SMBE is committed to the transfer of research outcomes to the academia, industry, development agencies, and government. Our range of research areas and interests include mining, Life Cycle of a Mine, Spatial Planning of Mine, Local Content and Value Addition of minerals, Decision Markets for Development Minerals, Sustainable Practices of the mining sector, Dynamic Geological Database Systems, Minerals and Mining Policies, Mining and Climate Change, Mine Hydrology, Spatial Designs and Planning, Community Development Planning, Policies and Settlement, Sustainable Cities, Land Degradation Monitoring and Neutrality Assessment, and Environment