Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing
The Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing (CSRP) was established in 2003 under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Program. CSRP aimed to create new methods to produce minerals and metals in a way that benefited the community, the environment and industry. It had a vision of sustainable minerals processing and metals production – satisfying the global material needs of society with significantly reduced ecological impacts. To achieve this, CSRP aimed to find technological solutions for progressively eliminating waste and emissions in the materials cycle, while enhancing business performance and meeting community expectations.
Geopolymer Research
Since its inception in 2003, the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing included a project on Geopolymers, funded by Rocla, Orica and Alcoa. In 2007, this project was expanded to a program of projects.
The program consisted of three separate but parallel streams:
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Fundamental Science
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Demonstration Projects
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Geopolymer Alliance
Fundamental Science
The Fundamental Science themes were:
- Raw Materials: 4 projects
- Processing: 3 project
- Performance: 5 projects
Each project had direct links to one or more of the Demonstration Projects.
Researchers include Curtin University of Technology, ANSTO, and CSIRO MSE.
Demonstration Projects
Demonstration Projects included:
- Cast in-situ concrete
- Sewer pipe
- The use of bauxite residues
- High performance geopolymer concrete railway sleepers
- Mine backfilling
- Road applications
- Fire resistant building elements
Proposed future Demonstration Projects included:
- Mine infrastructure
- Ash beneficiation
