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PRIF end of year celebration
On 17 December 2020, for the first time in many months, the Consortium meeting was held in person with two great expert talks by Dr Rene Quezada (Codelco, Chile) and Prof Nigel Cook (Director of the PRIF Consortium).
Nigel Cook presents at Global ROAR
Professor Nigel Cook, Director of the PRIF Integrated Mining Consortium, was a presenter at Amira’s Global Remote Operations Automation and Robotics Day (Global ROAR), which was held on Saturday October 10, 2020.
IMER supports gender equity and diversity in mining
The Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources – Modern Energy Resources is supporting women to undertake degrees in mining technology through a number of initiatives led by the PRIF Consortium and the new ARC Training Centre for Integrated Operations for Complex Resources (IOCR).
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The Consortium Annual Assembly
The Consortium Annual Assembly was held successfully (1st - 2nd October 2020) at the University of Adelaide to allow Programs A and B presentations to run separately over a full day.
Nigel Cook is Australia's leader in geochemistry and mineralogy
Congratulations to Professor Nigel Cook, who has been selected as a Life Sciences and Earth Sciences research field leader in Australia, for geochemistry and mineralogy.
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Spotlight on Frank Neumann
Congratulations to Professor Frank Neumann, from the School of Computer Science, who has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship for 2020.
Consortium has two successful industry workshops
The BHP – Program B and OZM - Program A digital workshops were successfully held on 21 and 22 July, respectively, with 73 participants in total.
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Adelaide mining research tops rankings
The most recent Australian Research Council assessment of national research (ERA 2018) ranked Mining Engineering research at the University of Adelaide as number 1 in Australia - the only Mining Engineering research group to be ranked at the highest level (5) in the Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy classification.
ARC Training Centre scholarships available
Join the ARC Training Centre for Integrated Operations for Complex Resources and help deliver the vital enabling tools – advanced sensors, data analytics and Artificial Intelligence – for automated, integrated and optimised mining.
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