navigation search this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message coordinates 46 28 12 n 80 58 26 w 46.47 n 80.974 w 46.47 ; 80.974 centre for excellence in mining innovation cemi type mining research centre industry mining founded 2007 as a not for profit organization headquarters greater sudbury ontario canada key people dr. peter k. kaiser president ceo website www.miningexcellence.ca the centre for excellence in mining innovation cemi is a mining industry research initiative collaboratively funded by the private sector and government . cemi was established in 2007 as a not for profit corporation . cemi s focused research is in hardrock underground mining . 1 dr. peter k. kaiser is the president and ceo of cemi and also a professor of mining engineering chair for rock engineering and ground control and director of the geomechanics research centre now the grc within mirarco at laurentian university 2 capitalizing on the mining related infrastructure in northern ontario both physical and knowledge based cemi is mandated to develop research excellence in four key priority areas mineral exploration deep mining integrated mine engineering environment and sustainability industry focused strategic r & d projects constitute the primary focus for cemi . these projects embrace topics identified by industry as having top priority for further research and are consistent with cemi s strategic objective to become a global leader in specific research niches . within these niche areas to date four strategic research projects srps have been initiated footwall offset geological studies in the sudbury basin footwall georisk mitigation for mining highly stressed ore bodies at depth georisk mine design to extract optimal mining value valuemine and underground mine development developmine . 3 most recently cemi will receive 4 250 600 million dollars from the government of canada to install test and measure the efficacy of novel ventilation on demand technologies to decrease energy costs and increase productivity . 4 history edit in november 2003 the ontario government by way of the ontario mineral industry cluster council omicc started to develop a cluster approach for the mineral resources industry within ontario . this approach involved bringing together key stakeholders from ontario s mineral sector related industries organizations and government agencies . 5 in 2006 the initial seed funding was provided by vale inco 5 million xstrata 5 million ontario government 10 million and the city of greater sudbury 50 000 in a combination of cash and in kind contributions over the following three years . 6 in 2007 cemi was formally established as a not for profit corporation . references edit http www.miningexcellence.ca http www.laurentian.ca laurentian home departments engineering people dr. kaiser dr. kaiser.htm laurentian lang en ca http www.miningexcellence.ca knowledge reports links cemi annual report 2009.pdf http www.ic.gc.ca eic site 713 . nsf eng h 00019.html http www.omicc.ca doc cemi ceminews.html http www.xstrata.com media news 2006 12 18 0701cet retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centre for excellence in mining innovation & oldid 647124908 categories non profit organizations based in canadaorganizations based in greater sudburyhidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from november 2009articles with a promotional tone from november 2009all articles with a promotional tonecoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 17 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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