Close Explore CSIRO menu

Explore CSIRO

Community

CSIRO aims to establish and build relationships with members of the community. We welcome people of all ages to come and explore our facilities, holiday programs and public events.

Contact

Phone:

1300 363 400

Email:

enquiries@csiro.au

More contact options

About CSIRO

CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.

CSIRO Banner

News

You are currently browsing the News index within Minerals Down Under Flagship.

The latest edition of CSIRO Exploration and Mining's earthmatters magazine looks at how Australian science and engineering is advancing the frontiers of intelligent automation in the resources industry.
CSIRO and the Geological Survey of Queensland are combining to conduct a series of workshops on hyperspectral mapping.
The November/December edition of CSIRO Exploration & Mining's earthmatters magazine looks ahead to imagine how the industry might operate in 2030.
The July/August edition of CSIRO Exploration & Mining’s earthmatters magazine reflects on recent research achievements that have benefited the minerals industry.
CSIRO scientists with the Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship have successfully used an electronic listening post to track and control a drill operating more than 300 metres below the Earth’s surface.
A study of the characteristics of gold nuggets from around Australia has overturned many years of accepted scientific wisdom on how nuggets form.
The Australian minerals industry’s R&D effort received a major boost today with the launch in Canberra of CSIRO’s Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon. Kim Carr.
CSIRO scientists with the Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship are working closely with industry and government to develop vastly improved navigation technology for remote areas.
A four-year monitoring project has found no evidence that emissions from industries located on the Burrup Peninsula are damaging the Heritage-listed Burrup rock art.
Machine-mounted sensors, being developed through CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship, could help locate ore deposits, characterise the mining environment, and differentiate ore grades.
Researchers are hard at work developing a raft of technologies to help Australia's minerals industry remain globally competitive.
Nanoparticles of gold too small to be seen with the naked eye have been created in laboratories, but up until now, have never been seen in nature.
New guidelines for open pit slope design have been released for the first time in more than 30 years.
Scientists are using groundwater to locate gold and other high value resources.
Following an intensive international search and selection process, CSIRO has appointed one of its own, Jonathan Law, as the new Director of the organisation Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship.
CSIRO’s Minerals Down Under Flagship is working with the Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ) to provide Queensland’s mineral explorers with the benefits of exciting new advances in hyperspectral mineral mapping technologies.
Chaos theory could hold the key to making the in-situ leaching process a more effective ore extraction technique, according to a team of CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship scientists.
CSIRO and the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS) have joined forces to launch a communication program aimed at Australia’s remote communities.
Scientists involved in CSIRO's Minerals Down Under Flagship are transferring technologies developed for space exploration and mining on the Moon and Mars, into new applications for the Australian mining industry.
A new pyrolysis technology could expand charcoal production in Australia tenfold, and generate a range of valuable byproducts, according to the February edition of CSIRO's Process magazine.
The Maia X-ray Microprobe Element Imaging System developed for use at the Australian Synchrotron by CSIRO and Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York has won a prestigious R&D 100 Award.
A range of articles detailing how CSIRO researchers are working to improve understanding of drilling mechanics and dynamics are published today in the March/April edition of CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering’s (CESRE’s) earthmatters magazine.
CSIRO today signed a five-year, $25m strategic research alliance agreement with one of Australia’s leading public companies – Orica Limited.
CSIRO's Dr Neal Wai Poi will lead the development of a major new international mining and mineral processing research centre based in Santiago, Chile.
Mining industry explorers, earthquake and climate change scientists and members of the public can now access a 'stack' of information about Australia's geology at the click of a button.

Page 1 of 2

Contact Information

Mr Bob Chamberlain

Marketing & Communication Manager

Phone: 61 7 3327 4469

Alt Phone: 61 4 1844 3083

Email: Bob.Chamberlain@csiro.au

Explore CSIRO

Community

CSIRO aims to establish and build relationships with members of the community. We welcome people of all ages to come and explore our facilities, holiday programs and public events.

Contact

Phone:

1300 363 400

Email:

enquiries@csiro.au

More contact options

About CSIRO

CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.