Present high capacity mining practices suffer from poor selectivity resulting in significant amounts of barren rock to report to the processing plant and significant quantities of metal in the waste dump. The research is aimed at developing sorting systems that improve the selectivity of the mining practices. The research will help MineSense Technologies Ltd to […]

The mining industry is looking for technologies that improve sustainability through reducing environmental and energy burdens. In line with this, a program was created between Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations, a Glencore Company and Laurentian University to prospect for opportunities for making better use of existing non-mineral resources. Interns on the Mitacs program will bioprosepect mine […]

Les mines à ciel ouvert produisent des quantités importantes de rejets miniers. Selon la réglementation, les entreprises minières doivent restaurer les aires d’entreposage des rejets miniers à la fin des opérations, c’est-à-dire s’assurer que le site ne génère pas de contamination. Le site de la mine Canadian Malartic est particulier en raison de son envergure […]

Ce projet va chercher à identifier les facteurs liés aux travailleurs, à l’environnement immédiat de travail et au contexte organisationnel qui peuvent augmenter la probabilité qu’un incident ou accident survienne avec des conducteurs. Une approche multidisciplinaire de la SST (incluant, l’ergonomie, la psychologie des comportements humains, l’ingénierie des facteurs humains et le management de la […]

Large amounts of crude oil and natural gas are located beneath Canada’s ocean floors. Currently, the offshore oil and gas industry makes a significant contribution to the Canadian economy. Although it is not visible as onshore landslides, numerous underwater landslides occur where huge amount of seabed sediment might displace and could result in tsunami in […]

The proposed research is a multi-disciplinary project, which aims at improving existing theories and developing innovative technologies to unlock Canada’s oil and gas resources in a more sustainable way. Theoretical models derived from physics and mathematics are to be examined with real data, and new approaches will be developed to face the technical challenges. Mentorship […]

Heavy oil and bitumen in-situ extraction aided by solvent addition is a potential EOR technology that provides an alternative to the current thermal processes. However, its mechanism is not well understood yet. The aim of this study is to improve the understanding of solvent based processes by history matching experimental data using a reservoir simulator […]

This research will focus on the physical testing (with a view to mine and tunnel site implementation) of ground support elements that are associated with mining and tunnelling works. The support elements will be monitored using fibre optics. In addition to providing insight into the behaviour of such support elements, this type of instrumentation also […]

Improving mining efficiency through sustainable recovery of energyA significant step towards sustainable mining would be non-traditional, but productive uses for the mine. In particular, uses that would allow them to provide value and jobs to the community both during mining and afteroperations cease. To help in achieving this goal there is potential positive use of […]

The economic benefits of a mining project can be offset by potential damages of environmental degradation and contamination if suitable mitigation measures are not implemented. To estimate the possible adverse impacts of mining, extensive monitoring of environmental indicators is required over many years to establish baseline data. These data are generally very diverse that may […]

La Gaspésie est une région intéressante d’un point de vue économique car de nombreux travaux, autant universitaires qu’industriels ont démontré un potentiel à abriter des hydrocarbures. La compagnie québécoise RESSOURCES & ÉNERGIE SQUATEX INC opère dans le secteur du Bas-Saint-Laurent/Gaspésie et vient d’annoncer des résultats intéressants obtenus lors de leurs derniers travaux d’exploration en 2014. […]

Youth are tomorrow’s leaders, parents, professionals, and workers, as well as today’s assets. However, the disengagement and out-migration of rural youth are critical challenges for rural communities and regions. In the Lower Columbia and surrounding West Kootenay-Boundary region these challenges are compounded by struggles to meet existing labour force needs. This project will review, summarize, […]