26 www gbr eports c om Glob al Business R eport s PRERELEASE ONT ARIO MINING 2018 Glob al Business R eport s ONT ARIO MINING 2018 PRERELEASE fr ame t echnolog y and the MDR500 mobile under gr ound diamond drill rig It le ver ag es an LMi line ar ma trix inequality power and c ontr ol int erf ac e and c omes equipped with 500 me t ers of onbo ar d r od s t or ag e NQ r ods making it a self suficient mobile drill rig explained Jef When it c omes t o mining a t dep th South A fric an c omp any Ne w Conc ep t Mining NCM is le ver aging it s experienc e t o pr ovide a r ang e of solutions tha t include pr e s tr essing unit s r ockbolt s ar e al c over ag e monit oring and w arning de vic es Canada s mining indus tr y is now moving int o deeper mining envir onment s wher e as South A fric a has experienc e in deeper mining sinc e the 1970s elabor a t ed Heinrich Gr eef NCM s managing dir ec t or f or Canada NCM curr ently supplies support t o the world s thr ee deepes t mines all in South A fric a Mponeng T au T ona and Sebuk a This enables us t o bring ver y ma tur e and de veloped knowledg e of down support pr oduc t s f or dynamic envir onment s int o the Canadian mark e t afirmed Heinrich A s r emo t e t ele oper a t ed t echnolog y helps r emove work ers fr om the dang ers of under gr ound mining how much dis t anc e c ould f e asibly be plac ed be tween the oper a t or and the mine sit e This ques tion w as posed t o Gabriel Janak ar aj VP of special pr ojec t s a t Har dLine We curr ently have a t ele op sys t em se t up be tween A us tr alia and Canada though we c ould essentially oper a t e fr om the moon t o Canada and vic e versa Har dLine s t echnolog y allows client s t o c ontr ol their oper a tions r emo t ely thr ough an Oper a t or Contr ol Sys t em tha t c an be plac ed anywher e in the world Ano ther c omp any tha t de als in t eleoper a tions is P enguin ASI Gr e g Baiden c o f ounder and C T O of P enguin has a tr ack r ec or d in the indus tr y f or mining innov a tion pr ojec t s having c omple t ed s tudies f or NASA and the Canadian Sp ac e Ag enc y C SA f or mining on the moon While no ting tha t changing the c onser v a tive cultur e of the mining indus tr y is a lengthy pr oc ess Dr Baiden belie ves tha t when the t echnolog y is ma tur e enough the tr ansition t o fully t ele oper a t ed mines will no t t ak e long When one major c omp any mak es the inves tment t o run in t o t al t ele oper a tion the y will mak e such a v as t pr ofit o ther c omp anies will have no choic e but t o f ollow he said F OR TIF YING THE F OUND A TIONS THE SER VICES THA T SUPPOR T THE INDU S TR Y The innov a tion c oming out of Ont ario is no t only incr e asing pr oduc tivity and driving down c os t s but also cr e a ting saf er working c onditions in his t oric ally haz ar dous envir onment s Cement a tion r ecipient s of the g old aw ar d in the Mining and Na tur al R esour c es c a t e g or y as one of Canada s Saf es t Employers f or 2017 has de veloped a cultur e tha t perme a t es thr ough the or g aniz a tion assur ed R oy Slack pr esident of Cement a tion Canada Slack r ec ogniz es tha t innov a tion is mor e than jus t a c os t saving me asur e When you t alk about innov a tion it is no t nec essarily aut oma tion but dif er ent pr oc esses tha t t ak e people aw ay fr om the f ac e or aw ay fr om the gr e a t es t risk Sep ar a ting people fr om the haz ar ds is the nex t s t ep fr om a saf e ty s t andpoint thr ough r emo t e oper a tion and the de velopment of pr oc esses Engineering giant Jac obs ac quir ed CH2M Hill f or U S327 billion in Dec ember 2017 and has seen double digit pr o f orma r e venue and pr ofit gr owth sinc e the mer g er c ame int o ef ec t In Sep t ember 2017 it w as announc ed tha t Sirius P o t ash will c ontinue t o move f or w ar d with their Wilt on pr ojec t and Jac obs w as aw ar ded the ma t erial handling f acility MHF c ons truc tion c ontr ac t with c ons truc tion due t o s t art by Spring 2019 Jac obs also won an EPCM c ontr ac t f or the de velopment of the Oyu T olg oi under gr ound pr ojec t in Mong olia one of the lar g es t mining pr ojec t s worldwide On the innov a tion fr ont Jac obs Connec t ed Ent erprise JCE of ers ser vic es t o se ver al major client s in the U S including the NSA NASA and the Dep artment of Na tional Def ense Jer emy Ok olisan vic e pr esident business de velopment and le ader of Jac obs MMT Mining Miner als T echnolog y division int ends t o le ver ag e JCE s experienc e in o ther sec t ors t o pr ovide innov a tive solutions t o the mining indus tr y Jac obs is applying digit al int ellig enc e lessons le arned fr om it s work in the aer osp ac e adv anc ed f acilities and nucle ar def ense indus tries and adap ting them f or o ther sec t ors including mining he said DMC Mining Ser vic es in oper a tion sinc e 1980 as a mining c ontr ac t or pledg es t o build mines of the futur e In F ebruar y 2018 DMC w as aw ar ded a c ontr ac t t o de velop a 1600 me t er shaf and two smaller ones f or UK b ased Sirius The driverless shaf sinking unit will be one of only six glob ally the firs t being the SBR Shaf Boring R o adhe ader a t the Jansen po t ash pr ojec t in Sask a t che w an Gr aham But t enshaw pr esident of DMC Mining elabor a t ed on the t echnolog y Ins t e ad of having people down the hole drilling blas ting and r ep airing w alls it grinds it s w ay down Ther e will be fiber op tic c ables g oing down in Sirius with all of the work c omple t ed a t surf ac e We ar e pulling men out of harm s w ay Sinc e winning a five ye ar c ontr ac t with V ale in 2015 Sudbur yb ased NA TT Saf e ty Ser vic es has f ocused on pr oviding the full saf e ty p ack ag e When y ou talk about inno v ation it is not ne cessarily a utomation but dif fer ent pr ocesses that take pe ople aw a y fr om the face or aw a y fr om the gr eatest risk Separ ating pe ople fr om the hazar ds is the next step fr om a safety standpoint thr ough r emote oper ation and the dev elopment of pr ocesses Ro y Slack president Cementation Canada