Rouyn-Noranda, September 17, 2025 – Mission Decarbonization, launched by MISA Group and Corem, continues to gain momentum. We are now pleased to introduce our first 5 strategic collaborators from across the country: Foresight Canada, Innotech Alberta, Saskatchewan Research Council, SIMSA and ReThink Mining.
These organizations represent essential regional hubs of expertise in innovation, research, and sustainable development. Together, they cohere to build a strong and diverse network to accelerate the decarbonization of Canada’s mining sector.
Foresight helps the world do more with less, sustainably. As Canada’s largest cleantech innovation and adoption accelerator, we de-risk and simplify public and private sector adoption of the world’s best clean technologies to improve productivity, profitability, and economic competitiveness, all while addressing urgent climate challenges.
Decarbonization is a critical pathway to ensuring Canada’s mining sector remains both globally competitive and environmentally responsible. Foresight helps the mining industry meet its decarbonization goals by removing and overcoming barriers to integrating cleantech into the sector. We identify, scale, and support the adoption of clean technologies that catalyze a resilient future for mining. Our vision is a mining sector that thrives economically while providing the essential raw materials to help lead the global transition to net zero.
“Canada is rich with the minerals and metals essential to a global transition to net zero. Responsible mining of these is central to Canada’s economic future. To remain competitive, the sector is adopting clean technologies to lower emissions, reduce costs, and increase productivity—essentially doing more with less. At Foresight, we’re collaborating with Mission Decarbonization and partners across the country to de-risk and accelerate cleantech adoption in mining, ensuring Canada leads the way in building a low-carbon economy.” — David Sanguinetti, Interim CEO, Foresight Canada
David Sanguinetti, P.Eng.
Interim CEO – Foresight Canada
dsanguinetti@foresightcac.com
InnoTech Alberta is a provincial applied research and testing organization that helps Alberta companies de-risk, validate, and scale practical innovations. We operate pilot-scale facilities and specialized labs across priority sectors, translating ideas into market-ready solutions that create economic, environmental, and social value for Alberta.
The demand for critical metals has vastly increased to support the growth of new technologies. The increased productivity of the mining sector has contributed to an increase in emissions of 42% from 2005 to 2025. A major challenge is to enable mine production whilst decreasing the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A contributing solution to this dilemma is to decrease the carbon generated by the production of mine equipment. Known as “embedded carbon”, this refers to the emissions associated with the complete life cycle of a manufactured component. InnoTech Alberta has industry leading expertise related to advanced manufacturing and materials utilised by the mining industry. By developing and deploying new technologies that decrease the “material intensity” in a manufactured component and enabling sustainable and repairable processes it will be possible to contribute to the successful decarbonisation of the mining sector.
“Achieving a balance between increased mine productivity and lowering associated emissions is a key challenge for the mining industry. This cross-Provincial initiative will help enable collaboratively developed solutions to be deployed in the Canadian mining industry”, Gary Fisher PhD PEng FIMMM FASM, SME – Materials at InnoTech Alberta
Gary Fisher PhD PEng FIMMM FASM
SME – Materials – InnoTech Alberta
Gary.Fisher@innotechalberta.ca
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is Canada’s second largest research and technology organization. As a catalyst for innovation, SRC focuses on providing leading-edge services and solutions to the agriculture, energy, environment and mining industries with major projects in nuclear and rare earth elements. With a workforce of more than 400 employees and nearly 80 years of applied research and development experience, SRC supports 1,400 clients in more than 15 countries.
SRC’s Centre for the Demonstration of Emissions Reductions (CeDER) platform provides real-world testing, demonstration and validation of emissions measurement, reduction, capture and conversion technologies for industry, technology developers, and communities. CeDER can help the mining industry identify and manage the optimum methodologies and technologies to mitigate greenhouse gases and meet emissions reduction targets. This includes integrating facilities to offset net emissions, including physical infrastructure for field and pilot testing.
SRC believes that advancing sustainability and climate resilience in the mining industry goes beyond regulatory compliance. Achieving the long-term goal of net-zero requires innovation and the acceleration of the adoption of decarbonization technologies. For decarbonization in the mining industry to be effective, we believe that industry should move beyond the first steps of optimization and lower carbon energy use. Successful decarbonization requires integrated solutions that incorporate multiple emission reduction strategies including improving efficiency to decrease energy consumption, switching to lower carbon energy sources, and implementing carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). SRC is providing expertise in this integrated approach to support the mining industry in Saskatchewan and beyond to be a leader in decarbonization innovation.
“Mission Decarbonization is a key step in expanding SRC’s vision of supporting the mining industry as a leader in decarbonization in Saskatchewan to all of Canada. SRC’s CeDER initiative is ideally situated to support the goals of Mission Decarbonization as SRC combines world-class expertise in mining, process optimization, clean and renewable energy, and emission reductions. We look forward to working with MISA and our consortium collaborators to advance innovative decarbonization in the Canadian mining sector.” Ryan Hill, Chief Operating Officer, Saskatchewan Research Council.
Erin Powell, Ph.D. P.Eng.
