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CANADIAN TECHNOLOGY delineate rock boundaries and accurately calculate rock fragmentation from a safe distance. Motion Metrics reports; “the presentation attracted a record-breaking audience and the paper received a prestigious honourable mention award.” LoaderMetrics and PortaMetrics, as well as ShovelMetrics, the company’s pioneering missing tooth detection and all around shovel monitoring solution, are all designed to integrate with the Metrics Manager™ Pro data management platform. Metrics Manager Pro unites information from every Motion Metrics system at the mine, providing a one-stop online platform for mine management to access critical information. Personnel can access data summaries and system status reports, as well as receive equipment activity logs, in-depth performance reports, and rock fragmentation data. #DisruptMining semi-finalist Minrail has developed a unique and innovative mining system for shallow-angle mining operations (S.A.M.S.™). Quite simply, S.A.M.S.is revolutionary because it enables a new and completely mechanised approach for the extraction of ore from underground operations. In a nutshell, the system solves the long- standing problem of ore extraction at sloping surfaces between 10o and 45o which do not allow for mechanised rubber-tyred operations to assist in such tasks. Minrail has solved this historical problem of the industry by developing an overhead double rail system that can be adapted to any underground mining operation. S.A.M.S. is a fully integrated mining method: from development, to production, to backfilling. It is modular in design, its ‘spine’ being the overhead double rail system which can be customised to the requirem