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  • CIM
    Metallurgical Strategy at Sturgeon Lake Mill

    By C. P. Patel

    "The Sturgeon Lake Joint Venture volcanic massive sulpide deposit was discovered in 1970. Milling was started by Falconbridge Copper Ltd. at Sturgeon Lake in September 1974. The Sturgeon Lake pit and

    Jan 1, 1980

  • CIM
    Strain Distribution in the Bending-Under-Tension Test

    By D. K. Uko

    In the stretch-bend or bending-under-tension test, a strip is rigidly clamped and restrained at each end and bent by central transverse loading using a radiused punch: The strip deflection at failure

    Jan 1, 1977

  • CIM
    Developing Canada?s North - The New Challenge

    By Jesse L. Duke

    Outline ?Understanding the context ?The Business, political, social and legal environment ?Recipes for Success (three Ps) ?Develop effective Partnerships/relationships ?Plan carefully ?Actively

    May 1, 2006

  • CIM
    New bearing application for pinion gear drives on mine hoists

    By R. A. McIvor, R. Levac

    "The Stobie No. 7 shaft, 14 ft diameter, double- drum skip hoist, was installed at the INCO Limited Frood Stobie Complex in 1942. Figure 1 shows the hoist layout. The hoist was originally equipped wit

    Jan 1, 2001

  • CIM
    Adoption of High Oxygen Bottom Blowing in Copper Matte Smelting: Why is it taking so long?

    By Enzo Palumbo, Joël P. T. Kapusta, François Larouche

    In light of the rapid deployment of bottom blowing smelting in China over the last ten years, one has to wonder why it has taken the copper industry so long to adopt ultra-high oxygen enrichment via S

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Jameson Cell: The “Comeback” in Base Metals Applications Using Improved Design and Flow Sheets

    By K. E. Barnes

    "The “Jameson Cell” flotation cell was developed at Mount Isa Mines in the late 1980’s to address deficiencies in our flotation column installations. Early base metal installations had a variable reco

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Characteristics of Wenchuan Earthquake and its Geological Hazard Effects

    By Yun-Jie Wei

    Seismic areas were in the eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibet plain, whose structures were complicated, mainly composed of Maowen fault, Yingxiu fault and Pengxian-guanxian fault. The rapid rise of th

    May 1, 2009

  • CIM
    The measurement and prediction of coin wear in circulation

    By M. J. H. Ruscoe

    "The circulation wear rates of pure nickel, cupronickel and nickel-plated-steel coins were measured and found to be in the ratio 1:3:1 . The relative wear rates of nickel and cupronickel coins were si

    Jan 1, 1988

  • CIM
    Preparing a Long-Lasting Environmental Impact Statement

    By Glen A. White

    The level of impact and mitigating measures that are forecast in an environmental assessment (EA) for a new, or significantly modified, metallurgical processing facility or mine are taking on increasi

    May 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Navigating Change for Success

    By Julie Dénommé

    Today few in business would argue with the idea that we are living in a world that is Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous. Coined VUCA by the US Army War College, these four words define the ?

    Oct 1, 2010

  • CIM
    Canada's coal resources and reserves: an overview

    By H. G. Rushton, A. S. Romaniuk

    "The opening chapter of this volume, by A. Ignatieff, places in perspective Canada's coal resource base as part of the world scene. This chapter will focus on the Canadian scene.Units of measurement i

    Jan 1, 1985

  • CIM
    CIL Gold Extraction from Preg Robbing Autoclave Discharges

    By G. Van Weert

    In the spring of 2010 double refractory ores from historical stockpiles were processed through Barrick's Goldstrike pressure oxidation facility, thereby providing preg robbing feeds for a variety

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Effect of Quenching Rate on Age Hardening in an Al-Zn-Mg Alloy Sheet

    By Hidenori Hatta, Takero Watanabe, Hideo Yoshida

    "The effect of the quenching rate on age hardening in an Al-6.0mass%Zn-0.75mass%Mg alloy sheet was investigated. The quenching rates and aging conditions were as follows: water quenching (WQ) or furna

    Jan 1, 2018

  • CIM
    Horizon control technology for selective mining in underground coal mines

    By I. R. Muirhead, A. L. Craven

    The trend in mining thermal coal is only to mine coal with the lowest sulphur content. In many coal seams, bands of coal with high sulphur content are often present, generally occurring either at the

    Jan 1, 2000

  • CIM
    Dotaku: an example of metallurgy in prehistoric Japan

    By K. T. Audt

    The Yayoi period, from about 300 B.C. to A.O. 300, represents a time of important changes in Japanese history. During this period the advanced rice culture of the Asian continent was introduced to Jap

    Jan 1, 1999

  • CIM
    Improving Double Bench Face Performance at the Ekati Diamond MineTM Site

    By Judy K. Todd

    Double benching has been utilized as an excavation technique in open pit mines for many years. This process involves drilling, blasting, and excavating the material for the design bench height. A seco

    May 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Probabilities in Estimating the Grade of Gold Deposits

    By C. O. Swanson

    CALCULATING the average grade of a gold deposit is a problem that presents certain unique difficulties. Particularly troublesome is the fact that the average of the samples taken from a deposit is lik

    Jan 1, 1945

  • CIM
    Mucking efficiency in open pit blasting

    By J. J. Montoro

    The influence of blasting on the excavators’ efficiency, defined as mucking rate (amount of rock mucked per unit time) and mean bucket load (amount of rock loaded in each bucket operation), is investi

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Symposium on Powder Metallurgy

    By Nicholas J. Grant

    It is the purpose of this paper to examine a number of the recent developments in powder metallurgy, being most concerned with those which are yet to prove themselves rather than those which have achi

    Jan 1, 1965

  • CIM
    Development of Autoclave Technology

    By M. J. Collins

    "Autoclaves were first used in the metallurgical industry in 1893 to recover alumina from bauxite. In the 1940s and 1950s, several high temperature and pressure processes were invented in the laborato

    Jan 1, 2018