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  • CIM
    Outotec’s Fully Automated Smelter 2020 – The Vision, the Status and the Future

    By Joey Hoang, Robert Johansson, Tapani Keronen, Mikael Jåfs, Jani Jansson, Mikko Korpi

    At the Copper 2016 conference in Kobe, Japan, Outotec introduced a vision for the year 2020, wherein smelting would make use of four digital cornerstones: intelligent instruments, advanced process con

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Industry-scale knowledge management\u2014RISKGATE and Australian coal operations

    By D. Sprott, P. A. Kirsch, J. Harris, D. Cliff

    This paper details the work of RISKGATE, the largest Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) occupational health and safety initiative to date. The program is an interactive online risk m

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Automation Technology to Increase Productivity and Reduce Energy Consumption in Deep Underground Mining Operations

    By J. A. Scott, K. Moreau, H. Shang

    "Trials of automated technology at underground mine sites around the world have reported increased production and the potential for lower energy consumption. Autonomous mining eliminates a range of de

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    The Red Dog VIP mill optimization project

    By George Hope, Brigitte Lacouture

    "The Red Dog Mine has increased mill throughput for most years since startup. Although flotation equipment has been added over the last 10 years, the Red Dog metallurgical performance has been restric

    Jan 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Gold Alloy Deformation Processed Metal - Metal Matrix Composite Wire

    By Timothy W. Ellis

    Wire Bonding is the dominant IC interconnection process presently used in the semiconductor assembly industry (1). The flexibility, adaptability and cost of wire bonding will continue to keep it as th

    Oct 1, 2003

  • CIM
    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

  • CIM
    The Business Case for LHD Automation at Kidd Creek ? the World?s Deepest Base Metal Mine

    By Zachary Mayer

    Agenda ? Kidd Mine ? Background ? Problem & Opportunity ? Challenges associated to depth - Production Rates - Productive Work Time - Operational Delays - Transfer Levels - Mucking Time - Impa

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Narrow-Vein Mining Project: Economical Realities and Innovation Perspectives for the Extraction of Narrow Vein Deposits

    By Jean-Marie Fecteau

    The gold mine sector is presently facing low gold prices as well as technological challenges. Its competitiveness and survival will depend on new mining methods and equipment to improve ore extraction

    Oct 1, 2001

  • CIM
    Processing Plant Expansion at Kittila Mine Affords Opportunity for Significant Material Handling Improvement

    By T. Holmes, J. Middlemiss

    "Agnico-Eagle (AE) has been operating their Kittila Mine in Northern Finland since 2008. The mine has experienced considerable ore flow problems with ratholing, bridging and freezing in their mill fee

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    CIM Estimation of Mineral Resources & Mineral Reserves Best Practice Guidelines

    By CIM Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve Committee

    The CIM Estimation of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Best Practice Guidelines (MRMR Best Practice Guidelines) were prepared by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum's (CIM

    Nov 29, 2019

  • CIM
    Lac Cinquante Uranium Deposit, Western Churchill Province, Nunavut, Canada

    By A. Berry, N. R. Banerjee, C. S. Finnigan, M. Fayek, N. J. Bridge

    Lac Cinquante is a mineralogically simple, vein-hosted uranium deposit in Archean basement rocks (Angikuni greenstone belt) that originally were unconformably overlain by Proterozoic sedimentary and v

    Jan 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Applications of microwave energy in extractive metallurgy, a review

    By C. A. Pickles, D. K. Xia

    "In the last few decades, microwave energy has been widely employed in food processing, rubber and plastics curing, and in ceramic sintering. Recently, the application of micro waves as an energy sour

    Jan 1, 1997

  • CIM
    Expansion of Uranium Milling at Denison Mines Limited

    By E. LaRocque

    "Long term contracts requiring delivery of 6,000,000 pounds of U308 per year to its customers have made it necessary for Denison Mines to expand its milling capacity from 7,100 tons per day to 15,000

    Jan 1, 1982

  • CIM
    Changing Company Culture

    By Frank B. Amon

    Highland Valley Copper had to make some significant changes in the way it was working in order to counter the effects of ever-increasing costs and decreasing metal prices. A mine/mill optimization pla

    May 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Study of slime coatings in flotation by electrophoretic mobility distribution measurement

    By Jacob Masliyah, Zhiang Zhou, Tshitende Kasongo, Jianjun Liu, Zhenghe Xu, Jeawon Choung

    "Slime coating is a recognized challenge in fine particle flotation, not only in decreasing recovery, but also in reducing the selectivity and hence froth quality. In this presentation, a novel method

    Jan 1, 2002

  • 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
    Improvements in Dust Control Technology in the Precious and Base Metals Industries

    By David R. Macedon

    "Through the years, a wide variety of dust control methods have been utilized at mineral processing operations. While some have been successful, many have been highly ineffective. Dust Control systems

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    A Precise, Reliable, and Fully Automatic Real Time Monitoring System for Steep Embankments

    By Rick Wilkins

    The stability of steep embankments is a major safety issue in open pit mining, highway passes, and earth filled dams. A failure in any one of these situations could mean a loss of very expensive equip

    May 1, 2002

  • CIM
    SmartEXEC Implementation Goldcorp Eleonore Project

    By Michel Massé

    Eleonore Project- Agenda ? Purpose and Technical Overview ? SmartEXEC Control Capabilities ? SmartEXEC System Archetecture ? SmartEXEC System Advantage Eleonore Project- Purpose and Technical O

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Tentative identification of chemical elements likely to escape in the atmosphere attheLingan coal-fired power plant, Lingan, Nova Scotia

    By Erwin L. Zodrow

    "The neglect of including the toxic metal mercury in the list of escaping elements (Zodrow, CIM Bulletin, September 1982, pp. 138-140) was pointed out to the author in a private letter by J.E. Rehder,

    Jan 1, 1982