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AutoMine solution safer and more productive

Nothing ever distracts the drivers of the two 40-tonne Toro haul trucks that go back and forth day in, day out between the Number 7 Chute and the Number 5 Crusher on the 9175 level at Barrick Gold’s Williams Mine in the Hemlo gold camp.
Penguin ASI robots assess Montcalm instability

Penguin ASI robots assess Montcalm instability

Penguin Automated Systems of Sudbury has developed two robotic vehicles to survey an open stope at Xstrata Nickel's Montcalm Mine, which was closed in March 2009 due to an unplanned ground fall following a stope blast.
Electric personnel carrier introduced

Electric personnel carrier introduced

RES Equipment Sales of Dryden, Ontario, is spearheading the development of a battery-powered personnel utility vehicle for underground mining applications.

A passion for hands-on troubleshooting

No mining supply cluster would be complete without someone like Everett Henderson.

Vale nails down reduction of diesel particulate

Vale's Sudbury operation is leading the way in reducing diesel particulate matter for its light-duty underground vehicles.

One-stop shop for ROPS and FOPS

Stanley Appleton Manufacturing Corp. provides in-house design, fabrication, testing and certification of rollover protective structures (ROPS) and falling object protective structures (FOPS).

Ventilation-on-demand patent sparks controversy

A patent awarded to Simsmart Technologies for its Optimized Mine Ventilation on Demand (OMVOD) technology has caused an uproar in the mining community in advance of an international symposium on mine ventilation in Sudbury June 13 to 18.

Suppliers see benefit of social networking

A growing number of Northern Ontario business people are finding value in a California-based social networking site called LinkedIn.

Bestech helps miners meet emission regulations

Sudbury-based Bestech's Air Quality Monitoring System was recently purchased by the Iron Ore Company of Canada and will be commissioned in June at its Labrador City operations.

Dr. Thomas Ulrich wins laser ablation prize

Dr.