About This Project
The Mining Technology Readiness Level framework gives technology developers and mining companies one shared way to talk about readiness: how mature a technology is, and how ready a site is to deploy it.
Why it exists
Promising technology fails when the site is not ready for it. mTRL assesses both sides.
Status & next steps
An active, emerging program, taking shape across the initiatives.
Who is involved
Technology developers, miners and experts, linked to their profiles.
What mTRL Covers
Adapted from NASA’s Technology Readiness Level practice for the realities of mining, mTRL scores technology maturity and site readiness together. That pairing is the point: it improves deployment decisions and supports more successful adoption of innovation across the sector, whether the technology touches water, tailings, or energy and emissions.
Who It Is For
Technology developers who need to show where their technology truly sits, and operators weighing whether a site is ready to take it on. One shared readiness language, so both sides of a deployment conversation mean the same thing.