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The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) completed its six-year C$6.7 million (US$5.1 million) Smart Underground Monitoring and Integrated Technologies (SUMIT) programme for deep mines in June. Carly Leonida caught up with project lead Damien Duff to examine the outcomes

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SUMIT project lead, Damien Duff, with his team of researchers

SUMIT project lead, Damien Duff, with his team of researchers

Tell us about the objectives of the SUMIT programme and how/why it came about. It officially started in May 2010 and ended on June 30, 2016; however, work only really began in late 2012 because of the...

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