CSIRO’s Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT) is Australia's largest integrated research and development precinct for the resources and associated advanced technology industries.

The Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies provides a synergistic environment for ground breaking research, innovation and technology development between research providers, SME's and industry.

A number of leading R&D providers have moved to the precinct, attracted by the world class facilities and potential for collaboration with CSIRO. This has seen the development of a number of key R&D clusters:

• Smart mining (mining systems and mining automation)
• Focus of Australia's clean coal technology R&D
• ICT (robotics and wireless networks)
• Advanced minerals processing

The synergy between groups onsite and our industry collaborators has led to the development of two new emerging R&D clusters in:

• Niche manufacturing
• Advanced aeronautical engineering