Research

The Sudbury-based mining division of CAMIRO, the Canadian Mining Industry Research Organization, is re-inventing itself to focus more on shorter-term, clearly defined projects that address pressing industry needs.

The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) is laying the groundwork for an International Fault Slip Control Research Initiative (IFSCRI) to better understand fault slip rockbursting.

The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) has unveiled two new software tools to assess geotechnical risk and uncertainty.

The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) is teaming up with Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba to study the hydrocarbon and base metal potential of the onshore and offshore segments of the Hudson Platform, a geological region encompassing 25 per cent

A natural cooling system at Vale Inco's Creighton Mine is the envy of every deep underground mine in the world.

Staff from Sudbury’s Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) will be heading to the 9,000-foot level of Hawaii’s Mono Kea in January to field test three rover chassis designed for mining operations on the moon.

Miners around the world at risk of contracting Raynaud Syndrome, or white hand disease, from using jackleg drills will soon be able to take advantage of an anti-vibration handle developed by Natural Resources Canada’s CANMET Mining and Mineral Scienc

The Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC), a research centre affiliated with Laurentian University’s Department of Earth Sciences, is undertaking a series of research projects to better understand the geology of the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC)

Researchers at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Human Kinetics are using the world’s only direct calorimeter to precisely determine a miner’s ability to cope with heat in deep mines.

As mining companies in Canada and around the world follow their orebodies to depth, one of the challenges they have to deal with is the effect of higher and higher temperatures on workers.