CanmetMINING Information

CanmetMINING, an S&T branch of the Minerals and Metals sector of Natural Resources Canada with facilities in Ottawa, Val-d’Or, Sudbury and Smithers, is a world class leader in the development and deployment of green mining innovation technologies. CanmetMINING aligns its research activities under the following three business lines: extraction, processing and environment. CanmetMINING conducts R&D on a wide range of processes and technologies involved in extracting ore from the ground and transforming it into a concentrate, mineral product or metal. These activities contribute to improve the competitiveness of the Canadian mining industry through research, innovation and commercialization efforts. Much of CanmentMINING's research is done in partnership with industry, provincial governments, other federal departments, universities and international agencies. CanmetMINING offers opportunities in many current fields of interest, including R&D, specialized services, personnel interchanges, field trials and certified reference materials technology transfer.