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Stories of our Scholars – Dr Eunjoo Choi

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…

Stories of our Scholars – Dr Eric May

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…

MRIWA launches new website

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…

Delivering an economically viable processing method for the Panton Sill deposit

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…

Research delivers new insight into the history and prospectivity of the emerging Albany-Fraser mineral province

Innovative geochemical analysis in MRIWA project M470 demonstrates the Albany–Fraser Orogen shares an early history of geological development and mineralisation with the richly-endowed Yilgarn Craton. Deformed and fractured rocks penetrate…

Developing fume-free explosives for safer underground mining

Research completed by a team at Mining3 in MRIWA project M0482 has demonstrated the potential for new explosive hydrogels based on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to replace existing explosives used in…

WA research supports future mineral exploration in the Yilgarn province

Minister Johnson released the results of research findings for MRIWA project M0494 today. Researchers led by Dr John Walshe at CSIRO have developed a new cost-effective geochemical exploration method allowing…

Innovative geochemical research delivers new exploration insights in the Capricorn region of WA

MRIWA-sponsored research in project M0436 by scientists from CSIRO, The Centre for Exploration Targeting, and Curtin University has developed new understanding of the mineral endowment of Western Australia’s Capricorn region.…

FBICRC sets the scene to secure Australian battery opportunity

MRIWA congratulates the FBICRC team on the release of their first research report “The governance of battery value chains: Security, Sustainability and Australian Policy Options”. Find out more, including a…

New Project Snapshot M0509d – Centrifuge optimisation for fluid management in coiled tubing drilling

Report M0451 research findings – Defining the impacts of mineral by-product re-use

MRIWA-sponsored research at the ChemCentre in Western Australia has validated procedures and standards allowing long-term environmental interactions of mineral processing residues and other industrial by-products to be predicted for local…

Reducing mineral exploration risk through innovative geophysical analysis

MRIWA-sponsored research project M493 has produced an innovative technique for analysing seismic and magnetotelluric data. Developed by Professor Brett Harris and his team at Curtin University’s WA School of Mines:…