MINING PARTICIPANTS (IMPLEMENTATION)
CRC ORE
Optimising Resource Extraction
Improving operational value and reversing the marked trend of declining productivity.
STATE OF PLAY
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)
IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY
THROUGH INNOVATION
Improving operational value and reversing the marked trend of declining productivity.
NEW WAYS TO IDENTIFY
AND NURTURE INNOVATION
Technology development and implementation for the global minerals industry.
USER-DRIVEN PARTNERSHIP MODEL
Collaborations between technology developers, commercial suppliers and end users.
OUR WORK
Since our establishment in 2010, we have made significant progress in rapidly developing and integrating technology from concept to implementation.
We use 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:
Commonwealth utilisation milestones - achieved or in progress99%
Commonwealth research milestones - achieved or in progress98%
HOW WE WORK
We are CRC ORE, the Cooperative Research Centre focused on Optimising Resource Extraction for the mining sector. We work to minimise the impact of declining grades and radically improve the productivity, energy and water signatures of mining operations. CRC ORE is jointly funded by Essential Participants - which include mining companies, METS, research organisations; and the Australian Government. The centre is a trusted, independent broker and facilitator, driving collaboration across all our activities.
LATEST NEWS
Cloud software to improve mining efficiency
Cloud-based software lets mining engineers improve mining efficiency in mining processes, then compare different scenarios across different time frames.
A cloud-based simulation for better mining - ABC Radio
What if there were a way to simulate all at once the whole resource extraction process, from start to finish?
Industry study investigates technology for upgrading ore
A collaborative study on the integration of screening and particle sorting techniques is set to deliver benefits across the resources sector.
Meet Karo, early career researcher
Meet Karo Fathollahzadeh, early career researcher with CRC ORE and PhD student at Curtin University.
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