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12th October 2020
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MRIWA Education Program – Producing Research Champions to drive innovation in the WA mining industry
6th October 2020
MRIWA’s new education program launched by the Hon. Bill Johnston MLA, Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Enhanced stope design techniques deliver mine efficiency
1st October 2020
Exciting research has delivered a practical new approach to planning and assessing the performance of underground blasting in developing mines
Stories of our Scholars – Dr Eunjoo Choi
14th September 2020
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
2nd September 2020
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
24th July 2020
The new website showcases research supported by MRIWA
Delivering an economically viable processing method for the Panton Sill deposit
12th July 2020
Research delivers a breakthrough in extracting gold and platinum group elements from the Panton Sill.
Research delivers new insight into the history and prospectivity of the emerging Albany-Fraser mineral province
18th June 2020
Unlocking deposits in the Albany-Fraser region with new geological research
Developing fume-free explosives for safer underground mining
8th June 2020
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
28th May 2020
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
20th May 2020
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
19th May 2020
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…