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About CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world.

CSIRO's core areas of impact
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Aluminium & Aluminium Alloys
 

CSIRO is helping the aluminium industry reduce costs and increase the uses and value of aluminium production.

A man standing next to a reduction cell in an aluminium smelter
Iron & Steel
 

CSIRO is working with the iron ore industry to assist producers get the most from existing resources, processes and equipment, and to develop new resources.

Mr Jasbir Khosa setting up CSIRO's pilot-scale sinter rig.
Magnesium & Magnesium Alloys
 

CSIRO is researching new technologies to improve the cost and performance of light metals such as magnesium, and helping Australia establish a large-scale magnesium industry.

Photograph of portable electronic communication devices made from ultra-thin magnesium sheet: (from bottom of photo) mobile phones, cameras, mobile phones, cameras, laptop computer.
Titanium & Titanium Alloys
 

CSIRO has been at the forefront of research and development into titanium extraction, processing and manufacturing for many years, and aims to halve the costs of titanium production.

Titanium powder, rods and sheets