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IP belongs in hands of SMEs, not mining majors

AUSTRALIA needs to divert research and development funding that benefits a handful of large global miners towards building more commercialisation channels for world-class mining R&D via small-to-medium size enterprises, a mining technology conference has heard.

METS Ignited CEO Adrian Beer presents at the Robotics & Automation in Mining conference in Australia

METS Ignited CEO Adrian Beer presents at the Robotics & Automation in Mining conference in Australia

METS Ignited CEO Adrian Beer, whose previous two senior executive roles, with ABB and GE, had him targeting Australian SMEs for acquisition or partnership, said that was a "problem" that he was trying...

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