Publications

08 Jan 2026
Mining and Metals

Electric vehicles and power distribution: considerations for underground mine operators

Shifting to electric vehicles in underground mining offers significant benefits, but it also introduces new challenges. Power feeds often lack the capacity to handle the large power demand during charging; infrastructure upgrades require large capital investments; and even the overall service to site may not be sufficient. Without careful planning, mines risk load imbalances, brownouts, nuisance tripping of power distribution systems and possible reductions in production without significant capital investment. There’s no single fix to address all these obstacles. Instead, success depends on adaptive integration designs that evolve alongside the technology: solutions that demand ingenuity, innovative thinking and close collaboration across teams and vendors.
Jason James Gander

Senior Technologist
06 Oct 2017
Power and Renewables

Revisiting electrical energy saving initiatives for industrial facilities
- Aaron Mc Loughlan
  
  Electrical Engineer-in-Training (EIT)
05 Jul 2017
Other industries

Combustible dust: managing explosion hazards more effectively – Part 2
- Hugues Châteauneuf, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Consulting Expert, Ventilation, Hazardous Locations, Explosion Hazards
05 Jul 2017
Power and Renewables

Is your control system ground in good working condition?
- Pierre Girard, P.Eng.
  
  National Practice Leader, Electrical
15 Jun 2017
Other industries

Criteria for data centre location
- Yves Bétournay, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Electrical - Power Generation and Apparatus
06 Jun 2017
Power and Renewables

Arc-flash hazard on direct current (DC) systems

The most common concern when performing electrical work is arc flash hazards on alternative current (AC) systems. In fact, in the last 15 years, significantly more companies have acknowledged the importance of performing arc flash studies for AC-powered systems, in accordance with the CSA Z462 standard, to properly protect employees.
06 Jun 2017
Mining and Metals

Design and mining simulations
12 May 2017
Power and Renewables

What everyone should know about hydraulic balancing
- François St-Germain, P.Eng.
  
  Principal Engineer, Industrial and Hydro
09 Mar 2017
Power and Renewables

The challenge of refurbishing hydroelectric generating stations
22 Sep 2016
Power and Renewables

Off-grid hybrid systems through adaptive power setpoints
- Stéphan Landry, P.Eng.
  
  Principal Engineer, Electrical - Power Generation and Apparatus
05 Jul 2016
Mining and Metals

Smoke tracing: a diagnostic tool for ventilation

Plants and industrial installations regularly grapple with contamination problems due to dust, vapour, gas, fumes, or smoke—sometimes even just heat or humidity. These problems can easily be diagnosed, then solved, using smoke tracing. Smoke tracing is useful in a number of situations. Fire departments use it to simulate emergencies, while specialized firms use it to detect equipment leaks or faulty ventilation. Where toxic contaminants are a hazard, smoke tracing is generally used to check the pressurization of control rooms. In industrial facilities, the technique can be used to qualitatively assess proper operation and efficiency of general ventilation in an area of a plant or of local ventilation (process).
Hugues Châteauneuf, P.Eng.

Senior Consulting Expert, Ventilation, Hazardous Locations, Explosion Hazards
05 Jul 2016
Power and Renewables

Switching transient analyses: a worthwhile investment!
- Maurice Brisson, P.Eng., M.A.Sc.
  
  Senior Consulting Expert, Power System Planning
05 Jul 2016
Mining and Metals

NFPA 652-2016: owner responsibility for industrial installations in Canada
- Hugues Châteauneuf, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Consulting Expert, Ventilation, Hazardous Locations, Explosion Hazards
05 May 2016
Power and Renewables

High-level evaluation of transmission line parameters and energy costs for industrial loads in remote locations
05 Apr 2016
Other industries

Combustible dust: controlling the risk of explosion – Part 1
- Hugues Châteauneuf, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Consulting Expert, Ventilation, Hazardous Locations, Explosion Hazards
14 Mar 2016
Power and Renewables

District heating: Steam system optimization or hot water conversion?

For the past few years, the trend in district heating has been to use low-temperature hot water for thermal distribution instead of steam, and even to convert steam-based district heating systems to hot-water systems. But is this really the best approach? Should existing systems be converted, or optimized?
Réal Olivier, P.Eng.

Engineering Graduate, Energy and Air Quality
27 Aug 2015
Mining and Metals

Adoption of high oxygen bottom blowing in copper matte smelting: Why is it taking so long?
- Joël Kapusta, Ph.D.
  
  Senior Consulting Expert, Sonic Injection and Pyrometallurgy
27 Aug 2015
Mining and Metals

Underground stope drill and blast designs optimization program
05 Jul 2015
Power and Renewables

Everything you need to know about 3D laser scanning
09 Jan 2015
Mining and Metals

Tonnage control under maximum and instantaneous power constraints
- Serge Naud, P.Eng.
  
  Engineer, Process Control
09 May 2014
Mining and Metals

Potential economic and operational benefits and impacts of trolley assist in open pit mining
Isabelle Leblanc, P.Eng.

Vice-President, Mining and Metals Market