The Challenge The rapidly evolving safety, commercial and cultural trends that affect the execution of manual work activities in mining/minerals industries necessitates an urgent response in the delivery of automated…
Published: 19 December 2025
Biography Paul is the Strategic Project Manager. He has more than 25 years of experience in senior roles that cover research and development, operations, and management in heavy industry, equipment/technology…
Published: 12 December 2025
Biography Linda Crew joined MRIWA in 2025 as a Research Portfolio Manage. She brings over 20 years of experience in the Western Australian mining sector, with a career spanning operations,…
Published: 2 December 2025
Biography Salwan brings extensive experience across advanced materials, decarbonisation technologies, and resource-sector R&D leadership. His career spans senior roles in research management, innovation strategy, and industry collaboration — including driving…
Published: 18 November 2025
9 March 2026
Intelligent Transitions: The Role of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Building a Sustainable Resource Future
Published: 14 November 2025
The Challenge The transition to battery-electric haul trucks represents an important step in decarbonising Western Australia’s mining sector. However, widespread adoption is currently constrained by uncertainties surrounding vehicle performance, reliability,…
Published: 4 November 2025
The Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBICRC) was established in 2019 under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program to support Australia’s transition into a globally competitive battery…
Published: 30 October 2025
The Challenge Globally, mining generates over 10 billion tonnes of tailings material annually. While storage of this material poses long-term environmental and geotechnical risks, tailings can also represent a significant…
Published: 29 October 2025
The Challenge DRI production is set to grow from 8% to 24% pf iron production by 2050 (the MRIWA green steel report 2023). To make this production economic higher grade…
Published: 27 October 2025
The Challenge DRI production is set to grow from 8% to 24% pf iron production by 2050 (the MRIWA green steel report 2023). To make this production economic higher grade…
Published: 27 October 2025
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is seeing rapid adoption in industry to enable employees to query information captured in proprietary data for their organisation.
Published: 17 October 2025
The Challenge Despite the acknowledged potential of the Gascoyne and West Arunta regions of Western Australia as emerging Niobium-rich rare earth element districts, the character and mineralisation history of the…
Published: 13 October 2025