Open this photo in gallery: Borer Operator cutting from Surface Tele-Remote operating stations at the Lanigan potash mine, in Lanigan, Sask.. Mining companies are employing everything from driverless haul trucks to remote-controlled and robotic drilling machines to remove human labour from some of their most hazardous operations.HO/The Canadian Press Forget about the canary in the coal mine – experts say the day is coming when there won’t even be a need for a human. The global mining industry has come a long way since the days when coal-blackened miners would carry a bird underground with them in hopes its distress...