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  • CIM
    Tonnage Oxygen Use in Gold Leaching

    "Air Products approached LAC Minerals in 1987 to initiate trials with pure oxygen in the leach circuit at several LAC facilities in Canada. This paper gives an overview of oxygen use and covers specif

    Jan 1, 1990

  • CIM
    Mining for Space Why now?

    By Michel Doyon

    Canadian Context: Exploration ??Space Exploration is within the unique mandate of the Canadian Space Agency ??Global partnerships ??Maintain close relationship with our partners ??New knowledge

    May 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Anode Furnace Nitrogen Gas Purging System at Kansanshi Copper Smelter

    By L. Hanschar, C. Bwalya, E. Mokola, K. Musonda, A. Makayi

    This paper describes the installation, commissioning and operation of porous plugs featuring nitrogen gas purging in both Anode Furnaces at the Kansanshi Copper Smelter (KCS), a greenfield copper smel

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Continuous Training – Insurance for Sustainable Operation

    By Richard Phiri, Mike Milupi, Jackson Kapobe, Anton Lemmer, Charles Mazala

    Sustainability of plant operations in a rapidly changing mining environment requires a well-trained workforce to ensure smooth running of operations. To ensure availability of trained labor, Mopani Co

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Use of the Latest Technology to Overcome the Demands of Mill Operation

    By Tatiana Ravani von Ow, Leandro Bomvisinho

    "The size of mills driven by ring-gear or by a gearless solution has significantly increased in the last years. This has created additional challenges for the driven equipment. The requirements for th

    Jan 1, 2010

  • CIM
    Enhancing Cobalt Recovery from Copper/Nickel Matte Producing Smelters

    By V. I. Lakshmanan

    Process Research ORTECH Inc. (PRO), with its in-depth knowledge on cobalt behaviour in nickel matte smelters and its novel mixed chloride hydrometallurgical processing, is developing a hybrid process

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Nitrogen-Based Collectors for Sulfide Flotation – Tecflote™

    By A. Lewis, J. Zachwieja, M. Widell, P. Zhou, W. W. Geissler, M. Svensson, A. Movahedi, H. Nordberg

    Flotation collectors for sulfide minerals has been traditionally based on xanthate, thiophosphate, thiophosphinate and thiocarbamate, all derived from sulfur chemistry. Tecflote™ is a new family of pa

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Data Mining for Prognostic of Complex Equipment with Applications in Aerospace and Railroad

    By Sylvain Létourneau

    Help organizations maximize the benefits of the data that they collect ? perform scientific research in: machine learning, data mining, statistics, artificial intelligence, soft computing, informatio

    May 1, 2008

  • CIM
    Food Issues in Environmental Impact Assessments

    By R. Kwiatkowski

    Agenda ? Health Canada Protocol _ Screening Level Risk Assessments (SLRAs) Contaminants Foods Exposure Pathways COPCs _ Site Specific Risk Assessments (SSRAs) In-depth, quantitative Monitoring

    Apr 1, 2005

  • CIM
    Comminution Circuit Design Considerations (49th Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Operators Conference©, Ottawa, Ontario, January 17-19, 2017)

    By S. Rivard

    "This paper demonstrates the selection of grinding circuit technology for a number of recent projects including discussion of the key drivers and the role of energy efficiency. Decreasing head grades

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Ground granulated blast-furnace slag for cemented mine backfill: production and evaluation

    By E. Douglas, V. M. Malhotra

    "This report presents the results of a laboratory study undertaken to evaluate ground granulated blast-furnace slag from Algoma Steel Corporation, as a replacement for Portland cement in cemented mine

    Jan 1, 1989

  • CIM
    An Internet Model for Continuing Education in Mining

    By Simon W. Houlding

    The mining community is geographically remote and widely dispersed. There is a growing requirement for formalized professional development of members by professional associations, and increasing recog

    May 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Antamina Productivity Increase through Improvements Implemented in the Primary Crushing

    By Carlos León, David Estrella, Javier Linares

    "Recently, Antamina has completed an expansion program of its operations which increased the thoughput in grinding from acapacity of 109 to 130 ktpd. After commissioning, throughput could be exceeded

    Jan 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Design Considerations for Mine Waste Management at the Meadowbank Gold Project

    By Cameron J. Clayton

    Cumberland Resources Ltd. is currently planning to develop the Meadowbank Gold Project located some 70 km north of Baker Lake, Nunavut in the eastern Canadian Arctic region. The Meadowbank Gold Projec

    May 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Establishing the Process Mineralogy of Gold Ores (7fd4ccc8-59f5-4574-a6a3-a04744804287)

    By Bruce Jago, Joe Zhou, Chris Martin

    "From the perspective of metallurgical processing, gold ores can be classified into free-milling and refractory ores. Their extractive metallurgy are largely driven by mineralogical factors such as: g

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Electrical Model of an Electrowinning Circuit Including Stray Current through Electrolyte Piping

    By S. C. Richardson

    The electrowinning (EW) circuit involves using DC current in the electro-deposition of metal ions dissolved in an electrolyte solution. This paper reviews a method to generate an electrical model of a

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    An Overview of Spodumene Beneficiation

    By D. Imeson, T. Grammatikopoulos, G. Pearse, M. Aghamirian, C. Mohns

    "Spodumene mineral is a source of lithium for lithium ion batteries. Thus, the production of a spodumene concentrate with an approximate grade of 6% Li2O is targeted. Traditionally, spodumene is conce

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Modeling and Simulation of SkimAir® Flash Flotation as a Part of Grinding-Flotation Circuit – Case Study in Esperanza, Chile

    By Luis Bernal, Pertti Lamberg

    "SkimAir®, Outotec’s Flash Flotation unit, is placed in the grinding circuit to float the valuable liberated mineral particles from the circulating load of the grinding process while still relatively

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Paste Production Storage Mechanism (PPSM), a Major Advance in Solids Concentration Technology

    By Rudy Tenbergen, Dick Farmery, Jim Naylor

    "Paste backfill has replaced cemented rock fill as one of the components to improve ground · control and mine safety at the Macassa Operation of Kinross Gold Corporation in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. It

    Jan 1, 1997

  • CIM
    A Benchmarking Tool for Assessing Flotation Cell Performance

    By Jan E. Nesset, James A. Finch, Wei Zhang

    "Bubbles are unquestionably the heart of the flotation process. Their size and combined surface area are largely what drive the recovery process. This suggests that plant engineers should be aware of

    Jan 1, 2012