Technology

Jannatec Radio Technologies Inc.

An innovative material tracking system being piloted at Vale Inco’s Frood-Stobie Complex in Sudbury could keep millions of dollars worth of nickel and other metals from being disposed of in tailings.

Atlas Copco Exploration has teamed up with North Bay-based web content management company Mindoka Innovation in Information Technology to publish manuals for diamond drill rigs and associated tools on the Internet.

Sandvik Mining and Construction claims its new LH Series of underground loaders, which replaces its Toro and EJC brands, will be easier to service, safer and more comfortable.

An innovative satellite communications device allows prospectors and other outdoor enthusiasts who have travelled out of cell phone range to let their families know whether they’re safe, or if they need help.

Vale Inco is studying the feasibility of using a vertical conveyor system as an alternative to skipping or ramping ore and waste rock as part of several new mine developments at depth in its Sudbury mines.

What if a mine could transport ore underground quickly and inexpensively and, at the same time, reduce diesel emissions? Starting in September 2008, Sudbury-based Rail-Veyor Technologies Inc.

Dale Clarke may not have wild, white hair or a workshop full of strange machinery, but he’s an inventor all the same.

A recent newsletter published by WipWare Inc., a North Bay company specializing in photoanalysis systems for particle sizing, welcomes new customers from India, the Ukraine, Korea, Japan, Peru the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

It's not just the unprecedented boom in the mining industry that has fueled the sale of Terex rock drills.