AUSTRALIAN-BASED MINING
services
giant Orica has signed a five-year research
alliance with the CSIRO to commercialise
groundbreaking technology aimed at
improved productivity and environmental
performance in the mining sector.
“Over the past five years Orica and
the CSIRO have been engaged in a hunt
for innovation across the mining value
chain and to date our partnership has
achieved very pleasing results,” says Orica
managing director and CEO Ian Smith.
“The second alliance agreement will
allow a number of these ground breaking
research projects to continue their
progression towards commercialisation.”
Research milestones already achieved
during the alliance include filing of a
INNOVATION ALLIANCE
targets mine productivity
patent application this year for a new
method of ore waste boundary mapping
that minimises ore dilution.
CSIRO chief executive officer Megan Clark
says the alliance with Orica will continue to
produce many outstanding innovations.
“The new agreement gives us even
more opportunity for our science to
make a difference to industry and the
community,” she says.
RP
CSIRO’s
Megan Clark
with Orica’s
Ian Smith
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