Douglas Morrison

Brief Biography

Douglas has 14 years of operating experience in the deep nickel mines of the Sudbury Basin, where he became the Superintendent of Rock Mechanics and Mine Design at Inco (now Vale). He has since spent 15 years as a consultant at Golder Associates working on strategic design, productivity, and safety issues in mines around the world. In 1999-2000 he was based in Belo Horizonte Brazil, and from 2005-2010 he was Golder's Global Mining Sector Leader, based in Toronto. Throughout his career he maintained an advisory or Board role with Canadian research organizations such as CAMIRO and MIRARCO that are engaged in delivering innovation to the mining industry, and in late 2010 he was appointed the role of Vice President and in 2011, the Chair in Holistic Mining Practices at CEMI. In 2012, Douglas was announced as the President and CEO for CEMI. In addition to mine safety and productivity, he is focused on developing a comprehensive approach to innovation in mining that will minimize future environmental impact, enhance the social fabric of communities living close to mines, and meet the current needs of the industrial economy in order to develop a globally sustainable society.

CEMI Projects

	SustainMine
	FindMine - Footwall/Offset Geological Environment Studies