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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
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/
The Mining Industry 4.0 Collaborative Research Centre (MI4 CRC) Stage 1 bid was submitted to Canberra on July 1. The bid was strongly supported by 36 partner organisations (22 from…
The results of two research projects into nano diesel particulate matter (nDPM) were outlined at a free information session hosted by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety on…
MRIWA is proposing to revise its research priority plan and is inviting written submissions on the revised plan, located here. The Research Priority Plan describes the medium to long term…
Lithium extraction technology could be developed to convert a plentiful unused resource into high grade lithium and valuable by-products in the future with promising results revealed in a recent report.…
The State Government, through the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA), has been accepted into one of the International Energy Agency’s Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Technology Collaboration programmes. Critical…
The Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBI CRC) has been given the green light with Federal Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, the Hon Karen Andrews, announcing the successful…
