CRC ORE and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have formed a Future Research Program to take CRC ORE’s most promising fields of research into new areas to broaden the impact on the Australian mining industry and economy.

Copper is one of the most important metal commodities, with applications in many products which are essential to sustain modern life.

Registration is now open for the CRC ORE Annual Assembly 2021. This is the final showcase event to be held by CRC ORE and it will be a one day event, not to be missed.

A CRC ORE breakthrough in the preconcentration space will potentially change the way mining has been undertaken for decades.

An Australian-developed simulation software platform for improving the efficiency of mineral processing operations is set to take on the world.

Improving the productivity of mining operations and creating positive change for mines and communities, CRC ORE takes an exciting step forward with Hatch.

One of the world’s biggest resources companies recently engaged the services of an Australian research consortium to examine deployment of cutting edge preconcentration techniques.

An executive with 20 years of experience in the technology and resources industries has been appointed to the board of an Australian mining research cooperative.

AusIMM, in conjunction with CRC ORE, is hosting the inaugural Preconcentration Digital Conference in November 2020.

CRC ORE and AusIMM are excited to host our first hybrid model event, incorporating an in-person element to our Preconcentration Digital Conference 2020!

Due to evolving restrictions on gatherings and travel, the CRC ORE Annual Assembly will this year be replaced by an exciting new virtual offering.

A Western Australian innovation hub focused on mining research and innovation has officially become part of one of the world’s premier mining schools.

AusIMM and CRC ORE are excited to announce the accepted abstracts for Precon 2020 are now available online!

Wider industry cooperation and increased funding of research and development (R&D) are key to advancing the mining industry according to a newly released whitepaper.

What is Grade Engineering®? What are the five key levers? How does Grade Engineering enable more efficient extraction of metal by separating ore from waste?

The team at the Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) are shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Dr Dan Alexander.

CRC ORE commissioned a whitepaper titled “A review of the minerals industry R&D landscape in Australia”.

AusIMM, the peak body and trusted voice for people working in the resources sector, and CRC ORE, leading experts in optimising resource extraction are together delighted to announce a new world-class digital event, the Preconcentration Digital Conference 2020.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) has been recognised with a High Commendation in the 2020 CEEC Medal awards.

Extensive testing conducted found Western Australian Goldfields mine sites can add value to their operations by focusing on small size fractions.

CRC ORE is offering a number of exciting opportunities to students in the Austmine STEM METS Career Pathway Program.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction has now entered its final year but is far from slowing down.

Cloud-based software lets mining engineers improve mining efficiency in mining processes, then compare different scenarios across different time frames.

What if there were a way to simulate all at once the whole resource extraction process, from start to finish?

A collaborative study on the integration of screening and particle sorting techniques is set to deliver benefits across the resources sector.

Meet Karo Fathollahzadeh, early career researcher with CRC ORE and PhD student at Curtin University.

Residing in Kalgoorlie, in the heart of the Goldfields region of Western Australia, Dr Laurence Dyer is truly a man that wears many hats.

How the Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) is improving the productivity, energy and water signatures of mining operations.

An update to CRC ORE's response to COVID-19.

Preconcentration offers miners the opportunity to address some of the operational, environmental and CSR-based challenges that lie ahead.

Eight undergraduate students recently completed an intensive ten week program at CRC ORE.

Meet Nathaly Guerrero, early career researcher with CRC ORE and Masters student at the University of Tasmania.

Meet Kashif Nazir, early career researcher with CRC ORE and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) student at Curtin University.

Meet Jillian Moffatt, early career researcher with CRC ORE and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) student at the University of Adelaide.

With just 18 months left of its current funding term, the Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) is actively educating and cooperating with its Participants in the use of its unique solutions.

Meet Tom Payten, early career researcher with CRC ORE and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) student at the University of Adelaide.

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS for short, is a rapid chemical element analysis technique, developed since the invention of the laser in 1960.

Meet Alfred Septian, early career researcher with CRC ORE and a Master of Philosophy (Mphil) student at The University of Queensland's Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC).

Simulating complex mine operations for the integration of new technologies.

Thank you to those that attended and to those that helped deliver CRC ORE’s Annual Assembly 2019 on Thursday 24 October 2019.

A huge congratulations to our own Clytie Dangar, and Alison Price from SoilCyclers, on being elected to the Board of Austmine.

State of Play was founded eight years ago to fill a gap in mining industry research at the time.

Australian ingenuity is being put to the test at one the world’s largest deposits of zinc, lead and silver.

Towards the end of 2018 Shruti Gaur was exploring potential career options. She was aware of the mining industry but not the diversity of career paths it offered.

CRC ORE is offering a number of exciting opportunities to students in the Austmine STEM METS Career Pathway Program.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) has officially welcomed world-leading industrial equipment and services provider Metso as its newest Participant.

CRC ORE congratulates Sabina Shugg AM on her appointment as the Director of Curtin University’s Western Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie, succeeding Professor Sam Spearing.

Our successful Grade Engineering production trial at Sumitomo’s Minera San Cristobel was featured in the

A renowned British expert in the modelling and simulation of minerals processing recently visited the Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) to review one of its key initiatives.

Growing up in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Edwin Koh always knew he wanted to be an engineer, but had no idea his journey would lead him to work in mining research in Brisbane, Australia.