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“If a typical mine is using the standard lighting system they have been using for decades, they can see an 80 to 90% reduction in energy consumption by switching to our LED strip. We look at lifecycle costs, so our initial cost might be 10 - 20% higher than a standard system. However, there is a clear payoff over time, because standard lights are typically replaced every six months, as opposed to every five years with x-Glo’s LED strip lighting.”
Don Bertrand, General Manager, x-Glo North America Inc.
“The specialized Miner Operated Survey System (MOSS) is a machine control guidance system for underground mining. MOSS superimposes the mine design on the rock face, providing the miner with the Line and grade direction and the complexity of the rock formation, letting them know where to drill. By combining Leica Geosystems’ hardware with MOSS software, we can create a 3D picture of the mine that miners can visualize in an augmented reality space.”
Bruno Lalonde, President, NSS Canada
“The areas of mining in which DDC drones are well positioned to add value include sending a drone instead of people to do gas detection. The other application is in core sample extraction. Instead of driving a truck down into the mine, you can send a drone with the payload and range to do that. It is a lot faster and a lot safer than driving all the way down into the mine. We believe an unmanned helicopter can do that task in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.”
Steve Magirias, CEO, Drone Delivery Canada
“Drones can be seen as a low cost helicopter or airplane, greatly suitable for airborne surveying. Sensors on drones can collect data that can be useful for exploration. A camera for photogrammetry or LiDAR sensors can collect data on topography or the visualization of potential veins or outcropping. In the drone space, you can use all types of different sensors to provide different data that mining professionals can then leverage.”
Graham Anderson, Regional Manager - Business Development, Volatus Aerospace
“Diesel engines are durable and consume less than a gasoline engine, but they are also very inefficient - you only get to use approximately 50% of the energy of the diesel to actually do the work. Hydrogen acts to ignite the diesel faster and sooner during the combustion process, the end result being that you use more energy of the diesel, and there is less unburned diesel that comes out in terms of smoke, fumes, and emissions. Less diesel is thus used to do the same work, resulting in fuel savings.”
Joao Araujo, VP Global Operations and Partner, H2 Tek
