Tag: Agnico Eagle

Master Drilling brings remote drilling to Canada

Francesca Mills

Master Drilling North America, part of the Master Drilling Group, successfully commissioned the first remote drilling system in Canada at Agnico Eagle’s Odyssey gold mine in northwestern Quebec. The project began with the reaming of a 220-meter hole using a 5.5-m reamer, demonstrating the capability, precision and efficiency of remote drilling technology in operation. The RD7 raise bore machine was…

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Sandvik optimizes excavation process with iSURE Geo

NAM Staff

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has introduced the latest capability of its iSURE drill and blast software: iSURE Geo for development drilling. This optional toolset enables miners to optimize the excavation process through geological data. Designed to be used with Sandvik i-series development and tunneling drills, iSURE Geo delivers real-time onboard analysis of the rock mass using information gathered from…

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A straight route to success at Detour Lake

Donna Schmidt

Northeastern Ontario, Canada open-pit Agnico Eagle gold operation Detour Lake had several lofty goals: achieving and surpassing environmental, social and governance (ESG) outlines while setting itself up for long-term efficiency through monitoring its most crucial metrics. Artificial intelligence technology from Symboticware was its answer. By Donna Schmidt Mining operations in the age of digitization have the ability to bring in…

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