The Challenge The mining industry is increasingly acknowledging the opportunity to reconsider an in-situ recovery (ISR) approach for a broad range of mining activities. Risk mitigation associated with the potential…
We are excited to announce the launch of our new website. Designed with accessibility of information at the forefront, the new website features details on current and past MRIWA-funded research…
MRIWA project M0458 could allow commercial development of the Panton Sill platinum deposit in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. Despite the value of metals within this resource, their distribution across a…
The thermal and oxidative characteristics of two floated nickel sulphide concentrates, one from the Kambalda Nickel Operation and from Agnew Mining Corporation, as well as a mixture containing concentrates, flash…
The results of Rock-Eval pyrolysis examination of Devonian sediments from the Canning Basin, and Devonian and Carboniferous from the Bonaparte Basin, are described and discussed. The percentage Total Organic Carbon in the rock was…
In this research, sediment and petroleum samples, mainly drill stem cuttings, were subjected to detailed geochemical analysis. ROCK-EVAL pyrolysis measurements showed that the sediments do contain potential petroleum source rocks,…
The pegmatite of this study is in a Barrovian-style terrain, localised in a major shear zone, and in or near mafic-ultramafic sequences, thus explaining many of the anomalous features in…
Study of concentrates and ore samples from the Kambalda nickel deposits has demonstrated the existence of a number of discrete platinum group element minerals. Sperrylite occurs within massive ores whereas…
The report critically evaluates Carbon-in-Leach versus C.I.P. processes, agitation and screening systems, performance criteria for activated carbons, elution techniques, and alternative approaches to recovering gold and regenerating carbon. Fouling of…
Using X-ray excitation and a scanning electron microscope, the detection limit for some elements in certain matrices was extended down to 30 ppm, thus enabling individual mineral grains to be…
This research considers the reactivity of mineral sulphides and physical properties of concentrated chloride solutions, and develops options for nickel mattes and “complex” sulphide concentrates. The corrosion characteristics of different…
This study investigates the possibility of obtaining a consistently sized product from a hydrocyclone used as a classifier by altering the spigot diameter, the vortex finder height and the inlet…
