A team of CSIRO Future Manufacturing Flagship scientists has won a major mining industry award for the invention of the highly sensitive magnetic field sensor which sits at the operational heart of the mineral exploration tool, LANDTEM.

 LANDTEM is a portable exploration tool that uses highly sensitive magnetic sensors known as SQUIDs (Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices) to differentiate the ore from other conductive material. Led by Dr Cathy Foley and Keith Leslie, the team won the 2010 Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Mineral Industry Operating Technique Award (MIOTA) for discovering the method for making the sensor using a high-temperature superconductor. Read More