Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100417

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE170100417

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Unlocking critical metals from Australian sediments and ores. This project aims to explore the recrystallization of nickel-bearing minerals in laterites to extract nickel from stable mineral phases under ambient conditions. Highly-weathered Australian soils contain economic quantities of nickel but technologies to extract this metal are inefficient, leaving this vital resource underdeveloped. This project will use stable isotope tracers and three-dimensional atomic-scale tomography to resolve the recrystallization mechanisms, and determine their role in natural environments and their applicability to natural ores. Expected outcomes include strategies to process nickel-rich laterites, of high interest to industry and society in Australia and abroad.This project will exemplify the need to promote novel solutions to reduce the financial and environmental cost of processing natural resources.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2017

End Date: 06-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $358,508.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Inorganic Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Environmental Chemistry (incl. Atmospheric Chemistry) | Isotope Geochemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Mining Soils | Primary Mining and Extraction of Mineral Resources not elsewhere classified |

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