Category: Blog
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WILs Work at Western
The Mining Industry Human Resource Council’s is hoping to better position students to secure employment opportunities within the mining industry after graduation. This week’s Blog takes a look at the experiences of students, professors, and research assistants involved in work-integrated learning (WIL) through MiHR’s Gearing Up program.
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Halting Hackers
Don’t allow cyber-attackers to derail your future digital transformation strategy. This week’s Blog revisits an article from the Spring 2018 issue of Canadian Mining Magazine, looking at how to best manage and contain cyber-threats, as well as providing some key strategies on how to help prevent them from even happening in the first place.
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Richwood: Containing Material at Load Zones
Conveyor are often vulnerable to a myriad of issues concerning impact, belt wear, and sealing which, in turn, may lead to a decrease in productivity safety, and profitably for your mine. This week’s Blog discusses with Richwood – a company with more than three decades designing innovative solutions for the worldwide bulk material handling industry…
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Enabling Shorter Solar Power Purchase Agreements in the Mining Sector
A product innovation is helping to reduce costs and increase the relocatability of PV plants in remote areas of the world. This week’s Blog discusses how solar power mobility is helping to drive shorter PPA feasibility.
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Mining-specific Boots Increase Comfort and Prevent Injuries
Mines can be hostile environments. Proper footwear can help grip in a sticky situation and protect when the going gets tough.
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Fostering Gender Inclusive Workplaces
Men make up over 80 per cent of the mining workforce in Canada. MiHR is working with industry to diversify the talent pool, encouraging employers to examine their workplace culture through a ‘gender lens.’
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Taking Shift Planner to the Next Level
This week’s Blog features a shift-planning tool that is expected to help mine sites achieve significant increases in productivity gains.
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Richwood: Conveying Effective Solutions
Investing in a long-term solution conveys smart business sense that can yield success for your company by improving production, reducing wear on equipment, and improving onsite safety.
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STC Exceeds Security Requirements With WAL Technology
The environment in which workers move and the risks surrounding them are closely linked. Are your boots up for the challenge?
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Putting Your Career First has Never Been Easier
Mark your calendars now for this virtual career fair, designed to connect you with top Canadian minerals and metals companies…all from the confort of home. Mining companies – make sure to read this Blog too, to learn how you can reach candidates via this innovative new platform.