Tag: Mining Safety
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Spring 2025
Spring 2025 Click here to view a flip magazine of this issue. Click author’s names to view their LinkedIn pages, where available.
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Innovation in power and engineering
Kovatera, a Canadian company based in Sudbury, Ontario, stands at the forefront of the underground mining industry. Since its establishment in 1999, the company has grown significantly by fostering solid relationships with partners worldwide and following a strategic growth plan. Kovatera specializes in multipurpose mining utility vehicles, including the KT and KM Series, designed to…
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Quarrying and Mining Machinery Safety: The Benefits of Collision Avoidance Technology
It is said that more than 15,000 miners are killed in the global mining sector annually than in any other industry, and many more are injured. This week’s Blog from Brigade Electronics talks about what you can do, and what tools are available, to help bring those numbers down.
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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.
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Making the Mining Industry Safer for Its 620,000 Workers
A digitally-connected mine can improve jobsite safety and create a leaner, more efficient operation. But the enormity of the mining industry has led to a slower, and often fragmented, digital transformation. This week’s Blog takes a look at the digital divide and discusses the importance of bridging it.
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Exyn’s Autonomous Drone Helps Safely Evaluate a Closed 1940s Mine
An underground gold mine complex in British Columbia from the 1940s probably isn’t where you’d expect to find cutting-edge technology. This week’s Blog looks at how older mines that weren’t profitable to excavate decades ago could, for the first time, be mapped and be revived using Exyn’s technology.
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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…
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The Four Reasons Your Front-line Needs Microlearning
Elevating workplace safety and protecting the front-line is always top of mind for any safety professional. That is why it’s crucial to ensure your workforce has the proper training necessary to be fully equipped to perform tasks with confidence, allowing them to come home safely at the end of each and every day. This week’s…
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How Technology is Shaping a Safe and Sustainable Mining Culture
Over the years, industries around the globe have placed a fundamental importance on worker safety and sustainability, and technology provides a powerful asset to assist companies in achieving these goals. This week’s Blog takes a look at how the mining industry has begun to benefit from the positive impacts that various technologies are able to…
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Future Engineers Compete at Canada’s First International Student Mine Rescue Competition
A recent Canadian International Student Mine Rescue Competition hosted by the University of British Columbia has helped to provide critical training and camaraderie for the next generation of mining engineers. This week’s Blog takes a look at the competition – the first ever in Canada – and at its partnership with medical and safety technology…