From "CSIRO research for Australia" (1962) pdf page 46:
"Within the grounds of the University of Melbourne are two small C.S.I.R.O. Sections which are primarily occupied in serving the needs of the mining industry. They are called the Mineragraphic Investigations and Ore-Dressing Sections."

"The Ore-Dressing Section began in 1934, when the Commonwealth Government granted £5,000 per annum for research at three centres - the Universities of Melbourne and Adelaide and the Kalgoorlie School of Mines. The work at Adelaide ceased in 1948.

The Section studies the recovery of minerals from ores by many different methods, including cyanidisation, amalgamation, flotation, leaching and pressure leaching, and by gravity, electrostatic and magnetic methods. Most of the work is stimulated by requests from mining companies which need help in the concentration and refining of crude ores. Help has been given to many people, ranging from small
prospectors to giant companies.

The topics of investigation in both Sections have changed in step with the fluctuation in economic importance of metals. In the early 'thirties the emphasis was on gold, gradually shifting to lead and zinc. In the post-war years uranium ores were the centre of attention, giving place in turn to the titanium and zirconium minerals found in beach sands.

Much of the work of the Ore-Dressing Section has been assisted by contributions from industry, which has benefited a great deal from its work. Methods worked out by the Section for the recovery of many important minerals, including scheelite (containing tungsten) and ilmenite (containing titanium) are now in use by Australian mining companies."