MT-WRIGHT MINE – SSR-X - USE IN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS Québec Cartier Mining Company, now ArcelorMittal Mines Canada, leased the GroundProbe Slope Stability Radar (SSR-XTM) in January 2008 for use at their Mont-Wright Mining Complex in Northern Québec, Canada. ArcelorMittal Mines Canada is one of Canada’s leading suppliers of iron ore to steel markets around the world, responsible for 40% of the total volume sold by Canadian iron and steel producers internationally. Prior to their use of the SSR, ArcelorMittal Mines Canada engineers were using prisms to monitor slope stability in specific regions of their pit. After seeing an article about the capabilities of the SSR, they decided it would compliment their prisms and be a useful tool that would provide a more detailed pic

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