Underground mining operations highly depend on accurate information for intelligent decision-making, may it be safety-wise or efficiency-wise. However, the industry still uses old technologies to keep track of the evolution of their mines. This project aims to develop a new technology to help keep mines safer and make operations more efficient using point clouds. Point […]

Potash, a group of potassium bearing minerals, is an essential crop nutrient. The use of potash-based fertilizers increases crop yields while making plants more resistant to extreme climate and disease. It is essential to meeting the food needs of the growing human population. Canada-based Nutrien Ltd. extracts potash from underground mines across Saskatchewan and is […]

CoVID-19 has impacted the businesses in the region at multiple dimensions. The mandate of the project is to research and analyze the impact on the supply chain. There are many small focused businesses in the region and most of them don’t have a dedicated R&D section for understanding the market dynamics. The purpose of this […]

To help reduce the polluting impacts of aluminum production, this project investigates a use of a landfill-bound waste material called bauxite residue. This by-product is produced in large volumes globally but has no well-defined reuse or recycling application. The objective of this study is to develop a process to utilize this waste as a wastewater […]

Given the harmful nature of Hazardous materials (Hazmats), the corresponding transportation and storage processes are always associated with substantial levels of risks. Targeting the real-world circumstances with disruptions and uncertainties, the proposed research aims to seek alternative and adaptive solutions for proper locations of Hazmat facilities, suitable assignment of customers to active sites, and efficient […]

Vehicles that are able to autonomously move in the air, on the ground, or underwater must fuse various forms of sensor data together in order to ascertain the vehicles location relative to objects or a map. Typical sensor data includes inertial measurement unit data and some sort of positioning data, such as GPS data. However, […]

L’industrie minérale a besoin de nouvelles méthodes et d’outils pour relever les défis que représente la diminution des réserves minérales et l’augmentation des coûts d’exploration et d’exploitation. La spectroscopie laser plasma (LIBS – Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) est un outil géoanalytique émergent qui offre une suite unique d’avantages pour l’industrie minérale. La LIBS peut fournir une […]

Currently in the Canadian mining industry, approximately 16% of roles are filled by women. Furthermore, the mining industry is facing a future labour shortage as a significant proportion of its current workforce is approaching the age of retirement. Underrepresented groups, such as women, can help to fill these projected labour gaps and aid in solving […]

Microorganisms living in marine seafloor sediments are of scientific interest for many reasons including their role in cycling nutrients, their metabolic diversity, and the relatively few investigations of their existence due to their habitation of such an extreme and isolated environment. In addition, subsurface microbes can provide insight into their surrounding environment, including signalling the […]

As a major contributor to Canadian industrial carbon emissions, miners are placing more emphasis on decarbonization efforts by developing greener strategies and sourcing cleaner energy for their mining operations. Despite some progress, decarbonization attempts by mining companies have been underwhelming mainly due to the financial challenges of renewable system implementations. This study aims to perceive […]

This project aims to improve the throughput of the production system at ArcelorMittal through better coordination between the production operations. The project proposes a sophisticated discrete-event simulation model to analyze the impact of all important parameters of the production system, such as steel temperature, furnace heat duration, ladle movements, and heat loss at ladle. Several […]

The proposed research will develop and test a sustainable remediation framework and set of proposed social and economic ind icators. The framework will build upon existing tools and complement current practices and regulations. The intern ‘s work is part of SRC’s two-year project is to provide a new niche service that will help SRC’s clients […]