MineSense is on the verge of adding yet another accolade to its portfolio.
The B.C.-born company, growing rapidly since raising a US$42M Series E in 2022, is advancing data-driven solutions to improve ore grade control and operational profitability across the metals mining industry.
Mining companies choose MineSense’s technologies to maximize ore recovery, minimize dilution, and enhance sustainability.
“The world needs metals to thrive,” the company states. “MineSense provides revolutionary technology and data solutions that help mines maximize global metals while minimizing global impacts.”
Novel sensors are used at the start of the ore mining process, accurately characterizing minerals for optimized metal recovery. MineSense’s ShovelSense measures technology grade in each shovel scoop, identifying misclassified material at the earliest point of the extraction process. This real-time data improves both immediate and long-term operations, automation, and planning, according to the Vancouver firm.
“Our goal is to make it as seamless as possible for customers to integrate ShovelSense into their mining operations,” Frank Hoogendoorn, Chief Data Officer at MineSense, stated this month. “As anyone working on mining technology interoperability projects knows, data integration between third-party systems can be very challenging, especially when data sharing needs to be bi-directional, in real-time, and consistently reliable and secure.”
In terms of accolades, the company last year made Deloitte Canada’s Clean Technology list before appearing on The Foresight 50, which recognizes ventures from across Canada and a variety of sectors including water-tech, carbon solutions, hydrogen, and renewable energy. The firm also stood among 10 “Sustainability Changemakers” as selected by Sustainable Development Technology Canada in 2023.
More recently, MineSense earned a spot on the 15th edition of the prestigious 2024 Global Cleantech 100 list.
And currently, MineSense is a finalist for BC’s Technology Impact Awards. Powered by the BC Tech Association, the annual affair is now in its fourth decade.
Originally conceived as a research project at the University of British Columbia, MineSense incorporated in 2008.
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