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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LE100100220
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
A study of the bulk and surface responses of ores to high voltage pulses applied using a selFrag Lab. Minerals account for 40% of Australia's exports and mining is a major Australian employer. The health of the industry is integral to Australia's prosperity. Recent events have shown that mining cannot rely on high commodity prices but must continually seek efficiency improvements. This will be even more critical as production depends increasingly on low-grade ore deposits. Using selFrag Lab, the response of different ores to high voltage pulses will be studied to identify processes that liberate a greater percentage of valuable minerals while using less energy and less water and keeping toxic elements bound in larger waste particles. SelFrag-based research will therefore deliver major economic and environmental benefits to Australia.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2010
End Date: 12-2010
Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Funding Amount: $200,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy not elsewhere classified | Mineral Processing/Beneficiation | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Concentrating processes of other base metal ores | First stage treatment of ores and minerals | Production of unrefined precious metal ingots and concentrates |
