Eunjoo Choi was awarded a MRIWA Scholarship in 2016 to undertake PhD studies at the University of Western Australia, where she investigated the geochemical and isotopic features of alkaline rocks…
The Challenge Salt lakes represent highly prospective environments for mineral exploration, but deploying conventional seismic surveying technology in hyper-saline environments is challenging, inefficient and often leads to a permanent damage…
The Challenge Miners typically employ very conservative designs for ground support to control the risk of rockfalls in underground mines, resulting in excessive ground support costs. The challenge is to…
Professor Eric May received a MRIWA Supplementary PhD Scholarship in 2000. Following the completion of his PhD, Eric has continued on to a stellar research career in the Australian oil…
The Challenge Unpredictable rock burst and strain burst events create significant safety hazards for mining personnel and operations, but these phenomena are poorly understood The Solution This research is based…
The Challenge Recent catastrophic failures of Tailings Storage Facilities around the world have increased interest in alternative approaches to tailings management. Although promising in this regard, the stacking of filtered…
The Challenge Soil geochemical exploration practices have changed little in decades, despite evolving need to investigate challenging areas covered by sediments. CSIRO have developed the UltraFine+TM workflow to optimise elemental…
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…
