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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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Text: High-temperature processing of ores and wastes. Image of high-temperature processing.
Mining and minerals overview

We are helping Australia’s exploration, mining and minerals processing industries to remain sustainable and competitive in a global environment.

 Coal being added to a coal hill from a machine.
High-temperature processing of ores and wastes

CSIRO’s high-temperature processing team applies its expertise and extensive pilot-plant facilities to improve the treatment of ores and metallurgical and industrial wastes.

 Mr Justen Bremmell pours molten slag and alloy from CSIRO's bath smelting facility. Red hot molten slag material pours down a ramp out of the furnace and sparks fly. Mr Bremmell is protected by a full face visor and hard hat, and leather jacket gloves and apron.
 
Minerals Exploration
 

CSIRO is working with industry to develop and improve geological models, to be used in the exploration of minerals and ores.

X-ray intensity image showing zonation in yellow, green and blue of zinc in a chromite spinel from an Australian komatiite sample (0.5 mm across).
Mining
 
We are studying mining systems to deliver savings, expand minable reserves and improve mine safety.Miner watching equipment.
Minerals Processing & Metal Production
 

We work with minerals processing companies to get more from their materials, improve their processes, and integrate today’s most advanced technologies.

A researcher, clad in a leather jacket and apron and protected by a helmet with face shield, inserts a metal lance into the SIROSMELT™ furnace as molten material is poured through it.
Mining & Minerals Tools & Technologies
 

Our researchers have developed a suite of products to make mining, mineral processing and metal production safer and more efficient.

coal dredge
Petroleum Exploration & Mining
 

CSIRO's expertise in petroleum exploration research is helping industry to understand and develop more efficient production processes and improved technology.

Lincoln Paterson, Team Leader, Petroleum