Publicaciones

08 ene 2026
Minería y metalurgia

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
11 ene 2023
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Circular economy: Industry is revving things up. Here's how.
- Jérôme Pelletier, P.Eng., MBA
  
  Presidente y Director Ejecutivo
22 dic 2022

Ingenious Women – Hassiba Lkoun
- Hassiba Lkoun, P.Eng., M.A.Sc.
  
  Director, Engineering and Business Operations, Operations - Salt Lake City
14 dic 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Implementing a production management and monitoring system: the importance of preliminary studies
- Branko Radulovic, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Operational Technology and Infrastructure
28 nov 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Reverse osmosis: a reliable technology
24 nov 2022

Ingenious women – Mélanie Chouinard

''I’m a very analytical person, but I also listen to my instincts a lot, and by trusting myself, I’ve been able to make the important decisions that have shaped my career. If I think something’s wrong, I stop, ask questions and sometimes, take a step back so I can start again... just like in innovation! If, on the other hand, I feel good about it, I go for it. So far, it’s served me well!
Mélanie Chouinard, P.Eng., M.Eng.

Director, Innovation
07 nov 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Multi-tiered bracing systems design
18 oct 2022
Minería y metalurgia

Using 3D laser scanning in project life cycles
- Kristian Leach, C.Tech.
  
  Principal Designer, Civil
14 oct 2022

Ingenious women – Isabelle Leblanc
- Isabelle Leblanc, Ing.
  
  Vicepresidenta de Mercado de Minería y Metales
22 sept 2022

Ingenious women – Jenn Wilson
19 sept 2022
Biocombustibles, petróleo y gas

Ammonia revisited: carbon-free fertilizer, hydrogen carrier and fuel—from alleviating famines to contributing to a carbon free planet

Ammonia (NH3) has evolved from a key fertilizer, that historically helped alleviate past global famines, to becoming the most reliable and carbon-free hydrogen (H2) carrier that can be used for storing any colour hydrogen (grey, blue or green).
Joe Nava, Ing.

Director global, combustibles y productos químicos avanzados
01 ago 2022
Minería y metalurgia

Three strategies for ventilation control in underground mines
21 jul 2022

Ingenious women – Valérie Houle
- Valérie Houle, P.Eng., M.Eng.
  
  Department Manager, Structural
15 jul 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Ten potential pitfalls to avoid when designing a power plant at altitude
- Nicholas Allen, P.Eng.
  
  Engineer - Energy and Air Quality
10 jun 2022
Minería y metalurgia

How to effectively establish static head while sizing centrifugal pumps in mining applications
- Roman Dorfman, P.Eng.
  
  Principal Engineer, Piping
21 abr 2022
Minería y metalurgia

Chute design: what you need to understand and the relevance of the DEM tool

Mining companies, ports and all industries handling bulk material in conveying systems often experience problems that cause major production losses and higher operational costs when transfer points are poorly designed.
18 abr 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

When is voltage safe?
- Eric Breault, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Electrical - Power Systems, Protection and Control
12 abr 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Bringing data science to wind energy, driving the energy transition forward
07 abr 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Collaborative approach: sensible use of 3D models for steel structures
- Patrice Pelletier, P.Eng.
  
  Department Manager, Structural
30 mar 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Successfully digitalizing electrical infrastructures
28 feb 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Application of photogrammetry on rock slope characterization

Analyzing discontinuities in the rock mass is important when evaluating rock slope stability. Conventional methods for collecting joint data, such as field joint study, window mapping and scanline mapping, are time-consuming and labour-intensive when studying joint sets, fault zones and rock mass classification. It’s even more challenging when there is limited access. The photogrammetry method has been widely used in constructing digital terrain models and rock slope characterization in the past decade and offers a fast and inexpensive way over other remote sensing methods and approaches, such as LiDAR and 3D laser scanning.
21 feb 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Migrating a distributed control system: modernizing industrial controllers and I/O boards
14 feb 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Pile design and construction
- Masood Meidani, P.Eng., Ph.D.
  
  Senior Engineer, Civil
04 feb 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Advances in the design of geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) retaining walls
- Cong Xu, Ph.D., EIT
  
  Geotechnical Engineer
31 ene 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Digital power systems: an influencing tool in asset management
- Lyle Neumann, P.L. Eng., C.E.T., S.C.O.
  
  Department Manager, Industrial and Renewable Power
21 ene 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Managing ICS cybersecurity incident response: going beyond containment, eradication and recovery

As demonstrated by the recent spate of software compromises, exploits and vulnerabilities (e.g., Solarwinds Orion, Colonial Pipeline and Apache Log4j), along with the integration or convergence between corporate information technology (IT), and industrial control system (ICS) and operational technology (OT) systems, more and more frequently, a software compromise or cyber attack impacts not just a single IT or ICS/OT software system, but directly or indirectly affects cross-functional operations, including cyberphysical processes. In a previous blog article,1 we laid out some fundamental topics to consider when developing an ICS and OT cybersecurity incident response plan. In this article, we’ll go deeper and explore an approach to integrate our cybersecurity incident response into organizational all-hazard and inter-agency response processes. We’ll be exploring the use of the Incident Command System for responding to ICS cybersecurity incidents.
Pierre Janse Van Rensburg, GCIH

Senior Consulting Expert, ICS Cybersecurity
04 ene 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Metal powder production: quality control is crucial
- Benoit Desjardins, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Operational Readiness and Commissioning
13 dic 2021
Minería y metalurgia

Stress-strain analysis of tailings facilities subject to dynamic loads
07 dic 2021
Minería y metalurgia

Challenges to open pit mining through historic underground workings
- John Henning, P.Eng., Ph.D.
  
  Principal Engineer, Mining and Geology
02 dic 2021
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Metal powder production: OHS risks first!
- Benoit Desjardins, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Operational Readiness and Commissioning
30 nov 2021
Energía eléctrica y renovables

The importance of mechanical BoP systems

Balance of plant systems (BoP), also commonly referred to as industrial utilities, are systems that aren’t part of the main process stream but provide major equipment with vital supplies such as power, coolant, lubricant, etc.
Hugo Careau, P.Eng.

Principal Engineer, Decarbonization