Four new awardees for 2024 will be working on challenges including decarbonisation of mining and finding new resources to maintain the industry’s productivity.
As part of this program, DEMIRS is funding the creation of PhD Scholarships to attract and develop leading research talent in Western Australia. Administered by the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA).
The Challenge Acceptance of in-situ recovery (ISR) as a practical mining technology is currently limited by our restricted understanding of the systemic performance of chemical recovery systems and mechanisms for…
Project completed by Future Battery Industries CRC– link will open in a new window which receives allocation of MRIWA funds. The Challenge The presence of impurities in the vanadium battery electrolyte could…
The Challenge Processing of Rare Earth Elements (REE) using a Microwave reactor can reduce the reagents, roasting emissions and energy. Proposed Solution Several rare earth projects are under development in…
The Challenge To bridge the gap between Mineral System Science and ore processing/metallurgical extraction, providing geoscientists with a much-needed understanding of the full value chain of the critical resources essential…
The Challenge Platinum Group Metals (PGM’s) are needed for a range of new applications including hydrogen electrolysis and industrial chemical production. In Western Australia the industry is not well understood…
The Challenge To deliver an optimised pro-type electrolysis capable of more efficiently producing copper, nickel and zin. The technology (eco-Metal X) fully regenerates all chemicals and this could deliver environmentally…
This project is part of the Co-operative Education for Enterprise Development (CEED) program The Challenge To develop a method for establishing the priorities of minerals research against the criticality of the mineral…
This project is part of the Co-operative Education for Enterprise Development (CEED) program with academic supervisors Prof. Melinda Hodkiewicz and Dr Caitlin Woods. The Challenge Retrieve research data and insights…
