Sustainable innovation in underground hardrock mining technology

摘要

Canadian leadership in a global mining context Will depend not only on entrepreneurship best practice but also on technological innovnation. This paper argues for more ambition find commitment to R&D for technological of innovation in Canadian mining. It focuses on undergroud hardrock mining, where past R&D initiatives have simply not stood the test of tine, and is important to examine why, Conerns because industry's commitment to R&D has not been sustained over time. Innovation through exploration, processing, and environmental technologies has been more significant. Meanwhile, R&D capacity and synergies in government institutions and universities not been exploited. There is a need for more commitment, coordination, and collaborator: by industry, governments, and universities. The paper examines some corporate models that nave achieved sustainable innovation, along with some that have not. A strategy for innovation is discussed that relates to culture, commitment, coordination, and collaboration.