Enhanced stope design techniques deliver mine efficiency
Exciting research has delivered a practical new approach to planning and assessing the performance of underground blasting in developing mines
Published: 1 October 2020
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2024 MRIWA PhD scholarships winners supporting minerals innovation in WA
Four new awardees for 2024 will be working on challenges including decarbonisation of mining and finding new resources to maintain the industry’s productivity.
Published: 17 April 2024
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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…
Published: 14 September 2020
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…
Published: 2 September 2020
MRIWA launches new website
The new website showcases research supported by MRIWA
Published: 24 July 2020
Delivering an economically viable processing method for the Panton Sill deposit
Research delivers a breakthrough in extracting gold and platinum group elements from the Panton Sill.
Published: 12 July 2020
Research delivers new insight into the history and prospectivity of the emerging Albany-Fraser mineral province
Unlocking deposits in the Albany-Fraser region with new geological research
Published: 18 June 2020
Developing fume-free explosives for safer underground mining
New hydrogen peroxide-based explosives reduce toxic exhaust gases without sacrificing performance compared to conventional equivalents
Published: 8 June 2020
WA research supports future mineral exploration in the Yilgarn province
Geochemical research has delivered new efficient exploration methods that may help identify buried mineralisation in the Eastern Yilgarn
Published: 28 May 2020
Innovative geochemical research delivers new exploration insights in the Capricorn region of WA
Groundwater and isotope geochemistry may point to hidden mineral deposits buried beneath barren surface rocks
Published: 20 May 2020
FBICRC sets the scene to secure Australian battery opportunity
First research report released by FBI CRC
Published: 19 May 2020
Centrifuge optimisation for fluid management in coiled tubing drilling
An overview of project M0509d is now available
Published: 14 April 2020
Report M0451 research findings – Defining the impacts of mineral by-product re-use
ChemCentre research could turn mineral processing by-products into a valuable new resource
Published: 8 April 2020