Director, Strategic Initiatives – Saskatchewan Research Council
erin.powell@src.sk.ca
Based in Saskatoon, SK, SIMSA (the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association) is the only organization that supports, promotes, and represents the interests of only Saskatchewan-based suppliers who serve the industrial, mining, and energy sectors.
Our more than 370 members provide innovative, world-class solutions used by resource and industrial companies and their EPCMs in Saskatchewan and around the world. Our memberships’ annual Saskatchewan sales currently total over $17 billion, with over 35,000 employees.
SIMSA provides personalized advice to SIMSA members regarding sustainability, such as innovation, carbon reduction, labour, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives in the supply chain.
Sustainability includes all items which could threaten the long-term commercial viability of a major resource sector project, as well as individual companies. These long-term threats include labour, energy transition, carbon reduction, innovation requirements, government and community relations (indigenous and DEI), local supply chain health, etc.
The service also acts as a connector between SIMSA members and;
“SIMSA is thrilled to cooperate on a truly Pan-Canadian initiative!” Eric Anderson. Executive Director, SIMSA
Eric Anderson
Executive Director – SIMSA
Eric.anderson@simsa.ca
Rethink Mining is a global non-profit organization that takes a collaborative approach to innovation. We bring together mining companies, OEMs, and vendors to co-develop and co-deploy technologies to make mining more efficient, sustainable, and profitable. Acting as a neutral collaboration layer, Rethink Mining enables the industry to work together, share resources, and align on common priorities, accelerating the adoption of new solutions and de-risking innovation across the ecosystem.
Achieving a carbon-neutral mining industry will demand new ways of working together and bold deployment of innovative technologies. Rethink Mining’s vision is to enable the rapid adoption of solutions that cut emissions, improve energy efficiency, and transform how mines operate. By serving as a neutral platform for collaboration, we help ensure that promising technologies move from concept to scale quickly, reducing risk and accelerating impact. Our goal is clear: to make mining more sustainable and efficient while charting a practical pathway to net zero.
“Decarbonizing mining is not a challenge that any one company or region can solve alone, it requires collective action and shared investment. Through Mission Decarbonization, we are combining our strengths to accelerate innovation and bring low-carbon solutions to market. Rethink Mining is proud to help lead this effort to ensure Canada remains a global leader in responsible, sustainable mining.” — Michael Chiaravalloti, VP, Member Engagement – Rethink Mining
Michael Chiaravalloti
VP, Member Engagement – Rethink Mining
michael@rethinkmining.org
Corem is a non-profit expertise and innovation centre that offers mining corporations a range of specialized research services that help them develop and optimize key mineral processing. Corem is working closely with its members, its clients and its partners to improve competitiveness and to reduce the environmental impact of mining operations through innovative solutions.
Decarbonization vision: To support the growing decarbonization needs of our members, clients, and the industry, Corem is deploying efforts and creating new initiatives focusing on three themes:
“With its focus on developing and accelerating the adoption of efficient technologies for the benefit of mining companies, Mission Decarbonization is perfectly aligned with Corem’s vision and its approach to innovation and address a primary focus of the Canadian industry.” Francis Fournier, President and CEO, Corem
Claude Gagnon
Scientific Director – Corem
Claude.gagnon@corem.qc.ca
MISA Group is a non-profit organization (NPO) that accelerates the development of innovative business solutions to ensure the sustainability of Québec’s mining sector. Its name stands for Mines, Innovations, Solutions and Applications, reflecting its mission to connect SMEs and industry, mobilize strategic collaborations, and drive the adoption of cutting-edge technologies. With over $115M invested and a network of 400+ partners, MISA is a key catalyst for responsible, high-impact mining innovation.
Canada has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45–50% by 2035 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Meeting these ambitious targets requires the mobilization of all sectors, including mining.
At MISA Group, we envision a Canadian mining sector that leads the global transition toward responsible, low-carbon mining — an industry that drives decarbonization and sustainable growth, positioning Canada as a benchmark for innovation, collaboration, and climate responsibility.
With its mission rooted in collaborative innovation, a strong presence in the mining ecosystem, expert networks, and the capacity to launch high-impact technological projects, MISA Group holds a unique position to actively contribute to the decarbonization of the Canadian mining sector.
“Mission Decarbonization is more than a program — it is a collective movement. By bringing together leading partners from across the country, we are building the foundation of a pan-Canadian alliance that will accelerate innovation, reduce emissions, and ensure that Canada’s mining sector leads the way toward a carbon-neutral future. At MISA Group, we are proud to act as a catalyst for this transformation.”, Alain Beauséjour, General Manager – MISA Group
Marie-Hélène Drolet
Project Manager, Mining Innovation – MISA Group
mhd@groupemisa.com
Together, these 7 organizations, from coast to coast, reflect Canada’s collective determination to work together to transform the mining sector. Each brings unique and complementary expertise that will help to:
Mission Decarbonization will continue to expand, building with this core group of collaborators the next phase will focus on:
Together, we are building a mining industry in Canada that is cleaner, stronger, and more sustainable.
Médérique Mercier
Project Manager – Strategic Communication, MISA Group
mmercier@groupemisa.com
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