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  • CIM
    Extending the life of INMETCO’s submerged arc furnace lining

    By C. Doyle, D. M. Hoffman, C. Díaz, J. Hrepic, W. J. Koshut, R. H. Hanewald

    "Recently, lining life of the INMETCO submerged arc furnace has been dramatically extended from an average of eleven months in the 1980s to a current record of 34 months. This paper summarizes test wo

    Jan 1, 1997

  • CIM
    Optimising the Management of CIP/CIL Circuits

    By K. Barbetti

    "The carbon-in-pulp (CIP) process has been the dominant gold recovery process since the early 1980s. CIP has proven to be very adaptable for a wide range of ores and circuit configurations. The key pe

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Hydrothermal Alteration in Hydro-Fractured Athabasca Basin Sandstone: Distal Expression of Uranium Mineralization?

    By Jeanne B. Percival, Paul Ramaekers, Charles W. Jefferson, Pat A. Hunt, Eric G. Potter, Katherine E. Venance, William Davis, Sean A. Bosman

    "A 10-cm thick clay-rich layer near the top of the Manitou Falls Formation of the Athabasca Group is unusual in its breccia texture, alteration, and detrital mineral composition relative to the adjace

    Jan 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Use of Local Average Subdivision to Characterize Marine Mineral Reserves —A conceptual framework

    By G. A. Fenton, A. Vervoort, M. Alvarez Grima

    "High-risk underwater mining operations necessitate characterizing spatial heterogeneity and resource uncertainty. Local average subdivision is a method of simulating spatial deposit variability insid

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    A Discussion of Deep Drilling In the Blind River Area

    By D. S. Robertson

    More than 700,000 feet of diamond drilling was completed in the Blind River area between 1953 and 1958. Much of this drilling was at depths which are still not usual in North America. However, as the

    Jan 1, 1962

  • CIM
    Machine mining of narrow, hardrock orebodies

    By J. Peck, F. Brackebusch, M. Scobie

    "A number of alternative strategies exist to improve narrow orebody stope productivity and safety through mechanization. Particular attention is given to one of these: the development of an in-stope m

    Jan 1, 1990

  • CIM
    Recycling Polymeric Materials for Slag /Carbon Interactions in EAF Steelmaking

    By \/eena Sahajwalla, Jonathan Dicker, Paul O'Kane, Cath Skidmore, James Dankwah, Magdalena Zaharia, Rita Khanna, David Knights, N Saha-Chaudhury, Somyote Kongkarat

    Due to the inherent limitations of current methods of disposal of end of life polymeric materials, avenues are researched towards developing alternative, environmentally friendly and economic recyclin

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Western Canada and Canadian Energy

    By N. H. Grace

    "IntroductionDURING the past half century, the economy of Western Canada was largely centred on agriculture. However, the impact of World War II has led to an acceleration in the development of a vari

    Jan 1, 1953

  • CIM
    The Changing Role of Hydrometallurgy

    By B. Meddings, O. J. I. Evans

    "This paper is mainly concerned with the present and probable future role of hydrometallurgy in the production of base metals.The economic and technological bases of the hydro-metallurgical plants bui

    Jan 1, 1971

  • CIM
    The Griffith Mine Story

    By F. P. Morawski, J. E. Schelske, J. R. Geddes, B. R. Eberts, D. M. Wilson, J. D. Jeffries

    "The Griffith Mine is located 200 miles northeast of Winnipeg and is 30 miles south of Red Lake, Ontario. Owned by The Steel Company of Canada Limited and managed by Pickands Mather & Co., it has an a

    Jan 1, 1970

  • CIM
    Noranda Process Reactor at Xstrata Copper- Impact of Minor Slag Components (CaO, Al2O3, MgO, ZnO) on the Optimum %Fe/SiO2 in Slag and Operating Temperature

    By P. Coursol

    The Noranda Reactor Process (NRP) has been in operation now for more than 30 years and this mature process has attained a high level of performance. The NRP at the Home Smelter of Xstrata Copper treat

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    The Co-Fe-S System

    By W. Curlook, L. M. Pidgeon

    THE PURPOSE of this investigation was to study part of the ternary system Co-Fe-S. Jensen ( 1) established the solubility limits of sulphur in pyrrhotite. The compound with 61.7 per cent Fe, correspon

    Jan 1, 1953

  • CIM
    Effect of Fraction Solid and Shear Rate on the Viscosity of Conventionally Cast Semi-Solid A356 Al-Si Alloy

    By O. Lashkari, A. Charette, R. Ghomashchi

    Conventional casting at low pouring temperature was employed to produce semisolid metal, SSM, billets of A356 Alloy. The deformation behavior of the as-cast SSM billets was studied using parallel plat

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Practical rock engineering in the optimization of stope dimensions – application and cost effectiveness

    By J. W. Bawden, J. Nantel

    "The mine operator has two prime objectives when he operates a mine: (l) the mine must be safe, and (2) the mine must operate with the lowest possible costs. The operator constantly faces a dilemma; i

    Jan 1, 1989

  • CIM
    Structural geology and geostatistical parameters of the Afton copper-gold mine, Kamloops, B.C.

    By Alan Reed

    "Afton Mines Ltd. (N.P.L.) operates an 8500-tpd open-pit copper-gold mine near Kamloops, R.C. The pit is currently 480 feet deep and will reach an ultimate depth of 800 feet. The east, south and west

    Jan 1, 1983

  • CIM
    Heap leaching-a low-cost recovery method for small gold deposits in northwestern Ontario

    By R. C. Beard

    "Heap leaching, currently being applied in the treatment of low-grade ores in the south western United States, is shown to have potential for use in north western Ontario. The history and operation of

    Jan 1, 1983

  • CIM
    Application of Box-Behnken Design to Modelling of Iron Bearing-Gangue Recovery in Hydroxamate Flotation of Pyrochlore

    By B. Yu, S. Kelebek, C. Gibson, M. Aghamirian

    There are a number of high grade niobium deposits worldwide which have been deemed untreatable by flotation due to the very fine grained nature of the in situ pyrochlore, the primary niobium bearing m

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Sand and gravel deposits of the greater Vancouver area

    By Z. D. Hora

    Sand and gravel resources of the southern coastal region of British Columbia may be linked to various episodes of Wisconsin glaciation. During Wisconsin and probably earlier times, the Fraser Lowland

    Jan 1, 1984

  • CIM
    The Cummings Complex in the Barlow Lake Stratigraphic Section, Chibougamau, Quebec

    By A. Poitras

    The Cummings Complex consists of three superposed sills, exhibiting a differentiation pattern: the lowest sill being the most basic and the highest sill, the most acid. Each sill is also characterized

    Jan 1, 1984

  • CIM
    Report on the Rockburst Situation in Ontario Mines

    By R. G. K. Morrison

    By arrangement between the Ontario Mining Association and Messrs. John Taylor & Sons, Mining Engineers, 6 Queen Street Place, London, E.C.4, the writer was engaged for a period of not more than three

    Jan 1, 1942