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  • CIM
    Simulation of Cable Shovels and Dippers in Mining Applications

    By N. Shi, T. G. Joseph

    ABSTRACT: An interactive cable shovel simulation has been developed to mimic any shovel dipper geometry for a given cable shovel operating in any homogeneous face material. This interactive cable allo

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Seismic Elastic Behaviour of Mine Headframes

    By M. Hardy

    "The structural design of mine headframes is challenging due to the significant differences in the geometry, rigidity, and behaviour of these structures compared to conventional buildings. The differe

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Improving Indoor Security Surveillance by Fusing Data from BIM, UWB and Video

    By M. Rafiee

    Indoor physical security, as a perpetual and multi-layered phenomenon, is a timeintensive and labor-consuming task. Various technologies have been leveraged to develop automatic access control, intrus

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Implementing Energy Management in the Canadian Mining Industry

    By Lauri Gregg

    The implementation of Energy Management within the global mining industry has advanced significantly during the past 20 years. Consequently, the industry?s knowledge of energy efficiency improvement o

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Environmental auditing in transition —Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

    By Raymond B. Hryciuk

    Environmental auditing has evolved rapidly over the last decade — first in North America, then Europe, and most recently in Asia — into a widely practiced discipline designed to provide senior managem

    Jan 1, 1996

  • CIM
    The Importance of Process Control to New Technology Implementation

    By Terry Gerritsen, Sylvain Picard, Bruce MacKay

    Virtually all new technologies require a control system. Any intense process has many process variables that react quickly making manual control difficult. Control system design has a significant impa

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Empowering Operations and Maintenance Through Wireless

    By S. Amid, D. Fisk

    "Wireless technologies are permeating the mining and metals industry and enabling a myriad of benefits. With standards such as IEEE 802.11 for wireless devices and ISA100.11a for wireless field instru

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Leveraging Bim for Automated Fault Detection in Operational Buildings

    By A. Golabchi

    Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an increasingly popular method for generating and managing facility information during the life cycle of a building, ranging from facility conceptualization, thr

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Practical Truck Performance Studies by Computer

    By J. J. Fitzpatrick

    "This paper deals with the methods used by Quebec Cartier Mining Company in the evaluation and selection of new haulage equipment and in increasing the productivity of the existing fleet.Selection of

    Jan 1, 1967

  • CIM
    Development of a new water sampling device to measure biologically-available metals in natural waters and mine effluents

    By J. D. Robertson

    An in situ water sampling device has been developed to measure biologically-available or “labile” metals in natural waters and effluents. The active mechanism involves the use of a polyacrylamide gel

    Jan 1, 2000

  • CIM
    Discrete-Event Simulation in the Primary Metals Industry using Simul8

    By K. H. Concannon, K. I. Hindle

    "The use of simulation modeling in the primary metals industry (including mining, smelting, and metals processing) is expanding as significant cost-benefits can be realized by companies employing capi

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Améliorations apportées au minage de la zone 1 à la mine Doyon

    By François Girard

    La zone 1 de la mine Doyon (zone altérée), se situe à l?extrémité sud de la mine et est constituée d?une série de veines étroites à fort pendage et ayant des épontes de très faible résistance. Les épo

    Feb 1, 2008

  • CIM
    Process Improvement Update at Brunswick Mine

    By Jodi Roberts, Curtis Deredin, Jean-Guy Paulin

    "Since the establishment of the Six Sigma quality improvement program in 2001, several projects have been successfully carried out in the copper-lead, zinc, copper separation, lead upgrading and bulk

    Jan 1, 2008

  • CIM
    Optimisation of Coke Breeze Addition in Iron Ore Pellets

    By G. Paquet, E. Godin

    "Since the mid fifty's, worlwide pellet production capacity has constantly risen (Fig. 1, Ref. 1 l. There was however at that time no real incentive to decrease production costs but only to produce as

    Jan 1, 1986

  • CIM
    A Step back in time to Hand-Held Mining for Profitability

    By Mike Turner

    The Otter-Juan mine was closed by WMC Resources? Kambalda Nickel Operations (WMC-KNO) in 1999 due to the combined effects of low Nickel prices and high mining costs. GBF Mining Pty Ltd purchased Otter

    May 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Water Management Design for Cigar Lake Uranium Mine

    By Ken Dyck Sr.

    "Construction of the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan is well under way. Production is anticipated to begin in the first half of 2007. When in full production, the mine is projected to

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Advances in Precious Metal Trace Element Analyses for Deportment using LAM-ICP-MS

    By Paul J. Sylvester, Yeonuk Choi, Mike Nelson, Louis J. Cabri, Mike Tubrett

    "The development and characterization of sulphide standards containing as many as seven precious metals has increased the efficiency and comprehensiveness of micro-analyses for deportment studies usin

    Jan 1, 2010

  • CIM
    Stabilization of Arsenic in the Mining and Metallurgical Industries ? A Review

    By Sengpasith Houngaloune

    Arsenic, which is a toxic and carcinogenic element, causes serious environmental problems throughout the world. It is also known as a major contaminant in the non-ferrous mining and extractive metallu

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Removal and destruction of ammonia from a uranium plant effluent

    By P. A. Riveros, W. D. Gould, R. Molnar, D. W. Koren, P. Bédard

    This paper reports the results of the field demonstration campaign of a new process for removing and destroying ammonia from mining/ metallurgical effluent solutions. The 50-day campaign was carried o

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    GHG Emissions in the Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Sectors

    By Pierre Boileau

    Outline ? Who are We? ? Canada?s GHG Emissions 1990 - 2000 ? Emissions from the Petroleum Sector ? Emissions from Petroleum Exports ? Emissions from Manufacturing Industries ? Emissions from Min

    Nov 1, 2002