Minerals Down Under Partnerships

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

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 HyLogging^TM systems provide a means to routinely and objectively capture detailed mineralogical information from drill core, chips and powder using reflectance spectroscopy.

A team headed by Dr Hal Aral has identified a simple technique to remediate sulfate-contaminated water discharge from mining sites.

The Minerals Down Under Flagship invites applications for PhD scholarships commencing in early 2012.

CSIRO and ERSDAC are collaborating to deliver next generation remote sensing technologies for application in resource mapping and environmental monitoring.

CSIRO’s LANDTEM™ is a highly portable exploration tool helping unearth large mineral deposits worth hundreds of millions of dollars. It is the first SQUID-based system for minerals exploration available for commercial sale.

Electron microscopy may help solve the iron ore industry's phosphorus problem. If successful, the work could be worth billions of dollars to the Australian industry.

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is helping the minerals industry obtain a true picture of the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of different processes and identifying opportunities for improving performance.

Our characterisation team combines industry-leading expertise with today’s most sophisticated technology and techniques to explore the physical, chemical, thermal and mechanical properties of a wide range of materials and ore types.

Researchers from the Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship and five Australian universities have formed a collaboration cluster to address future sustainability issues facing the minerals industry in this country.

The Minerals Down Under Flagship has partnered with government and industry to form a centre of excellence to develop three-dimensional (3D) mineral maps of the Australian continent.

CSIRO has developed highly efficient software to process Crystal-Size Distribution data.

The collective skills and experience of Sustainable Communities Initiative partners has helped to guide local agencies and groups in the sustainable management of regional expansion associated with a resource boom in the Surat Basin in southern Queensland, Australia.

SiroSOM identifies relationships within large and diverse datasets typical in the geosciences and is also an effective predictive tool.

CSIRO Process Science and Engineering works closely with industry to develop online tools and techniques that provide improved measurement and control of processes.