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Gahcho Kué, Brucejack mines grapple with Covid outbreaks
De Beers and Mountain Province Diamonds have suspended operations at their jointly owned Gahcho Kué diamond mine, 280 km north of Yellowknife, as they work to contain a Covid-19 outbreak that began last week. In addition to two cases in…
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De Beers uses geofencing on world’s largest offshore diamond mining vessel
A new IoT solution that provides geofencing to maintain safe work distances for crew operating heavy equipment has been installed at De Beers’ marine diamond mining operations. The system relies on Bluetooth low energy locators and wearable sensors as precision…
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SAFETY: Pretium reports fatality at Brucejack mine
BRITISH COLUMBIA – An incident took place last Friday at Pretium Resources’ Brucejack mine near Stewart, which resulted in the death of one worker, the company reported over the weekend. The isolated incident occurred during maintenance at a support facility on surface, Pretium…
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COVID-19: Miners fight back virus outbreaks
Several months after the pandemic disrupted mining operations worldwide with suspensions, travel restrictions and new protocols, the novel coronavirus continues to cause new disruptions. Most recently, 82 of 298 workers at Trevali Mining’s Santander mine in Peru have tested positive…
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Mining sector develops best practices for a COVID-19 world
Miners develop best practices for operating during a pandemic
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COVID-19: First Nations concerned about Quebec mines reopening
QUEBEC – First Nations in Quebec and Labrador have raised concerns about the reopening of mining operations in Quebec, fearing that movement in and out of fly-in/fly-out camps will increase transmission of the novel coronavirus into their communities. In a…
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Alamos pioneers new water treatment approach
SAGR technology provides new option for ammonia and thiocyanate
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SAFETY: MSS, Northern College collaborate on mine safety
TIMMINS, Ont. – Mine Safety Solutions (MSS) is collaborating with Prof. Shane Storring and second year mechanical engineering technician student at Northern College to conduct impact testing of MSS gloves. Performing impact testing will give MSS a better understanding of…
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AIR QUALITY: N.R. Murphy announces new owners after 75 years in business
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. – After three-quarters of a century in the business of providing top industrial air quality solutions across North America, N.R. Murphy Limited has passed the torch to new owners. The Cambridge-based company – which manufactures dust collectors, fans,…
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SAFETY: Edge3 launches distracted driving platform
TEMPE, Ariz. – Edge3 Technologies, a leading supplier of machine vision, deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, announces the commercial launch of a new platform – CloudDETECT. This cloud-based AI solution leverages existing camera equipment that may already be…
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Goldcorp turns to Newtrax to tackle visibility underground at Éléonore
Why Goldcorp is innovating for safety.
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COMMUNICATIONS: Ericsson and Ambra Solutions deliver Deepest LTE network in Canadian mine
Ericsson and Ambra Solutions have worked together to deliver the Canada’s deepest underground LTE network for the Agnico Eagle mining site, LaRonde in Abitibi, Quebec. Located three kilometers below the surface, the LTE network will provide data and voice mobility…
