Juliana is a Research Fellow at The University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute, whose multidisciplinary research is dedicated to enhancing the sustainability and circularity of mineral resources supply through innovation. Juliana's current work focuses on developing sustainable, circular solutions, such as ore-sand co-production, to address the global sustainability challenges associated with sand supply and conventional mineral waste management. With a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad del Valle in Colombia and a Master of Science and a PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Juliana's multidisciplinary academic background includes a strong emphasis on extractive metallurgy and Life Cycle Assessment approaches for sustainability in the mining context. Her work experience includes co-leading applied research projects in collaboration with the mining industry in Brazil, Europe, and Australia. During her graduate studies, Juliana worked as a part-time Research Assistant in Brazil and later as a full-time Research Assistant at Imperial College London on the Horizon 2020 IMPaCT project from 2019 to 2020. She remains affiliated with the institution as an Honorary Research Associate. Juliana has established herself as an expert in her field, with a growing track record of academic publications and contributions towards advancing sustainable mining practices. She has contributed as a peer reviewer for nine international journals, is an Editorial Board Member of Geoenergy (a co-owned journal of the Geological Society and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)), and a Topical Advisory Panel member of MDPI's Minerals journal. Juliana is also part of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on the Future of Responsible Resource Use.
Journal Article: Comparative life cycle assessment of battery-electric and diesel underground mining trucks
Balboa-Espinoza, Victor, Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Hunt, Carlos, Aitken, Douglas and Campos, Levi (2023). Comparative life cycle assessment of battery-electric and diesel underground mining trucks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 425 139056, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139056
Other Outputs: Is ore-sand the solution to the mining industry’s waste problem?
Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Franks, Daniel M. (2023, 05 19). Is ore-sand the solution to the mining industry’s waste problem? Mining Magazine 32-34.
Journal Article: Decarbonisation to drive dramatic increase in mining waste–options for reduction
Valenta, Rick K., Lèbre, Éléonore, Antonio, Christian, Franks, Daniel M., Jokovic, Vladimir, Micklethwaite, Steven, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Runge, Kym, Savinova, Ekaterina, Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Stringer, Martin, Verster, Isabella and Yahyaei, Mohsen (2023). Decarbonisation to drive dramatic increase in mining waste–options for reduction. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106859, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106859
(2024–2025) Australia's Economic Accelerator Seed Grants
Improving circularity in Queensland's new economy minerals
(2023–2024) Queensland Department of Resources
(2023–2024) NewCrest Mining Limited
Comparative life cycle assessment of battery-electric and diesel underground mining trucks
Balboa-Espinoza, Victor, Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Hunt, Carlos, Aitken, Douglas and Campos, Levi (2023). Comparative life cycle assessment of battery-electric and diesel underground mining trucks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 425 139056, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139056
Decarbonisation to drive dramatic increase in mining waste–options for reduction
Valenta, Rick K., Lèbre, Éléonore, Antonio, Christian, Franks, Daniel M., Jokovic, Vladimir, Micklethwaite, Steven, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Runge, Kym, Savinova, Ekaterina, Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Stringer, Martin, Verster, Isabella and Yahyaei, Mohsen (2023). Decarbonisation to drive dramatic increase in mining waste–options for reduction. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106859, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106859
The out-of-this-world hype cycle: progression towards sustainable terrestrial resource production
Moore, K.R., Segura-Salazar, J., Bridges, L., Diallo, P., Doyle, K., Johnson, C., Foster, P., Pollard, N., Whyte, N. and Wright, O. (2022). The out-of-this-world hype cycle: progression towards sustainable terrestrial resource production. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 186 106519, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106519
Moore, K. R., Moradi, S., Doyle, K., Sydd, O., Amaral, , Bodin, J., Brito-Parada, P. R., Dudley, F., Fitzpatrick, R., Foster, P., Goettmann, F., Roberts, D., Roethe, R., Sairinen, R., Sambrook, T., Segura-Salazar, J. and Thomas, G. (2021). Sustainability of switch on-switch off (SOSO) mining: Human resource development tailored to technological solutions. Resources Policy, 73 102167, 102167. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102167
Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Tavares, Luis Marcelo (2021). A life cycle-based, sustainability-driven innovation approach in the minerals industry: Application to a large-scale granitic quarry in Rio de Janeiro. Minerals Engineering, 172 107149, 107149. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107149
Holistic pre-feasibility study of comminution routes for a Brazilian itabirite ore
Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Santos, Natasha de S. L. and Tavares, Luis Marcelo (2021). Holistic pre-feasibility study of comminution routes for a Brazilian itabirite ore. Minerals, 11 (8) 894. doi: 10.3390/min11080894
Switch on-switch off small-scale mining: Environmental performance in a life cycle perspective
Beylot, Antoine, Muller, Stephanie, Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Brito-Parada, Pablo, Paneri, Anshul, Yan, Xiaoyu, Lai, Frederic, Roethe, Richard, Thomas, Gareth, Goettmann, Frederic, Braun, Marius, Moradi, Saeid, Fitzpatrick, Rob, Moore, Kathryn and Bodin, Jerome (2021). Switch on-switch off small-scale mining: Environmental performance in a life cycle perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 312 127647, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127647
Stibnite froth flotation: A critical review
Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Brito-Parada, Pablo R. (2021). Stibnite froth flotation: A critical review. Minerals Engineering, 163 106713. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2020.106713
Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Lima, Francisco Mariano and Tavares, Luis Marcelo (2019). Life Cycle Assessment in the minerals industry: current practice, harmonization efforts, and potential improvement through the integration with process simulation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 232, 174-192. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.318
Pedrosa, Francisco Junior Batista, Bergerman, Maurício Guimarães, Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Junior, Homero Delboni (2019). HPGR as alternative to fused alumina comminution route: An assessment of circuit simplification potential. Revista Escola de Minas, 72 (3), 543-551. doi: 10.1590/0370-44672018720193
Sustainability in the Minerals Industry: Seeking a Consensus on Its Meaning
Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Tavares, Luis Marcelo (2018). Sustainability in the Minerals Industry: Seeking a Consensus on Its Meaning. Sustainability, 10 (5) 1429, 1-38. doi: 10.3390/su10051429
Mathematical modeling of a vertical shaft impact crusher using the Whiten model
Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Barrios, Gabriel Pantoja, Rodriguez, Victor and Tavares, Luis Marcelo (2017). Mathematical modeling of a vertical shaft impact crusher using the Whiten model. Minerals Engineering, 111, 222-228. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2017.06.022
A life cycle-based, sustainability-driven innovation approach in the minerals industry
Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Tavares, Luis Marcelo (2021). A life cycle-based, sustainability-driven innovation approach in the minerals industry. Sustainable Minerals ’21, Online, 21-24 June 2021. Falmouth: MEI International.
Approaching uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment for the minerals industry with process modeling
Tavares, Luís Marcelo and Segura-Salazar, Juliana (2019). Approaching uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment for the minerals industry with process modeling. 26th International Mining Congress and Exhibition of Turkey (IMCET 2019), Antalya, Turkey, 16-19 April 2019.
Segura-Salazar, J., Bodin, J., Muller, S. and Brito-Parada, P. (2019). Assessing the impact of process variability on the metallurgical and environmental performance of modular, small-scale mineral processing circuits. IMPC-EURASIA 2019, Antalya, Turkey, 31 October-2 November 2019.
Muller, S., Bodin, J., Segura-Salazar, J. and Villeneuve, J. (2019). How can process simulation be used to get more reliable data for LCA of mining emerging technologies?. SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, Helsinki, Finaland, 29 May 2019. SETAC Europe .
Bodin, Jerome, Muller, Stephanie, Brito-Parada, Pablo and Segura-Salazar, Juliana (2019). Linking mineral processing simulation with life cycle assessment (LCA) to forecast potential environmental impacts of small-scale mining technologies development. 15th SGA Biennial Meeting on Life with Ore Deposits on Earth, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 27-30 August 2019. Geneva, Switzerland: Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits.
Mineral processing simulators: state-of-the-art and future challenges
Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Brito-Parada, Pablo (2019). Mineral processing simulators: state-of-the-art and future challenges. Computational Modelling '19, Falmouth, United Kingdom, 11-12 June 2019.
Modelling iron ore desliming in hydrocyclones
Alves, L. P., Segura-Salazar, J., Turrer, H. D. G., Mainza, A. N. and Tavares, L. M. (2019). Modelling iron ore desliming in hydrocyclones. 16th European Symposium on Comminution and Classification (ESCC 2019), Leeds, United Kingdom, 2-4 September 2019.
