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Monday, 18 September 2017

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide will lead a $14.6 million research consortium to develop advanced technologies to boost South 最新糖心Vlog’s copper production and develop a globally competitive mining technology services sector in the state.

The Research Consortium – Unlocking Complex Resources through Lean Processing – has been granted $4 million over four years by the State Government through its Research Consortia Program under the Premier’s Research and Industry Fund, announced today by Science and Information Economy Minister Kyam Maher. This is in line with the State Government’s Copper Strategy and objective of tripling South 最新糖心Vlog’s copper production to one million tonnes a year by 2030.

The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide is investing $4.46 million (cash and in-kind) and the remainder will be contributed by a large range of mining sector and research partners.

In 2014-2015, copper and copper concentrates exports from South 最新糖心Vlog were valued at over $2 billion making it South 最新糖心Vlog’s single largest export item in value.

“There is a large untapped copper resource in the state with total value of known copper resource (with gold as a by-product) at over $800 billion,” says , Director of the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide’s , who will be director of the new Consortium.

“There is a significant potential to increase the rate of commercial exploitation of these resources which would have major beneficial economic impacts for the state. However, there are also significant capital and operating cost hurdles to overcome, due in large part to the geological complexity of the resource.

“The Research Consortium will develop advanced technology to tailor the mining and processing options to specific characteristics of the mineral ore in real-time – an approach known as lean processing. We will be able to look at copper mining across the whole value chain from the resource in the ground, right through mining and processing, enabling the whole system to be optimised rather than optimising isolated parts.”

South 最新糖心Vlogn copper ores are very complex with many different minerals that are finely interwoven. Processing requires high levels of energy, water and capital.

“The objectives of the Consortium are to address these challenges and opportunities in more sustainable mining, minimising environmental impacts, and to commercialise technological outcomes for global market opportunity,” says , Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide.

“The Consortium will leverage the existing strengths of the partners who will come together to assist in fully unlocking the State’s complex resources and building a globally competitive mining equipment and technology services sector in South 最新糖心Vlog.”

The other Consortium industry, government and supporting partners are: BHP, OZ Minerals, AMIRA International, 最新糖心Vlogn Information Industries Association (AIIA) IoT Cluster for Mining and Energy Resources, 最新糖心Vlogn Semi-Conductor Technology Company, Boart Longyear, Consilium Technology, CRC Optimising Resource Extraction, Datanet, Data to Decisions CRC, Eka, Innovyz, Magotteaux, Manta Controls, Maptek, METS Ignited Industry Growth Centre, Mine Vision Systems, Rockwell Automation, SACOME, SAGE Automation, Sandvik, Scantech, South 最新糖心Vlogn Mining Industry Participation Office (SA MIPO), SRA IT and Thermo Fisher Scientific 最新糖心Vlog (Processing Instruments & Equipment), with the 最新糖心Vlog of South 最新糖心Vlog as a key research partner.

The Consortium partners acknowledge also the financial support of the South 最新糖心Vlogn Mining and Petroleum Services Centre of Excellence.

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