseh, Ali, Kuyuk, Ali, Kalantari, Hossein, Sasmito, Agus, Hernandez-Santin, Lorna, Erskine, Peter, Cote, Claire, Lebre, Eleanor and Seligman, Benjamin (2022). Data relating to the Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (Izok-Dataroom-UQ). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9a95ed5

[Data relating to the Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (Izok-Dataroom-UQ)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9a95ed5)

2022

Other Outputs

##### Technical Guidelines: Erosion and Sediment Control in Mining

Chrystal, Robynne , Asmussen, Pascal and Côte, Claire (2022). Technical Guidelines: Erosion and Sediment Control in Mining
. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

[Technical Guidelines: Erosion and Sediment Control in Mining](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:744e7fd)

2022

Other Outputs

##### Post-mining land uses

Beer, Andrew, Haslam-McKenzie, F, Weller, S, Davies, A, Côte, Claire Madeleine, Ziemski, Marcin, Holmes, K and Keenan, Julia C. (2022). Post-mining land uses. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: CRC TiME.

[Post-mining land uses](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:367e356)

2022

Other Outputs

##### Synthesis Report to the Department of Environment and Science

Côte, Claire Madeleine and Stevens, S (2022). Synthesis Report to the Department of Environment and Science. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute .

[Synthesis Report to the Department of Environment and Science](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6349f83)

2021

Other Outputs

##### Erosion and sediment control framework for Queensland Mines

Chrystal, Robynne , Côte, Claire, Asmussen, Pascal and Shaygan, Mandana (2021). Erosion and sediment control framework for Queensland Mines. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.

[Erosion and sediment control framework for Queensland Mines](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d3e0e7b)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2024 - 2027

  Optimising future copper production in the NW Mineral Province -Stage 1 scoping

  Queensland Department of Resources

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/66085)

### Past funding

- 2024 - 2025

  A Spinifex-based Nanomaterials Platform for Climate-ready Crops and Mine-Site Restoration

  Australia's Economic Accelerator Seed Grants

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/61432)
- 2023 - 2024

  Renewable Energy as Post Mining Land Use

  Australian Coal Association Research Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/60585)
- 2023

  Building a two-way research and training partnership between the Ngadju Conservation Aboriginal Corporation and UQ¿s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI)

  UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/56306)
- 2022

  Best practice approaches to identify post mine land uses for residual voids

  Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/54206)
- 2021 - 2023

  Guide for environmental freshwater quality monitoring in New Caledonia (GED)

  National Centre for Technology Research " Nickel and its environment" Public Interest Group (GIP)

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/54010)
- 2021

  A Complex Orebodies Review of the Izok Lake Corridor Project (304MMGIZOK)

  MMG Australia Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49825)
- 2021

  Post Mining Land Use (CRC TiME project administered by UniSA)

  University of South Australia

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49074)
- 2020 - 2021

  Mine rehabilitation and closure collaboration project: Baseline Works

  Queensland Resources Council Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/47846)
- 2020 - 2021

  Integration of Biophysical Aspects in Mine Closure Planning

  CRC TIME Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/47966)
- 2020 - 2021

  Mine site water: options for extracting value from open pits (CRC TiME project led by Flinders University)

  Flinders University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/48047)
- 2020 - 2021

  Quantifying risks and opportunities from mine closure planning options

  CRC TIME Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/48049)
- 2020 - 2021

  Dynamically transforming environmental assessment through a shared analytics framework (CRC TiME Projct led by Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute)

  CRC TIME Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/56747)
- 2020

  Baseline works for Moranbah post-mining land use collaborative project

  Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Pty Ltd

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43008)
- 2020 - 2023

  Water Management in Mine and Environment

  Centre National de Recherche Technologique - Nickel et son environnement (National "Nickel and its Environment" Technological Research Centre)

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/42888)
- 2020 - 2021

  Erosion and Sediment Control Framework for Queensland Mines

  Australian Coal Association Research Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/41965)
- 2007 - 2008

  C16035 - Understanding leading practice water management

  Australian Coal Association Research Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/9332)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Dr Claire Cote is:
:   Available for supervision

Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on [how to choose a supervisor](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/how-to-choose-a-supervisor).

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Investigating the application of High Reliability Organisation principles to environmental management in the mining industry

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Christoph Klebl](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/34530)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Improving the Prediction of Soil Losses from Disturbed and Rehabilitated Land in Mining Operations at Sub-Catchment Scale

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Pascal Bolz](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/29114), [Dr Phill McKenna](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1836)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Assessing the effectiveness of the EIA systems in the countries of the Lithium Triangle: Toward improved performance of the EIA as a governance instrument

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Sandy Worden](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24422)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### A Novel Hydro-Economic Modelling for Sustainable Mine Water Management

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Peter Knights](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1475), [Dr Micah Nehring](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1612)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Remediation of metal-rich mine-affected water with passive systems, testing the role of hyper-accumulator plants for improved efficiency

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Mansour Edraki](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/856), [Dr Robynne Chrystal](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/31570)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Incorporation of Sustainability Variables in Strategic Mine Planning

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Rick Valenta](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/16975)

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#### Completed supervision

- 2026

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Regional analysis and multicriteria framework to facilitate post-mining transition planning](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:bf64834)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Peter Knights](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1475), [Dr Kamila Svobodova](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/23835)

## Media

### Enquiries

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## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9473-9057)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=LUuVVtgAAAAJ)

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