A holistic pre-feasibility study of comminution routes for a low-grade Brazilian iron ore
Segura-Salazar, J., Souza, N. and Tavares, L.M. (2018). A holistic pre-feasibility study of comminution routes for a low-grade Brazilian iron ore. 11th International Comminution Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa, 16-19 April 2018.
Segura-Salazar, J. and Tavares, L. M. (2018). Towards a systemic and process-based approach for Life Cycle Assessment improvement in the minerals industry on the basis of computational modeling and simulation. Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC 2018), Berlin, Germany, 29-31 August 2018.
Eco-eficiência no projeto de circuitos de cominuição: o caso Brasileiro
Salazar, Juliana Segura and Tavares, Luís Marcelo (2017). Eco-eficiência no projeto de circuitos de cominuição: o caso Brasileiro. 5th Reduction Seminar, 16th Iron Ore Symposium and the 3rd Agglomeration Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17-21 August 2015. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Blucher. doi: 10.5151/2594-357x-26853
Comparação de modelos matemáticos na prensagem de rolos de minério de ferro itabirítico
Campos, Túlio Moreira, Barrios, Gabriel Pantoja, Salazar, Juliana Segura, Mazzinghy, Douglas Batista, Russo, José Francisco Cabello and Tavares, Luís Marcelo Marques (2016). Comparação de modelos matemáticos na prensagem de rolos de minério de ferro itabirítico. 46th Reduction Seminar / 17th Iron Ore / 4th Agglomeration, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 27-29 September 2016. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Blucher. doi: 10.5151/2594-357x-28111
Comparing comminution routes for a Brazilian iron ore using sustainability principles
Segura, Juliana and Tavares, Luís Marcelo (2014). Comparing comminution routes for a Brazilian iron ore using sustainability principles. IMPC 2014 - 27th International Mineral Processing Congress, Chile, 2014. Chile: Gecamin Digital Publications.
Towards more eco-efficient comminution circuits in the Brazilian mining industry
Segura-Salazar, J. and Tavares, L. M. (2014). Towards more eco-efficient comminution circuits in the Brazilian mining industry. Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit 2014, Cancún, Mexico, 29 June-4 July 2014. Mont-Royal, Canada: FLOGEN Stars Outreach.
Is ore-sand the solution to the mining industry’s waste problem?
Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Franks, Daniel M. (2023, 05 19). Is ore-sand the solution to the mining industry’s waste problem? Mining Magazine 32-34.
The hype is out of this world, but mining in space won’t save the Earth
Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Moore, Kathryn (2023, 01 31). The hype is out of this world, but mining in space won’t save the Earth The Conversation
Ore-sand co-production from Newcrest’s Cadia East HydroFloat Reject: an exploratory study
Segura-Salazar, Juliana and Franks, Daniel M. (2023). Ore-sand co-production from Newcrest’s Cadia East HydroFloat Reject: an exploratory study. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/96249f6
Materials: Switch on/Switch off
Brito-Parada, Pablo, Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Bodin, Jerome, Muller, Stephanie and Moore, Kathryn (2022, 10 27). Materials: Switch on/Switch off The Chemical Engineer
Segura-Salazar, Juliana (2021). An approach to reduce epistemic uncertainty in a life cycle-based environmental sustainability in the minerals industry. PhD Thesis, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Segura-Salazar, Juliana (2014). Comparação de rotas de cominuição de minérios de ferro itabiríticos usando conceitos de sustentabilidade e eficiência energética. M.Sc Thesis, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Segura Salazar, Juliana and Gómez Cano, Delia (2008). Estudio de humedales de flujo sub-superficial para el tratamiento de aguas residuales domésticas: Aplicación de modelos hidrodinámicos y macro-cinéticos. B.Sc Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, Universidad del Valle.
(2024–2025) Australia's Economic Accelerator Seed Grants
Improving circularity in Queensland's new economy minerals
(2023–2024) Queensland Department of Resources
(2023–2024) NewCrest Mining Limited
Finding Alternative Sources of Sand: Cadia East HydroFloat Coarse Tailings - Phase 1
(2022) NewCrest Mining Limited