Making mining innovation happen--The Canadian Mining Innovation Council is committed to facilitating the generation and dissemination of knowledge for and about the industry

摘要

This year's Distinguished Lecturer Program proved to be a real opportunity to meet some of the many mining people across our fine country. At every stop, there was always something new and interesting — yet another improvement where people have leveraged a new technology or best practice, or where they have invented that next step for mining effectiveness that becomes a benchmark for the rest of industry to strive for. In other words, innovation is happening all across Canada, and that's a good thing for mining as a whole. A question arises as to whether we are living up to our national potential to become a global mining leader. Consider that we attract more global mining exploration spending than any other country in the world, and that we rank in the top five countries globally, in terms of supply, of 14 important metals and minerals. We are well positioned to take a global mining leadership role, with innovation as a key to staying globally competitive. Yet there is a sense that our effectiveness and support for mining research and technology development could be better. That is where a group of mining leaders from industry, aca-demia and government stepped in to find out why.