Meeting Future Mineral Resource Demand by Ult ra-Deep Mining
Authors
Douglas Morrison - Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) and Ultra-Deep Mining Network
Abstract
This article showcases some of the projects
completed by the Centre for Excellence in
Mining Innovation that focus on the development
of new, commercially viable Canadian
technologies. The Ultra Deep Mining Network is a Business Lead Network with matching funding from the federal
overnment comprised of large corporations, small to medium sized enterprises and academic institutions
tasked with the selection and supervision of
projects relevant to the future of deep mining.
In virtually every project the concepts and
research is based on the fundamentals of
physics and employ physicists as part of a
multidisciplinary team.