Category: Mining Technology
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Converting to a Fully Electric Mine: Challenges and Solutions
This week’s Blog examines the mining industry’s move towards electrical power and what the power team at Meglab has developed in regard to the different solutions that meet the challenges brought on by this shift.
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In It for the Long Haul
On the surface, it may appear as though truck bodies don’t deviate much from one design to another, but that cannot be further from the truth. This week’s Blog discusses what you need to keep in mind to help increase payload, decrease downtime, and get the highest lifespan on your trucks.
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The Importance of Digitization in the Mining Industry – Now and Into the Future
The push towards digitization in the mining sector is increasingly becoming more immediate – and digitization is the key. This week’s Blog explores how digitization has transformed the industry and takes a glimpse into the future of automation.
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Innovating to Meet Challenges: the Projects Ecosystem in Canada
Amid the surge of successful major capital projects in Canada in recent years, there have been some recurring challenges in getting projects off the ground. In this week’s Blog, we explore some challenges—and potential trends offering solutions—that those in the infrastructure space will want to consider to help avoid any hurdles in their own projects.
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Cyber Threats Ramp up During COVID-19 Crisis
Cyber security was a growing threat for miners long before the pandemic, and the middle of a crisis is the last place you want to learn you have a cyber security problem. In the spirit of Cyber Security Awareness Month, this week’s Blog points out what you need to know to look for and how…
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Canada’s Mining Workforce is Changing
How we find, build, operate and reclaim mines in Canada is being rapidly transformed by innovative technologies and the achievement of transformational change requires a new vision for mining that is ambitious enough to drive a change in performance and operational goals. This week’s Blog takes a look at a recent report from the Mining…
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New Solutions to Improve Sustainability
Visibility into data means sustainable mining doesn’t have to be an either/or situation. This week’s Blog looks at how mining companies can reduce their energy and water consumption and improve on sustainability to help lead the mining industry into the next era, while also increasing production, ensuring product quality, and generating a profit.
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Mining Rediscovered: Transforming Your Operations Post Crisis with a Digital Strategy
COVID-19 has uncovered new issues and challenges, so everyone is looking to technology companies to help, as technology is now seen as a revenue generator and cost controller. This week’s Blog examines how such things as analytics and data systems, IoT, artificial intelligence, and robotics can improve the elements of mining operations, particularly in the…
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Polymeric Repair Composites in the Mining Industry
The mining and quarrying industry brings together some of the most destructive forces affecting modern day machinery and equipment. This week’s Blog explores Belzona’s line of rapid-curing elastomeric solutions to the many treats posed by the mining environment, from abrasion, corrosion, wear, impact, and chemical attacks.
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How to Maximize Mining Efficiency and Productivity – Control Room Best Practice
Almost every mine today makes use of some kind of operations control centre that makes it possible to remotely monitor, measure, and control mining operations. And – without an appropriately designed control room – safe high-speed mechanized mining would neither be practical nor commercially viable. This week’s Blog provides a glance into some best practice…