“We are proud and excited to collaborate with The University of Queensland through the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer program to find innovative solutions to challenges within mine site energy and water demand, and reduced capital and operating costs for production of precious and base metals. Working in partnership with The University of Queensland will help us to continuously improve mine sites in areas such as sustainability.”

Dr David Way, Manager Process Solutions

“QEM Limited is delighted to be collaborating with The University of Queensland through the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer program. This strategic partnership to extract high purity vanadium from Queensland waste aims to accelerate the uptake of vanadium battery technology to overcome the State’s long duration energy storage issues. QEM is confident that UQ also has the leadership, expertise and training facilities to resource the commercial scale-up of this technology in Queensland. This collaboration underscores our shared commitment to the energy transition and contributing to the circular economy.”

Gavin Loyden – Managing Director

“We are proud to collaborate with Curtin to find innovative solutions to challenges within our complex scientific, environmental and social planning processes to locate, extract and process natural resources. Working in partnership with Curtin will help us to co-develop novel solutions in Processing and Mining and to continuously improve sustainable mining practices in areas such as tailings management and land rehabilitation.” 

Deon Annandale, Head, Processing, Global  – Technical Services

“JKTech is delighted to collaborate again with our colleagues at The University of Queensland through the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer program. This strategic partnership continues the long and successful history between UQ and JKTech, which dates back to 1986, of taking viable research outcomes from the University’s Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, and delivering technology solutions to the international minerals industry. Through our joint efforts, we will identify and develop effective solutions that possess the potential for commercialisation, thereby making significant strides towards advancing innovative technologies. This collaboration underscores our shared commitment to driving technological progress and contributing to sustainable development.”

Paul Napier, Chief Operating (Financial) Officer

“Cadoux is proud to collaborate with Curtin University through the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer program. This strategic partnership aims to bolster Curtin’s formidable capabilities in conducting industry-critical research in energy storage systems. Through our joint efforts, we aspire to identify and develop effective solutions that possess the potential for commercialisation, thereby making significant strides towards the decarbonisation of renewable energy storage. This collaboration underscores our shared commitment to advancing sustainable practices and contributing to the evolution of the energy landscape.”

Raj Kandiah, Chief Commercial Officer

“EcoGraf is pleased to be in the Trailblazer program to support and assist the commercialisation of our efforts to develop battery anode capability in Australia.”

Andrew Spinks, Managing Director

“Sakura is delighted to be a Curtin Trailblazer partner, uniting our commitment to innovation and excellence with a focus on sustainable advancements. This collaboration marks a significant step in our journey towards transforming the by-products of FeMn production into high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM), essential for battery manufacturing. Through this partnership, we aim to refine and perfect our processes, moving closer to the realization of a pilot plant capable of converting waste into valuable HPMSM. Together, we are poised to turn environmental challenges into opportunities, creating a circular economy that benefits both industry and the environment.“

Walther Geyser, Plant Metallurgical Manager

“We are delighted to participate in the Critical Minerals Trailblazer program to augment our polyurethane wear resistant products range with intelligent digital technology capabilities. This development work will allow the Australian mining industry to adopt advanced manufacturing concepts to enable mining operations with real-time wear monitoring capabilities and thus enhance their asset management practices through improved preventative maintenance planning strategy. Wear monitoring in the mining and ore processing environments is notoriously difficult, and this new technology will allow remote monitoring in real time, to further strengthen the Uretech’s product range’s OHSE superiority by eliminating manual inspection of sacrificial wear lining systems.”

Ebbe Dommisse, CEO

“We are researching innovative mmWave radar solutions so that specific applications can be developed by Curtin in conjunction with the resources and critical minerals industry.”

Richard Johnson, Managing Director – Australia

“Stone Three is excited to be a Trailblazer Partner. In addition to its operations in Africa and Latin America, Stone Three is expanding in Australia and this move is a strategic step towards accelerating its capacity, value and relevance to its client base in the region. Curtin University’s centres of excellence align with Stone Three’s 4IR capabilities in production efficiencies and occupational health and safety. Most important to Stone Three, it enables collaboration with high integrity staff that are thought leaders in their fields that attract top talent.”

Derick Moolman, Group CEO