Woodgrove Technologies' staged flotation reactor cuts operating costs and reduces the plant footprint required for flotation by making the process more efficient. This has allowed the company to strengthen its foothold in the industry, as mining titans including Vale and BHP Billiton join Canadian miners in adopting the system. Woodgrove co-founder Glenn Dobby won’t say it himself, but the SFR is “what some may refer to as a disruptive technology.”