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  • CIM
    Retention of Small Grinding Media inside Ball Mills

    By Jocelyn Bouchard, Claude Bazin, Sami Makni, Rolando Quispe

    "Finely disseminated minerals in ores require intensive size reduction to achieve sufficient liberation for the subsequent concentration process. The use of small grinding media in conventional ball m

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Diggability of plains overburden with bucketwheel excavators

    By A. M. Krzanowski, T. S. Golosinski

    "This paper presents results of a study undertaken to determinethe feasibility of mining plains overburdens with bucket wheel excavators. Based on extensive geotechnical testing of overburdens under s

    Jan 1, 1987

  • CIM
    Heat Pipes ? Proven Versatility in Heat Transport

    By M. L. Joy

    The heat pipe is a self-contained, passive structure that uses a liquid-vapour fluid cycle to provide high thermal conductance . Through the proper selection of working fluids and container materials,

    Jan 1, 1978

  • CIM
    Towards Petrophysical Characterization of Comminution Behavior

    By Peter Fullagar, Adel Vatandoost, Steve Walters, Toni Kojovic

    "Traditional comminution tests are a vital component in every mine plant design. Comminution behavior governs both the cost of equipment and its operating efficiency. Most comminution tests are conduc

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    First Use of the Double Steel and Concrete Sandwich Lining for Keeping High-Pressure Water Out of a Potash Shaft

    By U. Storck

    "Shaft sinking for exploitation of the deep potash beds in Saskatchewan involved great difficulties from the very first because of the need to exclude from the shaft the high-pressure water encountere

    Jan 1, 1968

  • CIM
    Design, Construction and Performance of PKC Dams on Northern Terrain

    By James W. Cassie

    The Snap Lake Diamond Project is located approximately 220 km northeast of Yellowknife, NT, Canada at an approximate latitude of 63?35?. The project location is within the zone of continuous permafros

    May 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Medium-Temperature Heat Storage in Sodium Sulphate

    By Arun Verma

    Thermal energy storage offers a means of effecting significant costs savings and conservation of premium fuels. Na2SO4 has been found to be a good material for storing thermal energy in the medium-tem

    Jan 1, 1978

  • CIM
    Experience with a Lamella Thickener at the Beaverlodge Operation of Eldorado Nuclear Limited

    By R. Bruce Ferguson

    "IntroductionThe Beaverlodge Operation of Eldorado Nuclear Limited is a uranium property located near the north shore of Lake Athabasca about 7 miles from Uranium City, Saskatchewan.The mill is a 2000

    Jan 1, 1975

  • CIM
    Mineralogical Evaluation of Au-Sb-As Mineralization from the ADMW Zones, Clarence Stream Property, New Brunswick

    By Louis J. Cabri, Donald Hoy

    "Samples with contrasting gold mineralization were studied quantitatively prior to metallurgical tests. The AD samples are coarser-grained and characterized by abundant Sb minerals (jamesonite, berthi

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Application of kinetics and liberation data to analysis of an industrial flotation process

    By N. W. Johnson

    "Two analysis tools which have been applied to problems in industrial flotation processes are the application of kinetics and detailed mineralogical or liberation data, both on a size-by-size basis. T

    Jan 1, 1987

  • CIM
    Economic Evaluation of Activated Carbon for Gold Milling Circuits

    By M. Drozd, M. Somppi, Z. Yamak

    "Granular activated carbon is widely used in the gold mining industry for gold extraction from aurocyanide-containing slurry. The extraction process can employ carbon as part of the gold recovery oper

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Community Engagement Best Practice in the mining sector: What?s recommended and who?s using it?

    By Ben Bradshaw

    Context ? Community engagement has become an increasingly significant and challenging part of mineral exploration and mine development; indeed, opposition from communities proximate to a proposed min

    May 1, 2010

  • CIM
    Passive Biologically Based Anaerobic Treatment Systems For The Removal Of Metals ? An Overview Of Current Research With Examples

    By A. G. Mattes

    This paper presents an overview of passive, engineered, biologically-based anaerobic bioreactor (ABR) treatment systems of the sort that can be used to remove dissolved copper from mine wastewaters. T

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Fleet management system for underground mines (dd9c7c45-cd77-4292-966a-863f63e39c89)

    By R. Grimard, M. Gamache, L. -P. Bigras, P. Cohen

    This paper describes a real-time fleet management system for an undergroun mine. Dispatching, routing and scheduling are handled simultaneously, taking into account the mine status, operational constr

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Grinding Circuit Improvements at Barrick Cortez Gold Mine

    By James R. Wickens, David La Rosa, Robert E. McIvor, Adrian Dance

    "The comminution circuit at Barrick Cortez Gold Mine uses an open circuit primary jaw crusher followed by a standard SABC grinding circuit. The grinding circuit incorporates a 26’Ø x 11’ SAG mill, an

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Assessing the Returns to Copper Exploration, 1989-2008

    By R. A. Leveille, M. D. Doggett

    "Economic returns for the copper industry have been assessed by building cash flow models for each of the 100 new mines brought into production over the past 20 years. Ninety-one of the 100 new mines

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Fast Track Reactivation -Jacobina Mine

    Mine Evaluation Engineering , Operational and Social evaluation. Focus is on what opportunities are available. Social ??History ??Past Management Practices ??Community / Available labor force Mi

    May 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Hot Workability Differences of 7000 Aluminum Alloys With and Without Copper Additions

    By P. Leo

    The Al-Zn-Mg alloys (e.g. 7004, 7020) are employed for land transport and architectural applications whereas the Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys (e.g. 7075, 7050) provide the high strength aircraft alloys. The Cu

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Applications of geophysical methods to resource development in northern Canada

    By A. E. Taylor, A. S. Judge, P. T. Lafleche

    "Resource development in northern Canada has special requirements which derive from the unique environmental and eco-logical nature of the northern environment. In this paper several case histories in

    Jan 1, 1987

  • CIM
    Diamond Exploration Targets, Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, Wawa, Ontario

    By A. C. Wilson

    In 1991, local prospector C. ?Mickey? Clement recovered at least three alluvial diamonds from the Michipicoten River. Two of these stones were sent to the Department of Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museu

    May 1, 2003