The Saskatchewan Research Council uses data from the Quantitative Evaluation of Materials by Scanning Electron Microscopy system, pictured above, along with data from X-ray micro-computed tomography technology to evaluate the composition of an ore sample. Courtesy of the Saskatchewan Research Council

Sensor-based ore-sorting technologies are poised to become powerful tools for mining operations and the industry as a whole, as experts look to overcome many of the challenges caused by the ever-decreasing quality of the earth’s available ore.