Up to 3% of all the world’s energy is consumed in the crushing and grinding of ore for mineral processing, a process called ‘Comminution’.
(Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution, 2012)
Over 50% of mine site energy use and at least 10% of production costs are in comminution.
(Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution, 2012)
CRC ORE’s Grade Engineering® will reduce mining water and energy use, and CO2 emissions, by up to 20 per cent.
(Minexcellence, 2018)
Throughout our Federal Government funding terms from 2010 until June 2021, CRC ORE made significant progress in rapidly developing and integrating technology from concept to implementation. We used innovative methodologies to develop new technology, or repurpose existing technology, often from outside the mining industry, to significantly reduce the time from prototype to production scale application. Our progress can be demonstrated as follows:
CRC ORE was founded to focus on Optimising Resource Extraction for the mining sector. We worked to minimise the impact of declining grades and to radically improve the productivity, energy and water signatures of mining operations. CRC ORE was jointly funded by Essential Participants - which included mining companies, METS, and research organisations; and the Australian Government. The centre was a trusted, independent broker and facilitator, driving collaboration across all our activities.
CRC ORE reached the end of its Government-funded term in June 2021. If you’d like to discuss any of our key initiatives, please get in touch with the contacts below:
Nick Beaton (Senior Management – Technology, IES: (nick.beaton@orica.com), or
Peter Leckie (Orica’s IES integration Manager: peter.leckie@orica.com)
Hugh Sherman, Process Engineer, Mining and Minerals Processing, Hatch (hugh.sherman@hatch.com)
Paul Revell, Research Program Manager – Mineral Processing, Mineral Resources, CSIRO (paul.revell@csiro.au)
Please contact Dr Laurence Dyer: Laurence.dyer@curtin.edu.au or visit www.kalhub.com.
For all other queries relating to CRC ORE, our Business Manager – Suzanne Campbell, is available on crcore@crcore.org.au or +61 421 530 094.
METS Associates: AMC Consultants, Bear Rock Solutions, Comet Strategy, DataMine Australia, Gekko Systems, Magotteaux, Mipac, OreControl Blasting Consultants, Scantech, Split Engineering, SRK Consulting Canada, Whittle Consulting
ADDRESS:PO Box 403, Kenmore Queensland 4069
EMAIL:
crcore@crcore.org.au