Tag: Mining Innovations

  • Engineering Professor Travis Wiens Tackles Potash Mining Challenges
    Engineering Professor Travis Wiens Tackles Potash Mining Challenges

    With financial support from the International Mineral Innovation Institute (IMII), Travis Wiens has started a research project to find a digital solution to a age-old process. This week’s Blog examines how out-of-the-box innovation is working to make underground mining safer at potash mines in Saskatchewan.

  • Canada’s Mining Workforce is Changing
    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…

  • New Solutions to Improve Sustainability
    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.

  • Live, Real-Time Training with Big-Time Benefits
    Live, Real-Time Training with Big-Time Benefits

    Need to know how to correctly check the track sag on your mining excavator? What about how to discharge the accumulators in a hydraulic system? Want to complete classes to expand your certification? This week’s Blog reveals how Hitachi mining product experts are now ready to answer all these questions – and more – through…

  • Accessing the Inaccessible
    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.

  • Material Innovations Lead to Miner Protections
    Material Innovations Lead to Miner Protections

    As engineers look to create new products, they have to look at mechanical and structural innovations, as well as material innovations, and how those innovations can be leveraged specifically for the mining industry. One such example is in the gas detection equipment that miners use as critical safety gear each and every day.