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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…

New MRIWA report released – M476 An Integrated Multi-Scale Study of Crustal Structure and Prospectivity of the Eastern Yilgarn Craton and Adjacent Albany-Fraser Orogen

MRIWA-sponsored research at the Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET) has developed an improved method for identifying hidden domains of potential mineral endowment. Using innovative machine learning technology, Dr Lindsay and…

MRIWA welcomes new chairperson

We are pleased to advise that Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston today announced the appointment of Miriam Stanborough as the new chairperson of the Minerals Research Institute of Western…

Completion of Project M465 – Final report released – Deep crustal-scale structure, geological evolution and multi-commodity prospectivity analysis in the Halls Creek Orogen, Kimberley region, Western Australia

Dr Fariba Kohanpur’s PhD thesis provides a cross-disciplinary workflow leading to a better understanding of large-scale controls on tectonic evolution and mineralisation. This study focussed on the Halls Creek Orogen,…

Stories of Our Scholars: Dr Carl Brauhart

Dr Carl Brauhart is an exploration geologist with over 25 years’ experience in gold and base-metal exploration. Carl received a supplementary scholarship in for his PhD in 1996, back when…

Release of our 2018-19 Annual Report

The Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia Annual Report 2018-19 was tabled in Parliament on 25 September 2019. This latest edition of the MRIWA Annual Report celebrates the achievements of…