@coeminerals.bsky.social
A world-leading Australian Research Centre that is improving mineral processing by reducing water and energy use, and recovering more minerals from waste. ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals www.coeminerals.org.au
๐๏ธ We are thrilled to on-share a feature story about our @coeminerals.bsky.social #peptide based discovery and related innovation relating to critical minerals/rare earth recovery in Australian Mining Review Magazine:
australianminingreview.com.au/issue/2025/1...
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A new research paper in the Journal of Minerals Engineering provides insights into the potential of a novel technology for #dewatering being developed by @CoeMinerals: Improved suspension dewaterability using a novel pelleting flocculation device:
tinyurl.com/5n7k8m7k
Congrats team!
As pictured: COEMinerals Chief Investigator Professor George Franks, and researchers Dr John Lu and Dr Wei Sung (Will) Ng are applying froth flotation methods to separate out graphite from metal oxides in โblack massโ (a mixture that is produced when lithium-ion batteries are โshreddedโ in readiness for recycling). Researchers recently visited Envirostream Australia Pty Ltd - an Australian battery recycling company / a subsidiary of Livium Ltd - which recycles retired Lithium-ion batteries (sourced from cars, powerwalls, power tools and more). Researchers toured facilities and presented a research update: thank you to Mark Griffiths for hosting!
Thanks to Envirostream for hosting @coeminerals.bsky.social researchers, who are exploring the potential of applying mineral-from-ore separation techniques to recover #graphite and valuable metals from recycled Lithium-ion batteries
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#circulareconomy #recycling #minerals
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We're pleased to share @coeminerals.bsky.social researcher #PhD student Azeez Aregbe's 2nd paper, published in Separation and Purification Technology: A novel vitamin E-based xanthate collector for chalcopyrite-quartz mineral flotation
Congrats to authors!
tinyurl.com/2hduyrn3
The Hon Ms Sharon Claydon MP, Member for Newcastle, Deputy Speaker Chair Standing Committee on Procedure - Parliament of Australia - holds a copy of the @coeminerals.bsky.social '25 Annual Report alongside Centre CI Prof Chun-Xia Zhao.
Read about our work here www.coeminerals.org.au/about/annual...
#Chemeca2025 is fast approaching
@coeminerals.bsky.social has 2 x speakers sharing our Centre's approach to building connections via our #GEDI (Gender #Equity #Diversity and #Inclusion) strategy & program ๐งช๐ฉโ๐ฌ
Learn more: tinyurl.com/nhcum3t2
#WomeninSTEM #AustralianResearchCouncil #engineering
If Australiaโs minerals industry is to be world leading and sustainable we need to move beyond our comfort zone
A thought leadership piece by Kevin Galvin argues for the need to leverage knowledge and technology advances with a much stronger lever for effecting change: tinyurl.com/2s39u9c4 ๐จโ๐ฌ๐งช
Pictured: Professor Karen Hapgood is an Associate Investigator with COEMinerals and is the Deputy Vice Chancellor Research Swinburne University of Technology, Research, Melbourne, Australia. She is pictured holding a copy of COEMinerals' 2024 Annual Report (FY 2024). You can read this and other Centre Annual Reports here: https://www.coeminerals.org.au/about/annual-reports
๐ก How good is our bright yellow Annual Report cover?! ๐ก
Prof Karen Hapgood (Centre Assoc. Investigator & Dep. VC Research Swinburne Uni of Tech) holds the printed version during catch up with @gingerjar.bsky.social in Melbourne.
www.coeminerals.org.au/about/annual...
#WomeninSTEM #STEM #GEDI ๐งช๐ฉโ๐ฌ
CSIRO's Andrew Jenkin is pictured - he was a guest lecturer on 30 July 2025 as part of the COEMinerals Signature lecture series.
@csiro.bsky.social's Research Director #MineralProcessing Andrew Jenkin recently delivered a guest lecture to our team as part of our Signature Series, providing insights into CSIRO's Mineral Resources Group program, projects & capabilities.
