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Iggy Domagalski, CEO of WAJAX joins The Crownsmen Show to discuss his new role with WAJAX after the Tundra Process Solutions acquisition. 

Prior to his appointment as President and CEO of Wajax, Mr. Domagalski was the CEO of Tundra Process Solutions, which was acquired by Wajax in January 2021. Mr. Domagalski joined Tundra in 2008 and, after serving as Chief Operating Officer, was appointed CEO in 2016. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba and, in 2018, was named by BNN Bloomberg as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40; he is also the Fundraising Chair and a member of the Board of Directors of the Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta.

Cypher is a Canadian manufacturer of environmentally friendly dust control and soil stabilization solutions that distribute their products globally, primarily in the mining industry. They help mines reduce their GHG emissions by creating more efficient roads that use less fuel. Meanwhile, their products have absolutely zero environmental impact and have proven long-term results. They have built roads in over 50 countries for customers such as Syncrude, Teck, Agnico, and Baffinland.  

Safescape is delivering practical innovation in mining safety. Founder Steve Durkin joins Mining NOW to discuss both the companies and his personal journey to designing and developing innovative safety solutions like Laddertube and Edge Protector (EP) . He also outlines their strategy in expanding into the mining EV market by introducing Bortana EV and how it integrates into Safescapes’ criteria for mining safety and efficiency.   

Verge Ag has assembled a unique team of farmers, entrepreneurs, investors, software developers, and rocket scientists collaborating to design a new customer category - enabling farmers to plan their field operations using an intuitive and interactive web application. With their user friendly design there is no software user manual required. At the end of the day, it is a productivity software like any planning app many of us use in our daily lives. Verge Ag designed and built this geospatial software to take users through a unique experience so that planning feels less like work and more like play. A lot of it is based on Game Design which the CEO of Superhuman illustrated how we can bring that to business software.

The large modern mine is automated, and the maintenance staff are reduced, which means that the modern plant requires a closer cooperation between man and machine. Modern plants are also closely monitored off-site and in real-time for efficiency, metal accounting, and preventative maintenance.   

Railveyor Technologies Global Inc. provides a sustainable solution for material haulage which is emission-free, battery-free, and autonomous. Railveyor offers an innovative system to move mining, industrial, or agricultural products over long distances with complex routes covering difficult surface topographies or underground mining applications around the world. We help modern mines uncover the riches of the earth safely, cleanly, and profitably. Joining Mining NOW is Chairman Jim Fisk and CEO James Hawkins to outline the technology, current projects and future developments.

If you are in the oil and gas industry you know that the regulations with regards to waste gas treatment, is always changing and becoming more stringent. Reporting your waste gas emissions is a reality. Not all companies can afford to go net zero, as some waste gas is not pipeline quality. That is where Total Combustion Inc. comes in. Their team at TCI helps facility managers, operators, field staff, completions and maintenance engineers who are frustrated dealing with waste gas treatment options they got from vendors, that is proving to be difficult to use by their operators or maybe you are dealing with unscheduled down time. Which means increased costs that you did not budget for.

Hexagons’s CIO – Chief Innovation Officer, Rob Daw joins Mining NOW to dig into “what makes a mine smart? Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. They are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications. Their technologies are shaping production and people-related ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous — ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

RPMGlobal has been at the forefront of change and innovation in the mining industry for over 50 years. They have helped mining operations extract more value through innovative software solutions and mining experience. ​​Asset Management Solutions Expert, Andrew Johnston  Pre-Sales Consultant, Derek Polano joined Mining NOW to discuss RPMGlobal’s underlying principles of mining expertise, innovation, and sustainability, and striving to create safer, more efficient and more sustainable operations for their mining customers.