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Western Australian School of Mines

The Western Australian School of Mines has been locally and internationally recognised as a provider of excellence in minerals education, research and industry service since 1902. WASM is one of only three national university schools that are endorsed by the Minerals Council of Australia as a preferred national provider of mining engineering education through Mining Education Australia and of Minerals Tertiary Education through the Metallurgical Education Partnership (MEP). The Western Australian School of Mines is a school within Curtin University's Faculty of Science and Engineering.

 

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Marc Steffens wins runner up student presentation award in ISEC 2008 - Tucson, Arizona

The 18th International Solvent Extraction Conference (ISEC 2008) is triennial and is the main forum for professionals in the field of solvent extraction covering both fundamentals and a wide range of applications such as chemical, metallurgical, waste management and nuclear industries among many others. It attracts more than 400 participants from universities, research organisations and industries around the world.

A cash prize was awarded to Marc for his presentation on Electrostatic Solvent Extraction, the presentation was based on part of his Phd work.

WASM Wombats in Tough Competition

May 08 - The WASM Wombats and the Perth-based WASM Wallabies did the Western Australian School of Mines proud in the 30th Annual Intercollegiate Mining Games  


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