The Minerals Industry Research Organisation

MIRO                                                                                                                                                Concorde House
Trinity Park                                                                                                                                           Solihull                                                                                                                                            Birmingham                                                                                                                                               B37 7UQ                                                                                                                                                  Map                                               
Tel:     0121 635 5225                                                                                                                                   Fax:    0121 635 5226                                                                                     External links from MIRO

e-mail: m.tyrer@miro.co.uk                                                                                        www.miro.co.uk

I have been associated with  MIRO for over ten years, initially as an observer in two of their managed programmes at NPL and then as a member of the Research Advisory Panel. In 1998 we were successful in securing ENTRUST funding for a major project on alternative landfill liner construction which was managed by MIRO. I have been a MIRO contractor on several projects since then and have recently taken a more active role in marketing and research management.

MIRO is a contract research organisation, representing the interests of its member companies. It builds consortia of organisations who share an interest in a common problems and wish to share the costs and benefits of finding a solution. The minerals industry is a very broad field and this is reflected in the nature and scope of MIRO projects, which range from developing cutting edge technology to enhancing well established industrial practice. The portfolio spans a wide range of site, field, laboratory and knowledge-based projects and MIRO contributes to working groups in other areas such as networks, policy development, standards and codes of practice. A presentation to the Society of Mining Professors gives a good overview of the organisation

Current projects are listed  on the MIRO website along with active proposals and inquiries, however the latter are only available to MIRO members. in addition to its own projects, MIRO participates in others and is a supporter of the EPSRC network MiMeMiP to which I contribute.

The following titles show the projects with which I have been associated in recent years, listed by MIRO contract number. Some of the links are to abstracts or report extracts, whilst others link to external websites.

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RC194
Obtaining Pigment-grade Titania in a Molten Inorganic Salt Environment "OPTIMISE"

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RC192
Phase Equilibria Data for Oxide Systems - Phase V

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RC169
Novell Composite Landfill Liners: Phase 2  2003 - 2005

             
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RC167
Aggregate Grading in an Ultrasonically Maintained Suspension
"AGUMAS"


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RC159
Metal and Minerals Network - MinMetNet.                   (CURRENT PROJECT)


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RC156
The Modelling of Aqueous Chemical Processes.


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RC154
Phase Equilibria Data for Oxide Systems – Phase IV.


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RC153
INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY GROUP (IAG) - Thermodynamic Data for Safe, Energy Efficient,  High Temperature Processing of Complex Materials


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RC151
Novel Composite Landfill Liners Phase 1b 2001 – 2003

             
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RC133
Novel Composite Landfill Liners Phase 1a 1998 – 2001

                           
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