Watch this guest lecture here โก๏ธ tinyurl.com/ya4u34sr
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COEMinerals shared a game-changing scientific breakthrough in the recovery of critical and rare earth minerals and metals today. Led by Centre researcher Professor Chun-Xia Zhao (pictured alongside Dr Guangze (Daniel) Yang) from the University of Adelaideโs School of Chemical Engineering, the Centre's research team has applied learnings from multiple scientific disciplines to mimic how a cancer-targeting drug finds cancer cells โ but in this case finding a one-in-a-billion peptide molecule targeting a given mineral or metal. This advancement has the potential to unlock the equivalent of a โDNA codeโ for every mineral and metal on planet Earth and revolutionise mineral processing. It also heralds environmental benefits. See www.coeminerals.org.au for more info
@coeminerals.bsky.social shares a game-changing scientific breakthrough in the recovery of critical and rare earth minerals and metals. Hear Prof. Chun-Xia Zhao explain the peptide/mineral recovery innovation in this video๐
drive.google.com/file/d/1IJeF... ๐งช๐ฉโ๐ฌ
More info at www.coeminerals.org.au
Want to do a #PhD at Uni of South Australia working to solve fine graphite processing challenges alongside @coeminerals.bsky.social rock stars?
Act fast! Apps close 27 July
Details and how to apply can be found here๐https://unisa.edu.au/research/degrees/adv-recovery-graphite-complex-ores
Congrats @coeminerals.bsky.social Director Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin, Uni of Newcastle, on receiving a $1.5M Australian Economic Accelerator (AEA) Innovation grant to boost development of world-leading #mineralprocessing technology๐๐งช
Learn more at: tinyurl.com/bmfpfud4
www.coeminerals.org.au
ใใใงใจใ omedetล (congrats!) to our PhD Lequan Zeng on receiving the ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐
at the Int. Conf on Discrete Element Methods (DEM10) in Japan๐
๐ซงParticle aggregation & aggregate-bubble interactions can significantly enhance the recovery of fine valuable #mineral particles in froth #flotation ๐งช
Pictured: COEMinerals Centre Director Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin recently visited our University of Melbourne (UOM) node, spending time with members and learning more about a new technology under development - the 'HPDR Mk-II' The HPDR-II is a novel solidโliquid separation device designed to address the challenges of dewatering mineral tailings, particularly those with fine particles. A new research paper published this week overviews the design, proof of concept (phase 1) and safe and continuous steady state operation (phase 2) of the device: 'High pressure dewatering rolls Mark-II: A novel dewatering technology for mineral tailings': https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687525003802?via%3Dihub "Kevinโs visit gave us the opportunity to show off the novel High Pressure Dewatering Rolls (HPDR) technology (pictured), which is a continuous clothless filter that combines vacuum, compression and shear dewatering mechanisms. The dewatering rolls have been demonstrated to achieve comparable or better moisture reduction and throughput per unit filter area to conventional filter presses," Centre Chief Investigator Prof. Stickland shared.
Research Alert
@coeminerals.bsky.social Director L/Prof Kevin Galvin is pictured with University of Melbourne members and novel technology: High Pressure Dewatering Rolls (HPDR) Mark-II, a new dewatering technology for mineral tailings
See latest research paper for insights: tinyurl.com/htedp6yu ๐งช
Research Alert
Sharing a new research paper that explores the 'Measurement of gas dispersion parameters in a REFLUX flotation cell': tinyurl.com/by2sycpv
The #RFC is a #mineralprocessing technology invented by Centre Director Laureate Prof Kevin Galvin; commercial partner #FLS
Congrats all authors ๐งช
We have some of the most incredible Women in Engineering in our research team. Today, as it's World Women in Engineering Day, we join with others to celebrate them! COEMinerals PhD students had the task of taking photos at events today, and we share one of their team photos featuring multiple Chemical Engineering PhD students from the UNiversity of Newcastle. Event: A co-hosted a free event by HunterWiSE and Engineers Australia and Newcastle University Women in Engineering (NUWiE) showcasing the experiences of engineers Who attended? Joining the wider Engineering community were representatives of our Centre including multiple Centre Chief Investigators, Early Career Researchers, Higher Degree Researchers including multiple PhD students.
It's Women in Engineering Day #INWED2025 and we're celebrating our members and others who are re-shaping the future of #Engineering
Messages heard at events today:
๐Stay motivated - keep pushing on
๐ซตBelieve it's possible
๐Be inspired by others
๐ฉโ๐ฌInspire the next generation of women in engineering
The Centre's collaborative work with FLS to develop game-changing technology got a shout-out in Australian Mining Magazine: www.australianmining.com.au/fls-future-s...
๐งช #mineralprocessing #Australianscience #ARC #noveltechnology @coeminerals.bsky.social
Photo of COEMinerals Chief Investigator Prof. Erica Wanless presenting a Plenary Lecture at the 14th International Colloids Conference in San Sebastian, Spain this week, including insights from her ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals (COEMinerals) research to improve mineral processing. She (literally) put our University of Newcastle node 'on the map' (the screen shot behind Prof. Wanless is a map of Australia with NEWCASTLE in large letters).
