The College of the North Atlantic will receive $650K from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to develop a virtual research and training facility using digital twin technology. The facility—which will be developed in partnership with technology company GRi Simulations—will be tailored to the mining industry and draw on data from key mine sites. “The Mining Simulation Lab emerging from this work will result in both advanced simulator development for mining operations and state-of-the-art training capacity to foster next generation operators in the industry,” said CNA Dean of Applied Research and Innovation Dr Michael Long.
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