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CMIC Solutions to Significantly Reduce Tailings Waste and Risks

What’s required to reduce the risks around tailings? When it comes to the catastrophic failure of tailings ponds, the operational word is ‘catastrophic’. Events like Brumadinho in Brazil and Jagersfontein in South Africa destroy and pollute on a large scale. While major miners have stepped up their tailings tactics in recent years, local practices can …

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Meet the ReThink Mining Board of Directors Nominees 2022

ReThink Mining Board of Directors: Departing Directors & New Nominees We thank all of our departing directors for their hard work, dedication and support to ReThink Mining. Departing from the Board of Directors is Gordon Bogden, Michelle Ash, James “Jim” Gowans, and Charles Dumaresq. We are pleased to welcome two new 2022 Board Nominees, Anthony …

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How Co-Development is Reshaping The Mining Industry: The CAHM Project

Innovation is a catalyst for global transformation CMIC’s intention and goal towards zero waste mining began with an innovative strategy to decrease the world’s footprint on energy consumption.  When it comes to mineral processing, comminution is a highly energy-intensive process that accounts for a large part of the global capital and operating cost for mineral …

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Achieving Net Zero in Mining – How CMIC Is Providing the Roadmap

Mining companies across the globe have committed to meeting a goal of net zero by 2050 or sooner. This goal encompasses both scope one emissions (emanating from sources owned by an organization, such as furnaces, boilers, vehicles, etc.) and scope two emissions (produced in the production of electricity purchased by an organization). This goal of …

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CMIC Mechanical Cutting Consortium Launches

CMIC in collaboration with Sandvik and its members launched a project that enables the opportunity for collective learning about mechanical rock excavation (MRE) technology. Through this consortium, participants will gain extensive knowledge in the technology that will enable them to accelerate deployment of mechanical cutting at their operations. Mechanical cutting has been identified as a …

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CMIC Project Update: Sensor-Based Ore Sorting

CMIC members have identified sensor-based ore sorting as a technology that could disrupt the mining industry given its potential to reduce energy consumption and water use, increase metal recoveries and lower tailings footprint. As technologies advance, sensor-based ore sorting has been deployed with increased success over the past few years. Still, there are many examples …

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The Role of Education in the Race to Zero Waste

Our industry is evolving. Senior leaders from across the mining sector are committed to developing the innovations and best practices required to build a more sustainable, profitable industry. But what about the next generation of leaders? In this blog post we’ll discuss the importance of education and training in equipping tomorrow’s leaders for the future …

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CMIC 2020 Annual Report: Focused on Our Vision To Transform Mining

2020 was unlike anything many of us have experienced, presenting many challenges to businesses and individuals globally. In spite of these challenges, CMIC continued to recruit new members, progress existing consortia projects, design new projects and develop new international alliances. “CMIC has had an indelible impact on the mining industry and has built that trust …

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Olitek Mining Robotics and CMIC Announce Collaboration on Remote Charge-up Unit

Olitek Mining Robotics (Olitek), Australia and the Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC) are pleased to announce their partnership on the Remote Charge-up Unit (RCU) project. Globally, mines are getting deeper, and this forces a re-think of the manual mining practices that are common across our industry. Ground falls, stress-induced failure and rock bursting mean the …

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