Technology

CAE Mining, a subsidiary of CAE Inc., the global leader in simulation and training for the civil aviation and defence industries, will introduce its first simulator for the mining industry at MINExpo 2012 in Las Vegas, September 24 to 26.

A major mining company had a unique challenge and came knocking on the door of Sudbury-based Minewise Technology Ltd.

Robert Lamond doesn’t like problems. He doesn’t care what caused the problem. Lamond is only interested in the solution.

The successful demonstration of Sudbury-based Rail-Veyor Technologies’ innovative material handling system at Vale’s 114 Orebody could lead to a significant change in mine design, enabling smaller openings, improved safety and faster advance rates.

Within 10 years, 40 per cent of Rio Tinto’s copper production will come from underground mines with production rates of 100,000 tonnes or more per day.

RDH Mining Equipment is bulking up.

Picture this. Somewhere in near-Earth orbit, a network of filling stations with attached Starbucks. Giant, space-based solar power stations beaming energy back to Earth. A mining operation and an industrial complex on the moon.

Why spend money on five utility vehicles - a fan handler, a pipe handler, a scissor lift, a crane and a flatbed truck - and have them sitting idle most of the time? That’s what mine management at Xstrata Copper’s Kidd Creek operation in Timmins asked

There’s a good chance that drills and other mining equipment required by NASA and several commercial enterprises planning exploration and mining missions to the moon will be supplied by the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) in Sudbury.

It didn’t take long for Bob Lavergne, product manager at Four Leaf Solutions, to get confirmation that his company’s most ambitious product, MineTracker, was a success.