WOMEN ADVANCING MINERALS RESEARCH
28 Aug 2025
Professor Lyn Beazley
Supporting female led research in the minerals industry
28 Aug 2025
Professor Lyn Beazley
Supporting female led research in the minerals industry
17 July 2025
Brett McFadgen | PLS
Tim Walton | MRIWA
The 2025 Premier’s Science Awards are officially open for applications, offering an exciting opportunity to celebrate and elevate Western Australia’s brightest scientific minds.
Expressions of Interest are open until 30 March 2026
The Challenge The mining industry, at both global and domestic levels, has for a number of decades been offering to communities a “deal” that seeks to balance some environmental damage,…
The Challenge Industrial solid waste, especially mine waste, causes a series of environmental problems and issues with sterilisation of land. It would reduce the environmental impact caused by mining activity…
The Challenge The East Pilbara rare-metal pegmatite system represents one of the best exposures of the global population of rare-metal pegmatite systems on Earth. The setting and controls of such…
The Challenge Current research indicates that leaders’ safety communication crucially enhances workers’ safety performance, reducing injury rates and fostering a strong safety climate. Specifically, safety storytelling by leaders is proposed…
The Challenge The MARS Program Landmark Study highlighted mental health and wellbeing as critical concerns within the mining industry. Indeed, 30% of WA mining workers reporting high or very high…
23 Sept 2025
Beaumonde on the Point, East Perth
The Challenge The minerals sector is facing increasing challenges in imaging deep-seated resources due to complex geological conditions and the limitations of traditional geophysical techniques. This research addresses the need…
The Challenge This research addresses the need for a sustainable, zero-carbon-emission method to extract lithium from tailings. Current lithium recovery techniques are inefficient, energy-intensive, and contribute to significant carbon emissions.…