Category: Blog
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Tips to Improve Mining Production and Safety
Keeping employees safe on the mine site requires many moving parts to work together seamlessly. This post provides strategies to help ensure everyone gets home safetly.
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Securing Top Government Funding; A Guide for Canadian Mining-Sector Companies
This book review highlights Get Funded! by Igor Chigrin, offering a step-by-step guide to securing government funding for Canadian mining-sector companies. Chigrin provides invaluable insights on defining projects, selecting suitable funding programs, writing successful applications, and executing funded projects. The guide covers essential programs like Canada Job Grant, CanExport, and the Strategic Innovation Fund, offering…
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The Challenges Faced by Heavy Duty Vehicles in Cold Climates
Winter’s approaching – are your machines ready to face Canada’s harsh climate over the coming months? Check out our latest blog to learn how the right lubricants make all the difference.
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Big Data Points to New Minerals, New Deposits
Big Data Points to New Minerals, New Deposits By Shaunna Morrison and Robert Hazen, Deep Carbon Observatory The quest for new mineral deposits is incessant, but until recently mineral discovery has been more a matter of luck than scientific prediction. All that may change thanks to big data. In a paper published Aug. 1 by…
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Cloud and Mobile Makes Blasting Intelligence and Optimization Accessible Anywhere, Anytime
Blasting is a core activity in mining and impacts downstream operational activities such as excavation and processing. Software technology used in blasting has been prevelant for many years (the use of blast designers is common) but it has not been readily accessible to an average blaster. Integrated tools for blast data collection and blast performance…
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New Shotcrete Technologies Reduce Cycle Times & Lower Costs
As North America’s mining industry continues to cope with the challenges of low commodity prices and looks for greater efficiency, several familiar business themes are arising. Aside from a central focus on lower operating costs, mining companies are looking for improved safety, and technology and automation within their operations to boost productivity and improve profitability.
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BGC Engineering and LOOOK develop mixed reality solution to transform the world of mining
Imagine having the ability to look 50 years into the future by standing in the reclaimed landscape of a project just after breaking ground. Imagine exploring a 3D virtual mine on a boardroom table while collaborating with engineers and colleagues all over the world. Imagine showing stakeholders technical, difficult-to-understand 2D drawings in a 3D mixed…
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Northern Saskatchewan Promotes Minerals Industry
The 1st Annual Core Days were held in La Ronge on May 24 and 25, 2017. The event was designed to promote the minerals industry as well as the businesses and local labour force that supports it. Approximately 150 people attended the event, representing junior mining companies, mine operators, education, business, and the general public.
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Two Gold Medals for Two Outstanding Canadian Engineers
Decades separate them in age and experience yet both share an important bond; last month each became Gold Medal recipients at the prestigious 2017 Engineers Canada Awards.
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IBM Brings Revolutionary New Technology to Canadian Mine
IBM Brings Revolutionary New Technology to Canadian Mine Six years ago, IBM Watson gained fame for winning Jeopardy. Today, it is working in virtually all industries to outthink the world’s biggest challenges. Watson can understand, reason, learn and interact, providing insight and transforming experiences. Now, Watson is learning to think like a Geologist. In March…