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Energy consumption is a huge cost for any mining company, and the industry is always on the hunt to keep these costs to a minimum. This week’s Blog from Meglab takes a look at a system developed using emergency generators to monitor energy consumption and reduce costs.

With the technology on equipment today, there is a tremendous opportunity to measure and maximize productivity. But when the focus is only on total cost of ownership, any significant improvements in your mining operations can be a challenge to maintain. This week’s Blog explores the benefits of developing an equipment strategy, and details the steps mining companies need to take to get the most out of their equipment.

Ensuring worker safety near machines is a challenging problem and collisions continue to pose a significant threat to the safety of mines. This week’s Blog examines Provix RealTrac; a CAS (Collision Avoidance System) tracking and industrial Wi-Fi multipurpose system for enhancing industrial safety, security, and overall efficiency of mining operations.

As we enter the 14th month of the COVID-19 pandemic, employees are making their way back to physical mines where health and safety will be of the utmost importance, and where technology will start to plan a bigger role in how they are managed. This week’s blog from SAP systems integration and management consultancy Illumti takes a look at what mines must do now in establishing their North Star going forward.

At the beginning of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) 69th annual CMHA Mental Health Week, NORCAT and Workplace Safety North announced a new initiative that will bring more awareness and training to the issues surrounding mental health within the mining sector. This week’s Blog take a look at this initiative and how it is helping to make mining across Canada safer.

Derrick’s high capacity, small footprint vibratory screening machines produce significantly higher yields than equipment previously used, and allow recovery operations to focus on capturing as much product as possible with minimal additional work. This week’s Blog takes a look at this impressive technology and examines its application in the global potash industry.

Not only did the unknowns, challenges, and regulations of COVID-19 force Canada’s mining sector to evolve almost immediately, the pandemic also impacted how the industry reacted to and collaborated with its partners, competitors, and counterparts across the globe. This week’s Blog from Precision Biomonitoring shows how rapid and innovative testing tools have given Canadian mining the support it needs to get back to business.

Provix specializes in enhancing safety and productivity by offering core competencies through video integration, remote operation, proximity detection, and vision enhancement for mining operations. This week’s Blog takes a look how Provix wireless camera technology has been implemented on loading chutes for customers around the world.

If you are an organization that is considering a strategy that reverts back to the same old way of thinking pre-COVID, it’s safe to say that you are moving in the wrong direction. This week’s blog from SAP systems integration and management consultancy Illumti talks about what you need to consider when transforming to future-proof your operations after a crisis.

To curb the costs associated with ventilation, an increasing number of mining companies are turning to electric vehicles. But one of their biggest challenges they face are inconsistencies between each electric vehicle’s design and charging needs. This week’s Blog takes a look at a new innovation from Meglab that addresses that challenge; the MegaCharge™ charging solution.
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