Mining Industry in Canada (Opportunities and Threats)

IF 2.2 4区地球科学 Q2 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Acta Montanistica Slovaca Pub Date : 2022-07-28 DOI:10.46544/ams.v27i2.10

A. Kuzior, Wes Grebski

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Abstract

The article contains a case study focusing on the safety procedures related to the mining industry in Canada. The purpose of the study was to identify the best mining practices in Canada. The paper contains an overview of the laws and procedures regulating the mining industry in Canada as well as the procedures for enforcing environmental and safety regulations. The procedures for changing and constantly updating the safety regulations are also being discussed. This was also done for the purpose of identifying the best practices. The article also addresses the procedure for investigating mining accidents in Canada. The article emphasizes the importance of a three-way partnership (management of the mining company, labor union, and the Ministry of Labor). That three-way partnership is important from the perspective of revising and modifying the mining safety regulations as well as enforcing those regulations. Participation of the labor union as well as the management of the mining company in updating safety regulations makes them more practical and reflective of real safety issues. Unpractical and obsolete mine safety regulations are being eliminated. The labor union and mine management feel the ownership of the mining safety regulations. This fact makes it easier to enforce new regulations. The article also focuses on environmental protection procedures. Environmental risk evaluation is conducted before a mining permit is issued. This is being done by the provincial government. During the mining operation, the Ministry of Labor is handling the environmental protection issues. The Ministry of Labor is constantly checking the compliance with the safety as well as the environmental and sustainability guidelines. Using artificial intelligence and Industry 4.0 technology is also being mentioned.

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加拿大采矿业（机遇与威胁）

本文包含一个案例研究，重点是与加拿大采矿业相关的安全程序。这项研究的目的是确定加拿大的最佳采矿做法。本文概述了加拿大管理采矿业的法律和程序，以及执行环境和安全法规的程序。还讨论了更改和不断更新安全法规的程序。这样做也是为了确定最佳做法。文章还论述了加拿大采矿事故的调查程序。文章强调了三方合作伙伴关系（矿业公司管理层、工会和劳动部）的重要性。从修订和修改采矿安全法规以及执行这些法规的角度来看，这种三方合作关系非常重要。工会和矿业公司管理层参与更新安全法规，使其更加实用，更能反映真实的安全问题。不实用和过时的矿山安全法规正在被废除。工会和矿务管理层认为，采矿安全条例是他们的所有权。这一事实使执行新法规变得更加容易。文章还重点介绍了环境保护程序。环境风险评估是在颁发采矿许可证之前进行的。这是由省政府完成的。在采矿作业期间，劳工部正在处理环境保护问题。劳工部不断检查是否符合安全以及环境和可持续发展准则。使用人工智能和工业4.0技术也被提及。

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Acta Montanistica Slovaca 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

审稿时长

30 weeks

期刊介绍： Acta Montanistica Slovaca publishes high quality articles on basic and applied research in the following fields: geology and geological survey; mining; Earth resources; underground engineering and geotechnics; mining mechanization, mining transport, deep hole drilling; ecotechnology and mineralurgy; process control, automation and applied informatics in raw materials extraction, utilization and processing; other similar fields. Acta Montanistica Slovaca is the only scientific journal of this kind in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe. The submitted manuscripts should contribute significantly to the international literature, even if the focus can be regional. Manuscripts should cite the extant and relevant international literature, should clearly state what the wider contribution is (e.g. a novel discovery, application of a new technique or methodology, application of an existing methodology to a new problem), and should discuss the importance of the work in the international context.