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The Four Reasons Your Front-line Needs Microlearning
Elevating workplace safety and protecting the front-line is always top of mind for any safety professional. That is why it’s crucial to ensure your workforce has the proper training necessary to be fully equipped to perform tasks with confidence, allowing them to come home safely at the end of each and every day. This week’s Blog takes a look at eLearning and microlearning courses which will better prepare your staff, enhance your safety culture, and boost your organization’s credibility in the market.
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Disruption and Digital Transformation: It’s Time to Invest in the Future of Your Mining Operations
An event like the coronavirus pandemic can result in tremendous disruption and upend everything you have strived for. Mining operations in particular have been hit hard and at every level. That being said, no crisis should go to waste and now is the time to take the opening to accelerate your company’s digital transformation. This week’s Blog explores the signs of opportunities for growth and new doors opened to new possibilities because of COVID-19.
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Understanding Mining Waste Management and Disposal Methods
Mining produces a lot of waste which needs to be handled properly, as improper mining waste disposal will lead to air, soil, and water pollution. This week’s Blog examines some of the different types of mining waste and then how to manage it effectively.
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What Can We Do to FiX What’s Going On?
Taking positive actions during the worst of times can have incredible value, both to how a situation is perceived, as well as the situation itself. The week’s Blog discusses finding opportunity in crisis and about how Carlson Software’s FiX1 (Fixed Installation Scanner) is able to benefit your company in these times of uncertainty.
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Orebody Knowledge in Operations: The Dataset That Just Keeps Giving
There is no such thing as an average rock and mining needs to adapt its blasting efforts to adjust to the different rock types based on a better understanding of the underlying rock and how its measurements affect future performance. This week’s Blog talks about improving all stages in mining with a variability lesson taken from the 1940’s United States’ Air Force.
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Hit the Ground Running With a Single Cloud-Based Business Management Solution
Innovation is a vital necessity for smaller mining companies to thrive, expand, and survive in an increasingly competitive industry. Coupled with inherent risks while improving profitability without compromising safety or efficiencies, the gamut of considerations for a small mine seem relentless. So how does a mining operation stay in control of costs? This week’s Blog examines whether or not a digital transformation from pit to port can support a small mine; or if an affordable solution is as precious as gems themselves?
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Attracting investment and exploration in Canada – Can governments and mining companies use data-driven open innovation initiatives to increase interest in highly prospective regions?
Over the past ten to twenty years, we have seen a steady decline in discovery rates, despite continued and substantial expenditure in exploration and deposits are becoming harder and harder to find. This week’s Blog discusses how can we better understand the environments in which we’re working to target more effectively, as well as how we can improve discovery rates?
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Getting From Here to There – Why Every Mining Company Should Consider a Truck Rental Partner
The transportation needs of a mining company can change at a moment’s notice and that’s why mining companies need a truck rental partner who can quickly swap vehicles in and out from site to site. This week’s Blog talks about the benefits of a rental fleet and what you need to know about choosing the right truck rental partner – such as Enterprise Truck Rental – to best meet the demand of the job at hand.
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Accessing the Inaccessible
Carlson Software’s Cavity Auto-Scanning Laser System (C-ALS) Gyro is helping to ensure that the inaccessible becomes accessible by providing reliable mapping capabilities for otherwise unreachable underground cavities. This week’s Blog takes a deeper dive into Carlson’s innovation and at how it can potentially resolve some of the mystery of what may lie below.
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Digitizing Your Orebody: The Massive Shift in Mind for This to be Common at the Mine
The mining industry is global and diverse, with no two sites having the exact same equipment, workflow, workforce, or access to technology. Yet the recent expectations within this industry for companies to digitize their orebody seem to dismissively boil down to embrace industry 4.0 to be more efficient and mine smarter. This week’s Blog looks at some of the other ways mining can capitalize on industry’s varied abilities and foundational needs to be able to adopt modern tech.
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