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  • CIM
    Determining Ore Breakage Characteristics using the Steel Wheel Abrasion Test

    By Tapiwa Chenje, Victor Olivas, Peter Radziszewski

    "Ore breakage and grinding media wear have always been considered and determined separately in laboratory tests. However the two processes are linked with the ore broken down in any comminution device

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Estimation Errors for Gold Inventory in Large Carbon-In-Leach Tanks

    By Jr. Blanchette, Claude Bazin, Paul Blatter

    "Reporting of the gold production during a month implies to estimate the mass of gold that is processed by a mill, recovered as dorés, lost to the tailings and the change of gold inventory within the

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Activated Carbon: Manufacture, Structure, Properties and Application in Precious Metal Recovery

    By D. A. Ainsworth

    "The first known use of activated carbon dates back to the Ancient Egyptians who utilized its adsorbent properties for purifying oils and medicinal purposes. Centuries later, the early ocean going ves

    Jan 1, 1984

  • CIM
    Physical Properties and Technical Applications of Asbestos Minerals

    By M. S. Badollet

    "The study of the physical properties of asbestos minerals requires a careful isolation of the fiber from the wall rock and, at a later stage, a comparison of these physical properties with those of f

    Jan 1, 1969

  • CIM
    Teck Corona Operating Corporation, David Bell Mine, Concentrator Operating Highlights

    By K. Meyer

    "INTRODUCTIONThe David Bell Mine Concentrator started production in April 1985. A staff of twenty-seven people operate and maintain the concentrator. The crew is grouped into the following main areas.

    Jan 1, 1989

  • CIM
    Effects of blasting on damage and grindability of impacted rock

    By C. Pelley, S. Kelebek, G. Kunzel, S. Gregersen, M. Pollanen

    A series of small-scale tests was conducted to evaluate the effect of micro-fracture development, imposed by blasting, on the material properties of the rock as well as its resistance to crushing and

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Rock Mechanics Approach for the Recovery of the Zone G Crown Pillar at the Raglan Katinniq Mine

    By P. P. Andrieux

    The recovery of the Zone G crown pillar, located between the bottom of the open pit and the top of the underground workings at the Raglan Katinniq Mine in Nunavik, started in the summer of 2008 and sh

    May 1, 2009

  • CIM
    The Need to Innovate: Celebrate the Past....Look to the Future

    By Dominic Fragomeni

    "The mineral processing industry has had a long history of innovation that is recognized but not often celebrated. These include significant advances in mineral measurement, testing, comminution, min

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Giant's Milling Operation

    By H. E. Pawson

    Giant Yellowknife is located 600 air miles north of Edmonton on the north shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. In its 24 years of operation some 7,730,000 tons of ore have been trea

    Jan 1, 1973

  • CIM
    Case Studies on Circuit Design Using Flotation Columns

    By Glenn S. Dobby, Glenn A. Kosick

    "Column flotation circuit engineering has matured to a good level of understanding regarding testing, scale-up and design. Some of the factors important to the process of implementing columns are addr

    Jan 1, 1995

  • CIM
    Design, Implementation, and Commissioning of the Gibraltar Development Plan 3

    By S. A. H Tyrrell, R. Rotzinger

    "Taseko Mines Limited recommenced operation of the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine in 2004 and embarked on series of development projects to modernize the mine and increase throughput capacity. The G

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    The development of process mineralogy at Falconbridge Limited and application to the Raglan Mill

    By J. S. Stickling, P. J. Whittaker, N. O. Lotter

    "Assessment of opportunities to improve mineral processing performance in existing concentrators and in describing undeveloped orebodies is key to improving the business case of a mining company. This

    Jan 1, 2002

  • CIM
    The Past 70 Years of Flash Smelting

    By M. Lahtinen, P. Latostenmaa, I. Kojo, E. Peuraniemi, M. Lindgren, S. Jyrkönen, M. Jåfs

    The year 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of Flash Smelting. The technology was operated on industrial scale for the first time at the Outokumpu Harjavalta copper smelter in Finland in 1949. Since then

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Implementation of mining-induced seismic hazard maps at Creighton Mine for risk assessment of rockmass damage due to mining at depth

    By Pavel Vasak

    The Laurentian University Virtual Reality Laboratory (VRL) has provided a unique platform for the development and testing of novel seismic and microseismic data processing and visualization technology

    Oct 1, 2010

  • CIM
    Concentrator upgrade program at the Iron Ore Company of Canada, Carol Lake Concentrator: concentrator upgrade testing program; concentrator flowsheet development

    By Martin Nevens

    "In 1998, the Iron Ore Company of Canada initiated an aggressive program to improve the performance of its Carol Lake Concentrator located in Labrador City, Newfoundland. This program was termed the C

    Jan 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Evolution of the Teniente Converter- Caletones Smelter

    By C. Carrasco

    Caletones Smelter, Division El Teniente of Codelco Chile, has used Teniente Converter (TC) as the only smelting unit since November 2000. The modernization project considered the shutdown of the last

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Fugitive Dust in Surface Crushing Plants

    By G. V. Lewis

    "INTRODUCTORY REMARKS""I believe we need to communicate as much as possible with the industry. I don't think that we should be a body that just goes around doing dust surveys and writing nasty letters

    Jan 1, 1976

  • CIM
    A hydrometallorgical process for the extraction of copper

    By W. A. Ahrens, J. H. McNamara, J. G. Franek

    "An economical, pollution-free process has been developed for the hydrometallurgical extraction of copper from sulphide ores. The extracted copper, in the form of cuprous chloride (CuC/), is converted

    Jan 1, 1980

  • CIM
    Mineral Industry Image- Negative or Positive? With some Concrete Suggestions for our Two Societies

    By Roger V. Pierce

    "WITHOUT mineral wealth, modern man would not exist. True, man could survive on a stone-age basis with an average life expectancy of, say, 25 to 30 years -once he got past infancy.However, no metal wo

    Jan 1, 1967

  • CIM
    Magnetoflotation in Nickel Ore Processing

    By Peter Wells, Adrian Sabau, Turgut Yalcin

    "The nickel ores of Sudbury contain substantial amounts of the gangue mineral pyrrhotite (Fe7S&) which causes certain diflculties in the milling of these ores. This paper proposes a process called “ma

    Jan 1, 1999