| Metso partners with Australian university in grinding applications research
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Metso and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, have finalized a three-year agreement encompassing joint research and performance evaluations of the VERTIMILL® Grinding Mill developed by Metso.
The project supports Metso’s continuing quest to improve the effectiveness of its grinding solutions. The agreement is part of a longstanding relationship between Metso and the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, known as the JKMRC, at the university’s Sustainable Minerals Institute.
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| “The AMIRA P9 Project: 50 Years of Achievement and a Vision for the Future”
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The AMIRA "P9" Project - "The Optimisation of Mineral Processes by Modelling and Simulation" - is the world's largest university-based mineral processing research program. From commencement in 1962 under Prof Alban Lynch, it has re-shaped the practice of designing and optimising mineral processing plants; using mathematical modelling and computer simulation. The research team includes some of the world's leading researchers in key disciplines of mineral processing.
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| Former PNG Prime Minister visits the JK Centre
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
On Friday 23 September 2011, the Director of the JKMRC Professor Geoff Gault hosted a visit to the JK Centre by Sir Rabbie Namaliu, a former Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. The Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade sponsored the visit, with the primary purpose being Sir Rabbie delivering the inaugural PNG Independence Day address at Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra on 20 September 2011.
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| JKMRC well represented at ICAM 2011 in Norway!
Monday, August 22, 2011
The 10th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy was held in Trondheim from 1 – 5th August, also marking the 30 year history of ICAM. The previous meeting had been held in Brisbane in Sept 2008 and was an unprecedented success with over 200 people attending and some exciting and controversial papers.
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| JKMRC News - Dr Ying Gu wins Innovation Heroes Award
Friday, July 01, 2011
On 23rd June 2011, Dr Ying Gu was awarded the Innovation Heroes Award for 2011 by The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering at the University of Sydney for his conception and development of the Mineral Liberation Analyser (MLA).
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| JKMRC P9 Leadership
Friday, May 20, 2011
The Director of the JKMRC Geoff Gault, has announced that Craig Brown will be joining the JKMRC in a project management capacity. Many of you will know Craig from his role with JKTech in 2004/05 when he was Operations Manager as well as from other industry connections.
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| Queensland Flood Disaster – Impact on the JK Centre
Monday, January 17, 2011
As many will be aware, Queensland has, in the last three weeks, experienced major flooding across 75% of the state. Brisbane has also been severely affected with 11,900 homes and 2,500 businesses completely flooded and 14,700 homes and 2,500 businesses partially flooded.
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| JKMRC Leadership Changes - New Strategies in SMI Mining and Minerals Processing Research to Result
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at The University of Queensland has undertaken an international search for a new Director of the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC).
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| New Infrastructure at the JK Centre
Friday, June 04, 2010
The new Mineral Characterisation Research Facility (MCRF) building was formally opened as the Alban Lynch Building on Friday 4 June 2010 by the Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser.
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| Leadership changes at the JK Centre
Monday, March 01, 2010
Late last year, the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) was awarded the fourth international Rio Tinto Research Centre of Excellence - The Centre for Advanced Mineral Sorting (CAMS), which is located at and fully integrated into the JKMRC.
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