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Z1600 Jameson Cell Test Rig – From Rental to Revenue
By A. Taylor, M. Blanchette, J. Doucet
"A Z1600 Jameson Cell Test Rig was rented for test work at Vale’s Clarabelle Mill operation. This paper discusses the evolution of renting the unit for test purposes to owning the unit and operating i
Jan 1, 2012
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An undergraduate pilot plant experience
By L. J. Heaslip, J. M. Toguri, T. R. Meadowcroft, R. L. Addinall
"""Pilot Plant Operations"" is a final-year core course given to the Metallurgy and Materials Science students at the University of Toronto. This course involves a laboratory study of an industrial pr
Jan 1, 1980
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An integrated hydraulic mining, selective agglomeration and hydraulic transportation process for Western Canadian coals - Part 1: Selective agglomeration of metallurgical coal in stirred tanks and in a pipeline loop
By W. Pawlak, J. Janiak, C. Rodkiewicz, B. Ignasiak
"There is a general consensus that, in order to widen the utilization of Western Canadian coals, a major effort must be devoted to their transportation, utilization of fines, beneficiation and mining
Jan 1, 1986
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Utilizing Coiled Tube Rig for Mineral Exploration Application
By R. Roufail
Mineral exploration is in a race to employ drilling technology that can perform the exploration and drilling investigation in a fast and inexpensive manner. After an extensive study of the available d
Aug 1, 2013
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Paste Backfill at the Brunswick Mine
By Michael Cooper, Eric Konigsmann, A. Moerman
"A paste backfill plant and underground piping distribution system was commissioned at the Brunswick Mine in June, 1998. Concentrator tailings, composed mainly of pyrite and lesser amounts of silicate
Jan 1, 1999
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Hope Bay Project: Canada?s Premier Undeveloped Greenstone Gold Belt Nunavut Territory, Canada
By Stephen P. Quin
One of the most prospective undeveloped greenstone belts in Canada, the Hope Bay greenstone belt extends over 80km in a north-south direction and is between 7 and 20km wide. The belt lies on the arcti
May 1, 2003
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Centrifuge Units for Gravity Separation - An Update
By André R. Laplante
"This presentation reviews three continuous centrifuge separators, the Falcon-C, Kelsey Jig and Multi-Gravity Separator, two units with possible synergies with centrifuges, the In-Line Pressure Jig an
Jan 1, 2000
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Western Mines- Myra, Lynx and Price deposits
By R. H. Seraphim
"Western Mines Limited produces gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc from a number of Paleozoic volcanogenic deposits near Buttle Lake on Vancouver Island. The deposits were emplaced along a series of
Jan 1, 1980
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Survey of metal values in the ground, 1987–2004
By H. Agnerian
"A survey of 925 mineral property transactions worldwide was carried out between 1987 and 2004. These mineral properties with reported Mineral Resources include 457 gold properties, 322 base metal pro
Jan 1, 2006
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Gold Gravity Recovery at the Mill of Les Mines Camchib Inc., Chibougamau, Québec
By L. Lui, A. Cauchon, A. R. Laplante
"The gravity circuit at Les Mines Camchib Inc. consists of two pinched sluices to bleed a feed to one of two 76 cm (30"") Knelson concentrator. The Knelson concentrate is upgraded to smeltable grade w
Jan 1, 1990
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Improving Ground Support Design by Historical Ground Fall Analysis at HBMS
By X. (Mike) Yao
Rock mechanics engineers must provide ground support designs that ensure a safe underground working environment. Unexpected falls of ground are unacceptable while ground support systems must be adequa
May 1, 2002
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Documented Fortran programs for ball-mill modeling
By D. Laguitton, D. Hodouin, V. K. Gupta, R. Spring
"The CANMET SPOC project aims at inducing progress in process evaluation and optimization by developing user oriented software based on state-of-the-art theory. The present work is the result of a joi
Jan 1, 1984
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The use of near surface materials in gold exploration Kirkland Lake area, Ontario
By V. N. Rampton, C. F. Gleeson
"Exploration results over three overburden drilling anomalies defined by the Ontario Geological Survey in 1981 in the Kirkland Lake area, Ontario are presented. The anomalies come from lowland areas w
Jan 1, 1987
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Paleoproterozoic Age Relationships in the Three Bluffs Archean Iron Formation-Hosted Gold Deposit, Committee Bay Greenstone Belt, Nunavut, Canada
By D. W. McDonald, L. M. Heaman, R. A. Creaser, T. Davies, T. Chacko, A. Simonetti
"The Three Bluffs gold deposit is located in the Committee Bay greenstone belt, which forms part of the Rae domain of the western Churchill province, Nunavut, Canada. Gold mineralization is hosted by
Jan 1, 2009
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South African Progress on closing the Design Gap between high- and Low-Aspect SAG mills
By Malcolm Powell
"The argument has long raged across the oceans as to what the best AG/SAG mill aspect ratio is. The North American practice of a high aspect ratio of two, diameter twice length, through to the South A
Jan 1, 2002
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Enhancements in the interpretation of geochemical data using multivariate methods and digital topography
By E. C. Grunsky, B. W. Smee
"The development of low-cost, rapid multielement analytical techniques has generated large geochemical databases in many exploration programs. When a sampling program consists of several thousand samp
Jan 1, 2003
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Diamond Project Development ? An Holistic Approach
By Jarek Jakubec
The new euphoria in diamond exploration brings with it a need to understand the challenges that new projects can face in different stages of the development and risks that the commercial outcomes from
May 1, 2006
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A Review of ISL Mining at the Highland Uranium Project
By Laurence McGonagle
"The Highland Uranium Project (HUP) is located approximately sixty miles northeast of Casper, Wyoming and is owned and operated by Power Resources, Inc. (PRI). With an annual production of680 tonnes (
Jan 1, 1998
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Making it Happen at DeBeers Canada
By Ingrid Hann
The Triple Bottom Line ? Economic Sustainability ? Creation of Joint Venture companies ? Planned evaluation of other kimberlites ? Social Sustainability ? Impact Benefit Agreement and Participati
May 1, 2008
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Optimization of open pit short- and long-range production scheduling
By Charle Pelley, Kosta Fytas, Peter Calder
"A computer model has been developed which is capable of evaluating alternative production schedules (long- and short range) of an open pit mine once the ultimate pit limits have been defined. The mod
Jan 1, 1987