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  • CIM
    Measurement of Surface Roughness of Rock Discontinuities

    By G. V. Poropat

    Roughness of a discontinuity may be an important factor influencing shear strength of the discontinuity. Traditionally, determining the roughness of a discontinuity surface and providing a numerical m

    May 1, 2009

  • CIM
    The Application of Methane Extraction Booms in Cave Areas for Methane Removal from Headings Directly Behind a ?U-Ventilated? Longwall Advance

    By J. Drenda

    The model for methane removal from the workings directly behind an advancing longwall as presented in this paper may be used for U-ventilated cross or length-wise systems of longwall advance, starting

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Strontium doped lanthanum ferrite composite cathodes for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells

    By L. Sun

    In this work, strontium doped lanthanum ferrite (LSF) and their composite cathodes were fabricated by screen printing on yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) electrolytes. Their electrochemical properties

    Jan 1, 2005

  • CIM
    Caribou Mine

    By L. V. Bell

    "The gold deposits of the Caribou mine are representative of those of the Province of Nova Scotia as a whole. The ore shoots within the deposits, in common with those elsewhere within the Province, ar

    Jan 1, 1954

  • CIM
    Uranium Accounting Reconciliation

    By A. Kobzhanov, S. Saparova, S. Brochot, D. A. Mango

    KATCO (an ORANO Mining and Kazatomprom joint venture) is the largest in-situ leach uranium mining operation in the world, exploiting the Muyunkum and Tortkuduk uranium deposits in southern Kazakhstan.

    Jan 1, 2020

  • CIM
    Transforming mine waste from environmental hazard to economic opportunity, through effective re-purposing of bioleached high-pyrrhotite content tailings

    By Dr. Rory Cameron, Dr. Terry Cheng, Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk, Ian Bedard, Kristie Tarr, Ruth Joseph

    Pyrrhotite-rich tailings from Sudbury, Ontario mining activities are known to contain significant amounts of EV metals, such as nickel and cobalt.  CanmetMINING has developed a novel bioleaching proce

    May 4, 2025

  • CIM
    The Role of Anode Chemical Composition on the MNO2 Layer Formation in Zinc Electrowinning

    By Georges Houlachi, Akram Alfantazi, Maysam Mohammadi

    Manganese ions in zinc electrowinning electrolytes form a protective MnO2 layer that ultimately decreases Pb contamination in the zinc product. In this study, the effect of dissolved Mn2+ on the elect

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Rationale for Quantum Leap Innovations in Mine Fill

    By J. H. Nantel

    Indications are that underground mining is gaining favour with large and small mining companies due to environmental and sustainability concerns. Dramatic changes to mine fill technologies will be nee

    May 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Environmentally Friendly Mining Technologies in Polish Coal Mining Industries

    By J. Palarski

    Hard coal, mined in Silesia Region as well as in the eastern part of Poland, is a key national resource. In Polish underground coal industry, modern mining technologies have been successfully tested a

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Residual Stress Mapping in the Interbore Region of a Heat Treated Aluminum Engine Block

    By D. Sediako

    Excessive residual stress in Al engine blocks may result in cylinder distortion which reduces engine operating efficiency. As such, neutron diffraction was used to measure residual strain along the Fe

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Fracture Analysis at the Tasiast Open Pit Mine in Western Africa

    By A. C. Gagnon, H. Saroglou

    "The focus of this paper is on the analysis of geometrical discontinuity properties for the rock mass located within an open pit mine located in Western Africa. Discontinuity data were collected using

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    An Electrochemical and SERS Study of the Gold-Thiosulfate Interface in the Presence of Copper

    By J. Mirza, E. Nicol, J. Lipkowski

    Gold passivation in thiosulfate leaching media is a major barrier to its implementation. Addition of Cu (II) into the leaching solution has shown to aid in gold dissolution, but the mechanism by which

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    An Electrochemical Investigation into the Effect of Lead on the Dissolution of Gold in Ammonium Thiosulfate-Copper Media

    By J. G. Peacey, G. Csicsovszki

    The target of this study was to clarify the role of lead on the dissolution of gold in the (NH4)2S2O3-Cu leaching system via chronopotentiometry, linear sweep voltammetry and chronoamperometry. It was

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Fuzzy Clustering-Based Model For Productivity Forcasting

    By Farid Mirahadi

    Forecasting productivity of construction operations is a difficult but crucial task in planning construction projects. Over the past decades, many models have been developed to forecast productivity f

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Improving Site and Materials Handling Operations Through Autonomous Vehicle-Related Technologies

    By Ashley Tews

    In 2005, we automated a forklift-based Hot Metal Carrier to be capable of typical metal transfer operations around a smelter. The project was highly successful and the vehicle has demonstrated hundred

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Role of Oxygen in Interfacial Phenomena during High Temperature Reactions

    By K. S. Coley, M. A. Rhamdhani, G. A. Brooks

    Interfacial phenomena in high temperature reactions such as between iron alloy and slag is well documented but not fully understood. It is believed that a gradient of oxygen concentration plays an imp

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Slope Mass Rating (SMR) Geomechanics Classification: Thirty Years Review

    By R. Tomás, J. B. Serón, M. Romana

    The Slope Mass Rating (SMR; Romana, 1985) geomechanics classification was developed as a sequel of Bieniawski’s Rock Mass Rating (RMR) system, which was almost impossible to use in slopes due to the e

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Guidelines for the Quantitative Description of Discontinuities for use in Discrete Fracture Network Modelling

    "Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) modelling has increasingly being used in many geotechnical and mining engineering problems, the authors believe there is an ever greater demand to provide updated guid

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Nexgen Energy’s Rook I Project, Southwestern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan: The Next Generation Of Uranium Processing And Tailings Management

    By Sean Hillacre, Arthur Lieu

    NexGen’s approach to uranium processing design including the crushing/grinding and leaching of raw ore through to yellowcake precipitation and tailings management focuses on minimizing surface footpri

    Jan 1, 2020

  • CIM
    Application of Potential Control to the Flotation of Galena by Varying Dissolved Oxygen, Ph and Ionic Strength Levels

    By M. Tadie, J. Wiese, K. Corin

    The use of potential control in the flotation of ores has been applied in a variety of operations and presents an opportunity for improvement of selectivity and recovery of valuable minerals. Although

    Jan 1, 2016