Mining Research Cluster
MIRARCO shares a floor in the Willet Green Miller Centre with CEMI (Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation). An open-house was held on August 22, 2008 to showcase the original four research organizations to the public.
The goal for the organizations sharing the same location is to increase communication between stakeholders in mining research. Former President and CEO of MIRARCO, and now Founding Director of CEMI, Dr. Peter Kaiser described the move as sounding "primitive, but it's sometimes amazing how big the gap is across a parking lot, between a building and another one," and that " we have these things all separated, we cannot reap the benefits from the integrated approach."
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