Memorial University Gazette, Jackey Locke
A Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science research team is developing a more sustainable way to mine.
Working in tandem with Newfoundland and Labrador-based Anaconda Mining Inc., and keeping with the industry’s move towards sustainability, the researchers’ sustainable mining by drilling (SMD) method continues the movement by developing vein-type deposits that are exposed on the surface or in open-pit mines as opposed to underground.
What happens when you rethink not just how we mine, but the entire pathway from mineralization to
Last week in Sudbury, Minister Mélanie Joly joined DIGITAL to announce nearly $20 million in funding for
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