Category: Mining Technology
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The Future of Financing in the Mining Industry: Leveraging AI and Digital Tools to Streamline Purchases
The mining industry is one of the most capital-intensive sectors, with heavy equipment purchases often requiring significant financial investment. This week’s Blog shows how emerging digital tools and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the way equipment financing is structured and managed, offering unprecedented speed, transparency, and accessibility.
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Supporting Canada’s Mining, Material Handling and Minerals Processing Industries
TAKRAF Canada Inc. has grown from a Calgary-based office focused on the booming oil sands market to a dynamic and versatile arm of TAKRAF Group. This week’s Blog explores the history, legacy, and impact of the company and how this Canadian success story today provides innovative technological solutions to the mining and associated industries.
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Preventive Maintenance for Peak Productivity: Choose a condition monitoring system to minimize downtime and maximize ROI
Condition monitoring systems for vibrating screens revolutionize mineral processing by offering 24/7 equipment surveillance through advanced sensors and AI. These systems proactively detect potential failures like bearing damage, lubrication issues, or structural faults, minimizing unscheduled downtimes and enhancing efficiency. With detailed diagnostics, predictive maintenance, and user-friendly data, they optimize uptime while reducing corrective maintenance costs.…
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Revolutionizing Tailings Reprocessing: PowerMaster’s Breakthrough in Mining Technology
Successful mining managers know multiple factors contribute to their profitability, from minimizing their trucks’ cycle times to ensuring their crew’s safety. Even support equipment, such as water trucks, can’t escape their analysis – or at least they shouldn’t. This week’s Blog from Philippi-Hagenbuch Inc. how equipment operators haul and apply water to significantly impact their…
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Autonomous Robots in Mining: The Differences Between Online and Offline SLAM
Written by Raffi Jabrayan, Exyn Technologies There are many ways we can empower robots to navigate their environment autonomously. We can equip them with GPS, use an array of cameras and sensors (including smell), even get them to talk with each other and strategize. But if you want a robot to do all that on its own without using any…
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Transforming Canada’s Mining Industry with AI and Geospatial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and geospatial intelligence are revolutionizing Canada’s mining sector, and companies are increasingly turning to AI-powered technology platforms for a competitive edge. This week’s Blog shows us how BigGeo is at the forefront of AI, providing real-time data visualization, analytics, modeling, and simulation on an unprecedented scale in order to enhance efficiency, safety, and…
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Simplifying Autonomous Robotics: A Guide to Waypoint and Exploration Missions
The idea of using robots might sound like futuristic sci-fi jargon, but actually the technology is analogous to the same chips and code that’s in your smartphone or advanced driver’s assistance in your car. Robotics for mapping and surveying are similar. The technology can seem complex, but the goal is to provide you with the safest and most…
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How Plastic Solutions Increase Safety in Mining Operations
From harsh weather conditions to dangerous machinery, mining can be a dangerous job and operations must be able to overcome many unique safety challenges that change on a daily basis. Composite and industrial plastic materials may hold the solution. This week’s Blog from Redwood Plastics and Rubber explores how plastic solutions can increase the safety…
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Alberta: Rich in More Than Just Oil
At present, Canada does not have any production of valuable mineral sands such as zircon and titanium and, given current development plans, we are unlikely to see new mines producing these minerals in the foreseeable future. The good news is that tailings ponds may hold the key to unlocking critical minerals. This week’s Blog from…
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From Data to Decisions: Harnessing 3D Mapping for Improved Workflows
A stationary total station is currently the main tool used to capture accurate surveying data. But is it always the best tool for the job? This week’s Blog from Exyn Technology showcases how laser sensors and on-the-edge computational capacity has created a new tool for the surveyor toolkit: the LiDAR-based mobile 3D scanner!