MICA NETWORK

The Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) Network was created on July 9, 2021 through an investment of $40 million from the Government of Canada's Strategic Innovation Fund. MICA is a $112.4 million pan-Canadian initiative bringing together stakeholders from a wide range of fields to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative technologies to make the mining sector more productive and sustainable... A National Network of Innovation for Mining, MICA is designed to bridge the innovation-commercialization gaps that delay commercial success, domestically and globally... MICA is led by The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) and headquartered in Sudbury, ON. CEMI will provide the management and overall program administration for MICA. CEMI has successfully managed over 250 projects, leveraging almost $115M in federal and provincial funding, matched by industry. Since 2007, CEMI's projects and programs have evolved to focus on practical..