COEMinerals researcher Prof Erica Wanless has presented a Plenary Lecture at the 14th International Colloids Conference in Spain, featuring @coeminerals.bsky.social research. We love how she (literally) put our home base of Newcastle on the map as a world-leading colloids science๐
#WomeninSTEM ๐งช๐ฉโ๐ฌ
Do you have a mineral named after you?
Dr Kathy Ehrig - Olympic Dam, BHP does!
Kathy recently spoke to our team about 'Critical minerals, the mining industry, and career opportunities'
You can listen to this and other Signature Series guest speakers here
www.coeminerals.org.au/outreach/cat... ๐ฉโ๐ฌ๐งช
Research Alert
Congratulations all authors on a new paper: Reprocessing of Sulphide Flotation Tailings for Copper Recovery: Characterisation
The paper presents a detailed characterisation of flotation tailings from a selected copper processing plant ๐งช
www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/15...
#MineralProcessing
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling the Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals (COEMinerals) family extends across nine Australian universities, including The University of Queensland (UQ). As pictured: Centre Director Laureate Professor Kevin Galvin recently spent time with our UQ team, which is based across the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) and the St Lucia campus: sharing insights, talking with members about their research discoveries, novel technology development, industry engagement and the next steps to ensure Centre work is well placed to transform the minerals sector in Australia. UQ Node leader Dr Susana Brito e Abreu shared: "We enjoyed sharing the great work we are doing with Kevin, as well as the fruitful discussions."
Centre Director L/Prof Kevin Galvin recently spent time with our #UQ based team, talking with our members about their research, novel technology, industry engagement and next steps. Thanks for the collaboration team ๐
@coeminerals.bsky.social extends across nine Australian universities ๐งช
We are delighted to share a link so you can watch our amazing Prof. Graeme Jameson talking about his world-famous #mineralprocessing invention on NBN News / Your story (14 May 25)
The Professor behind the โJameson Cellโ: www.nbnnews.com.au?p=734636
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Lots of long weekend reading in this!
Our Centre 2024 Annual Report captures the milestones of a great big, busy year for science and education in #mineralprocessing innovation.
www.coeminerals.org.au/about/annual-reports
(Choose 'Annual Report 2024' / Open in acrobat for best reading experience)
We're very pleased to welcome Sylvester Aziblame, a new Chemical Engineering PhD student joining our Centre of Excellence, based at the University of Newcastle.
Sylvester shares more about himself and his move on our LinkedIn site: www.linkedin.com/posts/coemin...
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We invite you to take a look at the Centre's most recent Annual Report, which captures research and innovation highlights, industry collaboration and many other milestone moments involving our Centre in 2024:
www.coeminerals.org.au/about/annual... (โก๏ธ Choose 2024 Annual Report)
#mineralprocessing
* Research Alert *
Sharing a link to new research: Characterisation and magnetic separation of complex low grade saprolite ore for rare earth elements (#REE) minerals recovery:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Congrats all authors ๐งช
COEMinerals researchers Assoc Professor Boris Albijanic & Dr Emmanuel Baawuah stand with the novel mineral processing technology the Sink-Hole Fluidiser in a lab at Curtin's Kalgoorlie campus: located in the heart of Western Australia's gold mining region
COEMinerals researcher Assoc Professor Boris Albijanic holds a rock containing gold in a lab at Curtin University's Kalgoorlie campus: located in the heart of the gold mining region in WA
Two @coeminerals.bsky.social #mineralprocessing prototype & testing technologies are now located in the heart of WA's Goldfields region, at Curtin Uni's #Kalgoorlie Campus:
a 'Sink-Hole Fluidiser' & a 'REFLUX' fractionator testing device
Thanks researchers for the lab tour๐งช
www.coeminerals.org.au
Research Alert
New research involving four of our University of Newcastle-based researchers: Mitigating the Adverse Effect of Salts on Gangue Recovery Using a REFLUX Flotation Cell (#RFC)
Learn why salt is a '4-letter word' in mineral processing by here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ๐ฉโ๐ฌ๐งช
Research Alert
We're ๐ธ BLOOMING ๐ธ excited about the potential of this research to improve mineral processing!
Multi-stimuli-responsive polymers enabled by bio-inspired dynamic equilibria of flavylium chemistry
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Congrats all authors! Great to achieve the cover story๐ช
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Research Alert
A new Centre paper - Empirical evidence for Fermi-Dirac classification of minerals by particle size - is available here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Authors: Joshua Starrett, Dr Simon Iveson & L/Prof Kevin Galvin
Additional notes are available here: tinyurl.com/yc5dbdk8
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