FindMine

Mineral Exploration Research & Geophysics

Optimizing the chances of future exploration successes
Footwall orebodies valued over 1000 $/t
Strategically important to mining sustainability within the Sudbury Igneous Complex

GeoRisk

Risk Mitigation for Mining Highly Stressed Ore Bodies at Depth

Research into risk mitigation approaches to:

create safer workplaces
reduce development timelines & produce faster cash flows
control fault slip ground movement

ValueMine

Mine Design to Extract Optimal Mine Value

New approaches in mine design to safely extract optimal value
Producing a Wiki-based "Best Practice Mine Design Handbook"
Develop excellence in integrated mine planning and design
Future projects identified through gaps in knowledge

ConstructMine

Underground Mine Construction

Research to support rapid vertical and horizontal development with a focus on:

Speed and quality of underground infrastructure construction
Development and design of innovative support methods
Reliable prediction of rock behaviour

SustainMine

Environmental Studies & Mine Sustainability

Sustaining mines and mining is of vital importance
Develop environmental research that will enhance the sustainability of mines and mining
Recognizing opportunities for research related to energy reduction/re-use, water discharge elimination, etc.

IFSCRI

International Fault Slip Control Research Initiative

Making deep high stress mines safer & more sustainable
Control energy release associated with fault slip rockbursting in underground mines
Reduce risk to worker health & safety and capital infrastructure in underground mines
Increase investor confidence

MineTech

Ventilation on Demand

Ventilation can represent up to 40% of a mine's energy cost
Critical to future mining as energy costs are rising and mining is going deeper
Prove technology and gain experience in a mine environment
Community Adjustment Fund Initiative (Industry Canada)

Excellence in Mining Innovation

Lecture Series

Lecture Series

Membership

Membership

Knowledge

Knowledge

Research Programs

The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI), located in Sudbury, Ontario, is continuing its R&D efforts to facilitate the delivery of step-change research initiatives which are deemed critically important to the mining industry. It strives to establish excellence in strategic areas of research: deep mining, mineral exploration, integrated mine engineering, environmental and sustainability.
FactSheet
CEMI Annual Report 2009

Newsletter

newsletter

Current Job Opportunity

CEMI is searching for a Research Program Assistant. The Research Program Assistant's function will be to assist the R&D Program Directors and team in the development of the organization and provision of services to private and public-sector clients in the mineral resources industry.
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CEMI

International Fault Slip Control Research Initiative (IFSCRI)

CEMI is hosting a series of Experimental Design Workshops for its proposed International Fault Slip Control Research Initiative (IFSCRI), a muli-million multi-year program with a vision to develop a globally-recognized research initiative to improve fault slip control techniques in underground mines.
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