Bits & bobs sold here

The trade show part of the Saskatchewan Mining Supply Chain Forum showcases all the businesses that help to keep the mine machinery running.

There are purveyors of bits and bobs, booths that celebrate a better lubricant, or steel cables that last 10 per cent longer. Others offer the gravel and rebar needed for infrastructure construction.

One thing you see in spades at the trade show is that mining suppliers are problem solvers.

Saskatoon’s Croatia Industries Ltd. was showing its hand-held laser scanning technology, used to map out anything that needs fabricating. A damaged part can be scanned and rendered into a computer, for example, allowing a replacement to be tooled.