Read the latest news on our research projects and other MRIWA updates
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…
Published: 12 July 2020
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Marisa at the 1991 MERIWA scholarship presentation ceremony and Marisa today as Alcoa’s Program Manager in Environmental and Process Chemistry Technology. In 1991, Marisa won the MRIWA (formerly MERIWA) scholarship for her PhD…
In partnership with MRIWA and Roy Hill, Soter Analytics developed a wearable sensor and accompanying app which can be utilised by workers in the resource industry. The technology assesses hazardous…
MRIWA, through its participation in the Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE), has supported research whereby CRC ORE and CSIRO teamed up to use CSIRO’s ‘Sensing and…
There is a perception that mining low grade ore is an unavoidable consequence of ore deposit geology and mass mining. The energy cost and capital of used in the typically…
Minister Bill Johnston announced the opening of the 2019/20 PhD Scholarship round this morning, “the McGowan Government is seeking the world’s brightest talent to undertake research into priority issues experienced in…
Are you interested in pursuing a PhD that will contribute to WA’s mineral industry? Apply now for a Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia PhD Scholarship. Find out how at https://www.mriwa.wa.gov.au/schola…/phd-scholarship-program/
