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Every Project Has One Page, Wherever It Belongs

CEEC’s projects turn priorities into practical outputs: reports, frameworks, case studies and tools the industry can use. Some sit inside a single initiative, others run across several.

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Projects and programs
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Initiatives they run inside and across
100+
Mines in the Energy Curves database
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Current Projects and Programs

Current projects

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Neo-Marvin Case Study

Phase 2 underway
WaterGlobal Water Initiative

A modernised hypothetical copper-gold orebody used as a neutral platform for testing planning and water-management concepts.

ExaminingDewatering, climate stress, technology choice and tailings water hold-up against production scale
PartnerWhittle Consulting
Supported byAgnico Eagle and Weir, with Eriez and Anglo American

Water Knowledge Baseline

Phase 3 to Dec 2026
WaterGlobal Water Initiative

Captures and organises existing knowledge on mine water management, so effort is not duplicated and the real research gaps are visible.

Phase 3 addsLatin America coverage, snow and glacier hydrology, flood and debris-flow risk, water supply
PartnerUQ Sustainable Minerals Institute
Supported byAgnico Eagle and Weir

Communities Study

Report published
WaterGlobal Water Initiative

How communities and Indigenous rights-holders engage with mining companies on water and technology decisions.

FoundParticipatory monitoring, trusted third parties, expert panels, watershed councils, plain-language communication
Led byDr Jocelyn Fraser and Dr Nadja Kunz
Supported byAgnico Eagle and Weir

Transforming the Flowsheet for Tailings

Workshop series
TailingsGlobal Tailings Initiative

How upstream flowsheet decisions shape downstream tailings outcomes, from wet through to dry.

FocusParticle size management, mineralogy, clays and water
RanAdelaide, March 2026, ahead of MetPlant
NextSantiago, September 2026

Standing tools and programs

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mTRL, Mining Technology Readiness Level

Active program
WaterTailingsEnergy

A shared language for technology maturity and deployment risk, adapted from NASA TRL practice.

Defined byThe Mining TRL Charter, published November 2025
CoversPurpose, structure and governance of the program
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Energy Curves

Live tool
Energy & Emissions

Comminution circuit operators benchmark their energy efficiency and contribute anonymously to the database behind the tool.

ProfilesWork index, size specific energy, tonne intensity, grade intensity
DatabaseOver 100 mines
Held byUniversity of Queensland, secured and managed
Every project gets the same page template. Open mTRL to see it. Projects can sit inside one initiative or run across several, and the chips show the connection either way.