“It’s crucial that we foster innovation and collaboration to enhance the way forward for mining, with a aim of creating present practices extra environment friendly and sustainable.”
The problem invitations cleantech corporations from all over the world to submit their proposals. This yr’s focus is on applied sciences that may considerably cut back emissions in base and treasured steel mining operations and are scalable for international implementation.
By driving developments in mining expertise, Wheaton and Foresight intention to help the trade’s shift towards extra sustainable practices and assist deal with the urgent environmental challenges confronted by the sector.
Wheaton’s CSO and president Patrick Drouin underscores that regardless of trade developments there are nonetheless main challenges that want addressing. He stresses the significance of ongoing innovation to make sure that mining practices can meet future calls for whereas minimizing their environmental affect.
Foresight Canada CEO Jeanette Jackson highlights the problem’s twin aim: discovering options that cut back emissions and concurrently increase productiveness and profitability within the mining sector.
“By working collectively, we intention to uncover applied sciences that won’t solely improve environmental efficiency but additionally drive financial development throughout the trade,” she mentioned.
Functions open on Sept. 18, 2024 and the winner shall be introduced in March 2025 on the PDAC conference in Toronto.
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