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  • CIM
    Addressing Canada’s mining legacy — How government uses modern technology to evaluate and monitor long-term stability and land use in Canada’s historic mining districts

    By M. C. Bétournay, J. E. Udd

    "The legacy of abandoned mines in Canada creates issues that impact on both the health and safety of Canadians and the environment. Solutions to the problems of abandoned minesites require a detailed

    Jan 1, 1997

  • CIM
    Copper and nickel smelting with virtually zero gas emission — A vision for the future

    By N. A. Warner

    Virtually zero gas emission smelting is promoted as a means for securing environmental advantages and the general public’s acceptance. Concerns about climate change will increasingly make it more diff

    Jan 1, 1999

  • CIM
    The Nature and Distribution of Tantalum Mineralization in Pegmatite Dikes, Lilypad Lakes Property, Fort Hope, Northwestern Ontario

    By J. A. Morgan, W. A. Barclay, J. C. Pedersen, I. C. Campbell, D. S. Bubar, R. P. Taylor

    "Abstract - The Lilypad Lakes property is host to a group of Ta-mineralized dikes that occur over an area of at least 10 km2. Field relationships are consistent with a syn- to late syn-tectonic timing

    Jan 1, 2005

  • CIM
    Shear behaviour of cable bolt supports in horizontal bedded deposits

    By Richard P. Curtin, John M. Goris, Lewis A. Martin

    Cable bolt supports are being recognized as an effective ground control system in under-ground coal mines in North America, and their use has increased considerably during the past few years. The U.S.

    Jan 1, 1996

  • CIM
    Installation of Shaft Bottom Steel Prior to Shaft Sinking

    By D. M. Ziebarth

    "Normal sequence of operations to develop a new underground mine is: construct and outfit headframe for shaft sinking, sink shaft, construct and outfit shaft sump, develop shaft station and shaft bott

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Sustainability

    By Rob Scott

    Making a difference with Zinc & Health Two billion people do not get enough zinc in their diets. Every year 450,000 children die from complications arising from zinc deficiency Our Zinc Allia

    May 1, 2013

  • CIM
    The New Sidbec-Dosco Six-Strand Billet Caster

    By H. W. Leon, F. J. Ellis

    "This paper covers the new six-strand curved-mould billet casting machine at the Contrecoeur Works of SidbecDosco. It commenced production of 3 Yz-in. square billets at the beginning of January 1972.

    Jan 1, 1973

  • CIM
    MITEC’s Exploration Technology Division: Helping reverse the trend of declining mineral reserves in Canada

    By E. J. Debicki

    "At the 1992 PDAC Convention, Norman Keevil announced the formation of the Exploration Technology Division (ETD) of the Mining Industry Technology Council of Canada (MITEC). It was evident that base m

    Jan 1, 1996

  • CIM
    Process Development for Milling B-Zone Ore at Rabbit Lake

    By S. Dicarlo

    "In late 1985, B-zone ore was first processed through the Eldor Mines mill at Rabbit Lake. Extensive modifications had been completed in order to mill this ore. In-plant process development was initia

    Jan 1, 1988

  • CIM
    Red Herrings on the Path of Technology Development: Capital Destruction in the Pursuit of a Bad Idea

    By L. M. Southwick

    "The history of extractive metallurgy is replete with examples of commercializing new processing technologies. The successes are widely reported, but failures seldom are. This is unfortunate, for usua

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Definition of Economic Pit Limits Taking into Consideration Time Value of Money

    By E. Latorre, T. S. Golosinski

    ABSTRACT; his paper proposes new methodology to define the pit limits that yield the maximum net present value (NPV) for a deposit, under a given economic scenario and for a given discount rate. The m

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Concentration of PGMS from Spent Automobile Catalyst by Combining Heating-Quenching and Selective Grinding

    By G. F. Liu, S. Owada

    Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), Pt, Pd, Rh, have been widely used as a three-way catalyst to clean discharged gas from automobiles and therefore a considerable amount of the spent catalysts is generated

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Reliability analysis as a tool for surface mining equipment evaluation and selection

    By J. Wong, M. G. Lipsett, L. K. Daneshmend

    "Current trends of increased size, complexity, and automation of surface mining equipment necessitate more comprehensive and objective techniques for equipment comparison and selection. The field of r

    Jan 1, 2000

  • CIM
    New Locked Charge Protection System Prevents Damage to 14mw Geared Mill (e36f627b-5857-4b5e-9b18-31db39c538e3)

    The 14MW SAG mill at Tarkwa, Ghana, experienced a frozen drop charge incident on 10 February 2010. This caused downtime of 112 hours, a repair cost of $200k and production loss of 162,000 tons, corres

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Experience in the Low Pressure Casting in Printed Molds of a Thin Bladed Aluminum A356 Impeller

    By G. Morin, F. Chiesa, B. Tougas, B. Duchesne, Jocelyn Baril, N. Giguère

    "An aluminum A356 compressor impeller was sand cast using the Low Pressure technique. The casting was limited in size (170 mm in diameter, 1.2 kg in weight) and very intricate in shape thus making 3D

    Jan 1, 2018

  • CIM
    Improving the Material Flow in the Fox Mine Concentrate Bins

    By J. Chlopas, D. J. Barratt, M. V. Sharp

    "This paper describes the modifications made to the Fox Mine copper concentrate bin in order to obtain a continuous flow condition. The design of these modifications is based on test results obtained

    Jan 1, 1978

  • CIM
    A Petrochemical Study of the Abitibi Volcanic Belt and Its Bearing on the Occurrences of Massive Sulphide Ores

    By Descarreaux. Jean

    "The Abitibi volcanic belt was sampled along a cross section extending from Matagami to a point east of Rouyn. A few samples were also collected in Louvicourt township, Quebec. The major elements were

    Jan 1, 1973

  • CIM
    Studies in Petrology, Goldfields Area, Saskatchewan

    By Ralph W. Edie

    "IntroductionTHE GOLDFIELDS AREA in northern Saskatchewan has be-come important in recent years because of numerous discoveries of pitchblende. The area is underlain by rocks of Precambrian age and, b

    Jan 1, 1952

  • CIM
    Modification of Electrodes with Gold Nanoparticles

    By Fabio Terzi

    In this investigation some preliminary results are reported about the electrochemical oxidation of CO using goldbased encapsulated nanoparticles grafted on conducting substrate. The investigation has

    Oct 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Reagent Selection at the Gibraltar Mine for Improved Process Performance

    By F. Chachula, A. Molinaro

    "Sulphide mineral flotation operations continuously strive for a balance between mineralogy, mineral liberation, circuit conditions and reagent solutions to maximize the production rate and recovery o

    Jan 1, 2018