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  • CIM
    Hydrochloric acid leaching of an Elliot Lake uranium ore

    By G. M. Ritcey, K. E. Haque, S. H. Lucas

    "Laboratory-scale hydrochloric acid leach tests were conducted on an Elliot Lake uranium ore. Hydrochloric acid leaches without an oxidant or with molecular oxygen (i.e., air or pure oxygen gas) as an

    Jan 1, 1980

  • CIM
    Hydrochloric acid leaching of an Elliot Lake uranium ore (13a41608-dfe4-4266-9026-6b4afd0847bf)

    By G. M. Ritcey, K. E. Haque, S. H. Lucas

    "Laboratory-scale hydrochloric acid leach tests were conducted on an Elliot Lake uranium ore. Hydrochloric acid leaches without an oxidant or with molecular oxygen (i.e., air or pure oxygen gas) as an

    Jan 1, 1980

  • CIM
    Controlled blasting to minimize overbreak with big boreholes underground

    By P. R. Day, W. K. Webster

    "The introduction of large boreholes underground initially involved taking the techniques of open-pit bench blasting to the production stope, but with deeper boreholes and narrower stopes more control

    Jan 1, 1982

  • CIM
    Simulation of a dragline operation in all eastern Kentucky mine

    By R. V. Ramani

    "A computer simulation model of a dragline has beer developed for the study of alternative dragline deployment schemes for varying geological and mining conditions. In this paper, the mathematical asp

    Jan 1, 1985

  • CIM
    Flotation of Base Metals from Grinding Mill Discharges

    By A. J. Williams

    "Conventional base metal milling practice normally consists of crushing, grinding and cyclone classification followed by flotation. It is the authors' belief that the commencement of flotation after c

    Jan 1, 1984

  • CIM
    Strategic Risk Assessment and Management of Indigenous Issues in the Extractive Sector

    By K. Ramji

    "The development curve in the extractive sector has become longer, steeper, and riskier due to increased social, legal, and political risks from various stakeholders. Indigenous peoples are a unique s

    Jan 1, 2016

  • CIM
    Model Predictive Control of the Flotation Process

    By Donald Leroux, Martin Suichies, Andy Trusiak, Chris Dechert

    "In modem concentrators, the operation of flotation machines is often stabilized by simple control loops. Froth level, slurry density and aeration rate are all physical parameters typically controlled

    Jan 1, 1999

  • CIM
    Review of Self-Heating Testing Methodologies

    By J. E. Nesset, F. Rosenblum, J. A. Finch

    "The self-heating of sulphides can be a major hazard in mining operations and concentrate handling, particularly during transportation and associated storage. Self-heating results from the oxidation o

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    A liquefaction incident in a fill raise: A case study

    By F. Hassani, K. Moozar, J. Ouellet, P. Gauthier

    "This paper describes a sudden spill of waste rock used for backfilling from a waste pass at an underground mine in Canada, thus causing a major failure/accident. The mine operator immediately launche

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    On Stream Analysis and Computer Process Control Selection at the Thompson Mill, Inco Limited

    By P. Chaddock

    The Thompson Mill has a capacity of 15,000 T ID of ore and produces two grades of nickel concentrate, copper concentrate and occasionally graphite concentrate. Up to July of 1985 we processed two dist

    Jan 1, 1987

  • CIM
    Lower level operations in a thick steeply pitching seam at Cadomin Coal Mine; in Cadomin, Alberta

    By N. Melnyk

    "FOREWORDThis paper provides a unique description of a method devised for mining a very thick steeply dipping seam of soft gassy coal which was prone to spontaneous combustion. The editors con¬sider t

    Jan 1, 1985

  • CIM
    Stratigraphy and Structure of the Corbin Coalfield, British Columbia

    By B. R. MacKay

    Introduction The Corbin coalfield is one of the smallest, and at the same time one of the principal, producing bituminous-coal areas in southeastern British Columbia, and is unique on account of the

    Jan 1, 1931

  • CIM
    Inspection Techniques - Non-Destructive Evaluation – Mill Gear Inspection Using Eddy Current Array (ECA) Combined With Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM) Techniques

    By Tom Shumka

    "All mineral processing facilities that use girth gear driven mills need to inspect the gear teeth on a routine basis, whether it be every six months to every three years. The inspection frequency dep

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    The Box Mine

    By W. G. Jewitt

    THE Box mine, situated in Saskatchewan on the north shore of lake Athabasca, is unique in two respects. It is the first and, so far, the only gold mine in Saskatchewan, and it is the only gold mine in

    Jan 1, 1940

  • CIM
    Teck’s Secondary Leaching Technology

    By H. M. Lizama, R. L. Stephens

    Secondary leaching of previously leached supergene copper ore has been developed and implemented at Teck’s Quebrada Blanca operations. This consists of using in-situ leaching techniques aided by geoph

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Improving Concentrate Grade through Smart Design and Piloting

    By T. Strong

    "Selectively recovering pentlandite from high levels of pyrrhotite presents a technical and operational challenge. The liberation characteristics and also the chemical environment is critical to perfo

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Contemporary International Law on the Seabed and Ocean Floor

    By J. A. Beesley

    This paper reviews contemporary international law concerning the seabed, current developments in the United Nations on the seabed, and the main outstanding problems. It emphasizes the importance that

    Jan 1, 1969

  • CIM
    Pillar Extraction at the Sullivan Mine

    By P. T. Bloomer

    Introduction Mining of the orebody of the Sullivan mine, which is owned and operated by the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada, Limited, has reached a point where pillar extraction is

    Jan 1, 1948

  • CIM
    Design, testing and performance of the world’s first fuel cell mine vehicle—a production locomotive

    By A. R. Miller, G. Desrivières, T. MacKinnon, H. Bursey, M. C. Bétournay, B. Replogle, D. L. Barnes, P. Laliberté

    "A mine production locomotive, the world’s first applied industrial fuel cell vehicle, has been designed and tested in the context of a number of proof-of-concept projects supported by the Fuelcell Pr

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    A Short History of Mineral Processing

    By Fathi Habashi

    "Crushing and grinding of ores and their beneficiation by washing away gangue minerals has been practiced since ancient times. Primitive crushing was done by hand pounding the ore with a hard stone th

    Jan 1, 2009