Piercing the darkness – live geophysical sensing during drilling
Smarter Drilling, Better Discoveries
Published: 2 June 2026
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MRIWA Supports Black Coffee Business Networking Event
MRIWA’s involvement reflects our ongoing commitment to inclusive research ecosystems, reconciliation and supporting Indigenous economic participation in Western Australia.
Published: 1 July 2026
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Coiled Tubing drilling delivers the goods for mineral exploration
The prototype RoXplorer drilling platform delivers cheaper, faster drilling than conventional technology, all with a lower environmental footprint.
Published: 2 June 2026
Hydrometallurgical Processing for Nickel and Cobalt Ores, Concentrates, Tailings, Wastes – Stage 2 (FBI CRC Project No. 029)
The project advanced methods for recovering nickel, cobalt and copper from ores, concentrates, tailings and waste streams.
Published: 29 May 2026
Delivering seismic imaging within the exploration workflow
Fibre optic cables deployed during drilling can deliver distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) capability as an integral component of exploration drilling.
Published: 27 May 2026
Hidden architecture shapes world‑class sediment-hosted mineral systems
New integrated modelling establishes fundamental pointers to the controls on sediment-hosted mineralisation in the emerging Northern Australian mineral province.
Published: 21 May 2026
Advancing the Targeting of Sedimentary-Hosted Copper in Western Australia
A new MRIWA-supported CSIRO study presents an integrated workflow to better understand – and target – buried sedimentary-hosted copper systems in Western Australia.
Published: 21 May 2026
Cooling system designed for retrofitted electric mining truck
EPCA developed and tested a cooling system to support reliable operation of a retrofitted 100‑tonne electric haul truck.
Published: 13 May 2026
Large-diameter rollers prove their value in overland conveyor systems
Increasing the diameter of conveyor rollers offers immediate benefits in energy efficiency of bulk material conveying systems.
Published: 30 April 2026
‘Current’ research
Direct metal extraction under electro-kinetic forcing – opening the possibility of a low-impact mining future.
Published: 16 February 2026
EnPhytoBox® – modular, carbon-neutral water treatment for remote mine sites
Harnessing natural wetland biodynamics, the EnPhytoBox® uses green chemistry and microbes to deliver sustainable, carbon-neutral on-site treatment of wastewater.
Published: 28 January 2026
New EMCR Reference Group to Strengthen Emerging Research Leadership in WA
New EMCR Reference Group to Strengthen Emerging Research Leadership in WA
Published: 23 January 2026
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) on large technical reports
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is seeing rapid adoption in industry to enable employees to query information captured in proprietary data for their organisation.
Published: 17 October 2025