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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

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:…

Update on MRIWA and COVID-19

Please read the attached file for how MRIWA is responding to the COVID-19 situation. 200319-MRIWA Update COVID-19

Probing the Big Issues in Exploration Drilling

MRIWA project M449 with Globaltech Corporation supported the design and initial testing of a new survey probe for use in Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling. This probe would allow automated logging…

Ground support optimisation: MRIWA-supported research improving safety and efficiency in underground mining

Led by Professor Yves Potvin at the Australian Centre for Geomechanics at UWA, this project delivers significant advances in ground support design for underground mining. Applied using widely-available software tools,…

Launch of our new Research Priority Plan

MRIWA’s Research Priority Plan was officially launched on Wednesday 26 February 2020 by Minister for Mines and Petroleum, the Hon. Bill Johnston, MLA.    The Research Priority Plan describes the medium…