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  • CIM
    Operator Competency and the Challenges of Today’s Mineral Processing Plants

    By Sylvain Castonguay, Sylvain Pilon

    "Operator competency is an important factor in the safe and successful operation of today’s complex processes. Competent process unit operators deliver superior performance and results. In greenfield

    Jan 1, 2016

  • CIM
    Picobubble Enhanced Column Flotation of Fine Coal

    By D. Tao

    Froth flotation is widely used in the coal industry to clean -28 mesh or -100 mesh fine coal. A successful recovery of particles by flotation depends on efficient particle-bubble collision and attachm

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Development of Power Stabilization Systems for Electric Arc Furnaces

    By D. Shen, J. Cheung

    Variable reactance arc control by the SPLC (Smart Predictive Line Controller) has been installed at many different mining sites and steel processing plants around the world. Since its first installati

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Start-Up and Operation of the Aga Mineração Refractory Gold Pressure Oxidation Plant

    By J. Dennett, M. Faris, M. Antonio, M. Collins, N. Tuffrey, R. Ellenwood, V. Reddy

    "In January 2012, AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração, with assistance from Sherritt International Corporation, commissioned a new autoclave for pressure oxidation of refractory gold concentr

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Tantalum Mining Corporation's Gravity Concentrator-Recent Developments

    By R. O. Burt

    The original flowsheet of the TANCO mill consisted of a simple two-stage gravity circuit for the recovery of the tantalum concentrates. With decreasing grade and grain size of the tantalum minerals, c

    Jan 1, 1979

  • CIM
    A New Class of Oxidation-Resistant, Microstructural-Stabilized and Cold-Workable Titanium Alloys for Exhaust Applications

    By C. Schmidt, M. Kohnk, C. Siemers, J. Kiese

    The application of conventional titanium alloys is limited to 550°C due to their poor oxidation resistance. In addition, severe grain growth is observed in single-phase titanium alloys in long-term ru

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    A Review on the Initiation of Environmentally Assisted Cracking in Line Pipe Steel

    By M. T. Shehata, R. W. Revie, M. Elboujdaini

    Environmentally assisted cracks in linepipe steels are initiated either as a result of stresses in combination with environmental effects, as in stress corrosion cracking (SCC), or as a result of trap

    Jan 1, 2005

  • CIM
    Numerical Modeling of Aluminum Extrusion Processes for Complex Hollow Pro-Files based on a Spatial Flow Formulation

    By N. Manopulo, J. Maier, L. Tong, C. Becker, P. Hora

    The contribution presents a new finite element approach in which the common updated Lagrangian formulation is replaced by a spatial flow formulation applying a special arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian fo

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Incorporation of Matte-Slag Thermochemistry into Sulphide Smelter Discrete Event Simulation

    By A. Navarra, C. Arrancibia, R. Yañez, C. Acuña, F. Valenzuela

    "Discrete event simulation (DES) is a suitable framework to evaluate and optimize the dynamics of sulphide smelters. In particular, iron-nickel-copper-cobalt sulphides undergo continual oxidation with

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Sustainability in Plant Design

    By Ben C. McLellan, Philip J. Bangerter, Andrew Murphy, Glen D. Corder, Damien Giurco

    Sustainability now forms a critical part of metallurgical plant design. In addition to compliance with requirements and corporate principles, design engineers must also consider how community and soci

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Violence Per Ounce: Is There a Correlation Between Mineral Values and Conflict Intensity?

    Despite the fact that mined minerals and gemstones have allowed human beings to continuously improve their standard of living throughout the ages, mining has also been implicated in violent conflict f

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    A Large Blast at the Hidden Creek Mine

    By W. R. Lindsay

    Considerable attention has of late been given to the blasting of large amounts of ore in one operation, on account of the saving in labour and explosives and consequent low cost per ton, and also on a

    Jan 1, 1934

  • CIM
    Iron Powder Production

    By H. R. Huffman

    "This paper reviews the history of iron powder production, and outlines the varions production methods. The uses of iron powder and the reasons for its use are also covered. The paper concludes with a

    Jan 1, 1969

  • CIM
    A review of problems in optimizing extraction in gold heap leaching

    By P. L. Lehoux, R. F. Lopes

    "Unanticipated low recovery or extraction of gold from heap leachable are can often be attributed 10 phenomena such as non-uniform percolation (channelling) of solution through heaps, excessively slow

    Jan 1, 1989

  • CIM
    Mechanism of Scorodite Formation at Ambient Temperature as Determined by Tem Analysis

    By H. Itou

    A mechanism of scorodite formation at ambient pressure was investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Several types of iron arsenate were obtained from Fe/As solutions (Fe/As = 1.0 and

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    The Cambior Story: Exploration

    "Cambior currently has nearly 80 exploration properties, acting as operator on about 60 of these. The company's exploration budget has increased to over $11,100,000 for 1990. On-going efforts rec

    Jan 1, 1990

  • CIM
    Rare Earth Element Impacts on Biological Wastewater Treatment

    By S. Fox, Y. Fujita

    Increasing demand for rare earth elements (REE) is expected to lead to new development and expansion in industries processing and or recycling REE. For some industrial operators, sending aqueous waste

    Jan 1, 2016

  • CIM
    Continuous Online Temperature Measurement System

    By Bob Drew, Goran Vukovic, Bojan Zivanovic, Klaus Gamweger

    Reaction bath temperature is a major factor in processing liquid metals and in many applications where a balance between process duration and temperature has to be found to run a procedure efficiently

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Application of longhole drilling methods for narrow vein mining

    By Richard Cyr, Peter Larsen, William Quesnel

    "The need to continually improve efficiency and lower costs in mining operations is of paramount importance to all concerned in the industry. Mining operations are constantly testing new methods and e

    Jan 1, 1990

  • CIM
    Exploration guidelines for stratiform zinc deposits in the Grenville Supergroup of the Mont-Laurier Basin, Quebec

    By M. Gauthier, A. C. Brown

    "Monometallic zinc mineralization associated with marbles of the Grenville Supergroup in the Mont-Laurier Basin of Quebec is found to be stratiform and to occur (1) within limited zones of dolomitic m

    Jan 1, 1980