CSIRO and CODES are hosting an inaugural five-day mineral systems forum for researchers and industry representatives in Yallingup, Western Australia from 8 to 13 May 2011.

National Research Flagships offer full and top-up Flagship Postgraduate Scholarships to high quality students who wish to work on a Flagship research project.

A teleoperated shiploader designed to remotely control the loading iron ore is being trialled by Rio Tinto at a port in the Pilbara.

Details of the benefits accruing to solvent extraction (SX) operators sponsoring a new three-year, $4 million, jointly-funded project designed to reduce the significant losses they suffer as a result of reagent loss, are provided in the June edition of CSIRO’s Process magazine.

CSIRO and CODES are hosting an inaugural five-day mineral systems forum for researchers and industry representatives in Yallingup, Western Australia from the 8 to 13 May 2011.

The Minerals Down Under Flagship is working with industry and research partners in the Australian innovation system to help address Australia’s key national challenges and opportunities in the minerals domain. One area of focus for the Flagship’s research is discovering Australia’s mineral resources.

The Minerals Down Under Flagship is working with industry and partners in the Australian innovation system to help address Australia’s key national challenges and opportunities in the minerals domain. A focus area for the Flagship’s research is transforming the future mine.

CSIRO’s Rock Mechanics Laboratory undertakes research and testing for exploration, development and production scenarios in the oil industry as well as for the geological storage of carbon dioxide.

CSIRO's geophysics capability contributes to a range of research applications from mineral exploration and mine safety to monitoring carbon dioxide storage.

In this vodcast, we follow a team of CSIRO scientists as they journey through the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia examining ancient Aboriginal rock art for any changes in colour, contrast or chemical composition possibly brought on from emissions from local industry. (7:01)

Around A$80 million a year is spent on research and development to boost innovation in Australia’s minerals industry, making it one of the largest minerals research efforts in the world says CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Megan Clark. (8:00)

Dr Megan Fisher, Executive Manager – IP, Licensing & Technology Transfer (MMM Group), has tertiary qualifications in science and business and an outstanding track record in strategic management, business development and technology commercialisation.

Dr Damien Giurco has a passion for research on sustainability and resource futures. He leads the Commodity Futures Project for the Mineral Futures Collaboration Cluster.

Read the specifications for the Minerals Down Under Cluster Specification 2010: Organic/inorganic interactions in mineral systems. (2 pages)

This 4-page brochure introduces the Joint Surveys Uranium initiative and outlines the past and current research projects and capabilities involved.

This fact sheet explains how the Minerals Down Under Flagship is developing technologies to address online measurement needs in mining, mineral processing, and metal production. (2 pages)

This fact sheet explains how Minerals Down Under Flagship researchers are examining sustainable processing through systems innovation. (2 pages)