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“ We ’ ve always been innovative ,” says Slepcev . “ Through our culture , we ’ ve been able to better embrace and implement innovation and safety programs . For the first time in our company ’ s history we have created a position of the VP of Innovation , so we can focus on it full time . We have achieved significant mining dilution reduction using technologies such as Blast Monitoring Technologies ( BMT ) as well as GPS solutions in our shovels and equipment . We ’ ve also been using drones for a number of years in our development planning processes .”
Anaconda has also been working on a number of major projects with Memorial University , College of the North Atlantic and the Canadian
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