Rio Tinto invests in mechanized techniquesRio Tinto is investing EUR7.4 million in a new centre for underground mine construction based at CEMI in Sudbury, Canada. The partnership with CEMI provides an opportunity to combine expertise from the tunnelling industry with that of the deep mining sector. There will be an inevitable focus on mechanical rock excavation and rock mass characterization aimed at improving high speed mining technologies. Read more at www.miningexcellence.ca and www.riotinto.com. 47/10.