Summary The study aimed to develop new techniques to characterise and model the geotechnical aspects of submarine slide behaviour. Both physical and numerical modelling was applied. A new geotechnically based…
Summary Although it is established that iron ore in the Hamersley Province is located in structurally controlled sites, it has long been suspected that there is a stratigraphic control over…
Summary The integration of the Lennard Shelf sequence stratigraphy, isotope chemostratigraphy, organic geochemistry, and magnetostratigraphy datasets provides an unprecedented wealth of data for regional and global correlations of this carbonate-dominated…
Summary This study identified ways to prevent high resistance stains forming on electrostatic rolls in mineral sand processing. Coatings prepared from fine tungsten carbide in a range of polymers were…
Summary This study focussed on translating developments in fundamental understanding into outcomes for SX plant operations. Highlights included the development of probes for mixer-settler characterisation, improvements in CFD modelling capabilities,…
Summary To help ensure the reliability of natural gas supply to power generation facilities in Western Australia, this project addressed the problem of elemental sulphur deposition by construction of a…
Summary A number of shale intervals in the Northern Perth Basin provide a significant new shale gas potential. Investigations show that some of these shales are rich in organic material…
Summary This study developed novel systems for recovering gold from currently uneconomic oxide gold resources in Australia by using a modified in situ leaching method. Three lixiviant systems were studied,…
Summary The use of electro less nickel coatings on mild steel and copper to improve their corrosion resistance sufficiently for use in solar hot water systems has been assessed with…
Summary Results of research carried out for SERIWA (Solar Energy Research Institute of WA) in the School of Architecture at the University of Western Australia
This project is an extension to M401. The Challenge Solvent extraction is widely used in producing metals including cobalt, copper, nickel, platinum group metals and rare earth elements. The fundamental…
Summary In this study zeta potentials in high sulfide pulp densities at high ionic strengths were measured for the first time. Fine particle agglomeration of solids including pyrite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite,…
