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  • CIM
    The impact on underground ventilation of the reduction of diesel emissions toxicity by water-in-oil fuel emulsification

    By J. P. Mogan, E. D. Dainty, A. Lawson

    "The toxicity reduction of emissions from two diesel engines by the emulsification of water into fuel oil was investigated to determine the applicability of such systems to underground mining machiner

    Jan 1, 1981

  • CIM
    A Simple Estimation Method of Materials Handling Specific Energy Consumption in HPGR Circuits

    By A. G. Doll

    "Multi-stage crushing plants, including high pressure grinding roll (HPGR) circuits, require more materials handling equipment than SAG and ball mill circuits. A temptation exists to neglect the energ

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Case study of a hoisting facility upgrading

    By D. C. Brady

    "Within six months from award of a project management contract, Les Mines Dumagami Limitée, Cadillac, Quebec, was operating its new hoisting facility. This was accomplished with less than a six-week s

    Jan 1, 1991

  • CIM
    A review of binder materials used in stabilized backfills

    By J Petrolito

    "To improve the economic and environmental performance of underground mining operations, it is common practice to return the metallurgical waste material underground as backfill. This is called hydrau

    Jan 1, 2005

  • CIM
    Future Raw Material Needs of The Canadian Steel Industry Some Problems and Opportunities

    By R. J. Goodman, P. Lafleur

    This paper presents a current interpretation and projections of recent statistics on raw materials availability based on familiarity with the Canadian steel industry and its development. Problems and

    Jan 1, 1976

  • CIM
    High-Resolution Downhole Data: A Guide to Front-End Process-Plant Design

    By R. Howard

    "In projects involving resource development and plant optimization, the use of in-mine geophysics can deliver considerable benefit. The value proposition lies in using very high resolution downhole me

    Jan 1, 2016

  • CIM
    Innovative Mineral Processing Technologies – A First Decade of R&D at COREM

    By Donald Leroux, Jean-François Wilhelmy, Ahmed Bouajila

    "A young private R & D organization, COREM celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009. Managed by a consortium of nine mining and metallurgical companies, COREM has the mandate of increasing the competit

    Jan 1, 2010

  • CIM
    Determine Machinery Condition by Vibration and Noise Analysis

    By James G. Lyons

    All machines vibrate and make noise. An increase signals impending trouble. Vibration and noise analysis allows the condition of the machine to be determined without costly interruption in service for

    Jan 1, 1977

  • CIM
    Explosives choice at East Kemptville Mine

    By J. M. Houston

    "In October 1982, Rio Algom Limited, purchased a tin prospect near East Kemptville, Nova Scotia, from Shell Canada Resources. This purchase led to the development of the first substantial tin mine in

    Jan 1, 1987

  • CIM
    Reprocessing of a French Guyana Operation Tailings Using Flotation for Gold Concentration

    By P. Botane, A. Cailleau

    "Compagnie Miniere Esperance operates a gold primary ore body. The ore is processed through crushing, grinding and gravity concentration generating tailings with remaining fine gold. Analyses of the t

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Asset Optimisation through Process Control at Xstrata Alloys – Eland Platinum ‘Optimal Doesn’t Always Rhyme with Capital’

    By Neo Molelekeng, Jocelyn Bouchard, Rebecca Monnapula, Martin Émond

    "Xstrata Alloys – Eland Platinum concentrator (South Africa) has recently been commissioned and is now initiating a challenging optimisation program encompassing the entire operation. Process control

    Jan 1, 2010

  • CIM
    The Development of the Sullivan Mine and Processes for the Treatment of its Ores

    By Staff

    This paper contains an outline of the history of the Sullivan mine, now owned and operated by the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada, Ltd.; some account of the various methods by which t

    Jan 1, 1924

  • CIM
    Stability of Pillars and Tabular Excavations under Shear Loading Conditions ? Implications for Mine Planning and Design

    By Fidelis T. Suorineni

    Rockbursts are a major hazard in deep hard rock underground mining and tunneling. To date a significant number of rockbursts still defy conventional explanations. A review of rockburst case histories

    May 1, 2011

  • CIM
    The Value of Orebody Power Requirement Profiles for SAG Circuit Design

    By Chris Bennett, Glen Kosick

    "Process modeling and equipment sizing procedures for SAG circuits has advanced significantly over the past two decades. However, no matter how exact the hardness tests, models and scale-up calculatio

    Jan 1, 1999

  • CIM
    Is an Autonomous Haulage System Better than a Manual System?

    By J. Parreira

    This paper presents a deterministic/stochastic model that was created to compare an autonomous haulage truck system to a manual one by calculating and estimating benchmarked Key Performance Indicators

    Aug 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Commissioning of the Ekati Diamond Mine

    By Mike Rylatt

    "The BHP Diamonds Inc. and Blackwater Group (Dia Met Minerals Ltd., Charles Fipke and Stewart Blusson) joint venture began production at Canada=s first diamond mine during the last quarter of 1998.Con

    Jan 1, 1999

  • CIM
    A Mathematical Model for the Prediction of Large Diameter Ball Consumption Rates in Semiautogenous Grinding Applications

    By J. E. Sepulveda, R. Morrow

    "In full scale mineral grinding operations, the steel balls normally utilized as auxiliary grinding media get to be consumed at different specific rates, as determined by 3 basic mechanisms: abrasion/

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Techno-economic evaluation of thiosalt treatment processes

    By K. G. Wheeland, J. E. Dutrizac, M. Wasserlauf, A. A. Condy

    Numerous processes for the treatment of thiosalts in base metal milling effluents have been examined in the past decade. Flowsheets for thirteen processes are outlined, and cost estimates are presente

    Jan 1, 1988

  • CIM
    Cyanide Destruction at Western Mines, Myra Falls Operations

    By A. G. Eccles

    "INTRODUCTIONWestern Mines' copper-lead-zinc operations are located in Strathcona Provincial Park, near the geographic centre of Vancouver Island. This park includes Buttle Lake, which flows into the

    Jan 1, 1977

  • CIM
    Implementation of a Semi-Autogenous Grinding Circuit at the Brunswick Concentrator

    By Chris Larsen, Ian Orford, Mike Cooper

    "An autogenous grinding circuit was commissioned at the Brunswick concentrator in October 1998. The autogenous grinding circuit replaced existing surface crushing plants, fine ore storage, rod and pri

    Jan 1, 2001