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CIM MAGAZINE MARCH/APRIL | MARS/AVRIL 2014

cover story

ditch diesel?

Miners are learning to harness the energy that surrounds their sites by Pierrick Blin and Antoine Dion-Ortega

51 Built to break through

New requirements at mining operations are opening the door to mechanized tunnelling by Correy Baldwin

32 An electrifying idea

Electrical comminution promises lower power costs and more efficient liberation by Eavan Moore

special report

55 Saskatchewan

Miners have their eyes fixed on the long view as they develop the vast resources of the prairie province

75 2014 Preliminary CIM Expo! Guide

MINING 4 EVERYONE

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contenu francophone

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Editor’s letter President’s notes

tools of the trade 12

The best in new technology by Herb Mathisen and Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco

news 14

Industry at a glance

Canadian institute to assist foreign governments to develop responsible extractive sectors by Andrew Livingstone

Yukon Government faces court challenge over land use plan by Ainslie Cruickshank

Indonesia surprises the world by following through on ore export ban

Reducing railways’ liability not the right path to rail safety by Brendan Marshall

Mine backfill: a budgetary black hole or a savings opportunity? by Tony Grice

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abandonner le diesel?

Ken Major has gotten his hands dirty in nearly every area of mineral processing

travel 69

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

cim community 73

Les sociétés minières apprennent à exploiter l’énergie qui entoure leurs sites

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par Pierrick Blin et Antoine Dion-Ortega

Mot du président

Profil de projet

Pour son projet de mine de potasse Legacy dans le sud de la Saskatchewan, la société minière allemande K+S prévoit un potentiel à long terme

CIM news from Canada and beyond

mining lore

The miner’s best friend: A history of the pit pony in underground coal mines in the 19th and 20th centuries

par Eavan Moore

La communauté de l’ICM

Guide préliminaire de l’Expo! de l’ICM

by Alan Jones

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Innovation showcase | Product file

109

Professional Directory

by Ryan Montpellier

46 Pouvons-nous

by Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco

columns

Canada’s mining HR practices – a new export?

Tweaking stirred mill spins gold from historical tailings at New Dawn Mining

page couverture

by Ian Ewing

by Herb Mathisen

upfront

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Editor-in-chief Ryan Bergen, rbergen@cim.org Executive editor Angela Hamlyn, ahamlyn@cim.org Managing editor Andrea Nichiporuk, anichiporuk@cim.org

editor’s letter

Trends and timelines

y David Harquail’s count, in just the last dozen years, a series of short-term investment trends have arisen, had their moment, and then in two or three years declined, replaced by the next new idea. Generating free cash flow is currently en vogue, the Franco-Nevada CEO told a crowd gathered at the recent PDAC Convention in Toronto. Based on Harquail’s observed rate of investment trend turnover, another 20 or so will have been picked up and abandoned over the projected 55-year life of the Legacy potash mine, which we profile in our special report on Saskatchewan (p. 62). The $4.1-billion project represents just one long-term investment in the commodity by two new players – K+S Potash Canada and BHP Billiton – as well as established producers that have already been drawing potash from the Prairie Evaporite Formation for more than 50 years. Another example proving that long-term projects can be accomplished despite investor unpredictability and short-term thinking is Cameco Corporation’s Cigar Lake uranium mine. After decades in development, the mine began producing ore in mid-March and will add 18 million pounds to the company’s annual output once fully ramped up. For short-term investors putting money into mining companies, the value of the actual projects the miners have and the extent of their risks, Harquail explained, is often beside the point. To succeed, he advised that instead of compromising their projects for short-term gain, companies should try to find investors such as sovereign wealth funds and pension funds with long-term goals that want to “get rich slow.” Market forces have squeezed the fertilizer and uranium sectors, resulting in layoffs and stalled projects. Developers of potash and uranium, however, have the fundamentals on their side, and, if disciplined, should be very attractive to the kind of long-term investor that Harquail says is out there. We will just need the patience to wait to see.

Ryan Bergen, Editor-in-chief editor@cim.org @Ryan_CIM_Mag

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president’s notes | mot du président

Implementing innovation

Robert Schafer CIM President Président de l’ICM

Using a new smart phone app to manage the day’s demands at work is innovation implementation, just as drilling a new blasthole pattern while using ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (anfo) prills from a new supplier to get better yet cheaper rock fragmentation is. These are both relatively low-risk changes that will not have long-term negative operational and cost impacts and will not undo an operation or career if they fail. But what happens when a decision is made to install a high-cost, automated fleet that promises to dramatically lower the costs of excavation and bulk materials handling? Or what about a new mineral processing technology that has not been used commercially but is backed by tests hinting at enormous advantages of improved recoveries with less reagent, energy and water consumption? A risk analysis on implementation in either case suggests that if performance falls short of expectations, hundreds of millions of dollars may be lost and the mine schedule set back 18 months. Do the COO and mine manager steel themselves and choose these options over standard, successful operating practices? Only they can answer this question, but we should not stand back, wish them well and wait to see which leap to implement an innovation moves the industry forward and which punishes the leapers. There are other questions we would all profit from having the answers to: How and when have paradigm-shifting innovations been put into practice in a mining environment? What inspires decision-makers to take the risk to implement innovations? Where does innovation occur as incremental steps and where as sweeping changes? How are novel practices and technologies implemented and used at a new operation, and how are they at an old mine where a tired operating system needs revamping? Where are innovations in mining coming from today? Is corporate R&D making headway? Is university research, oftentimes sponsored by industry and government, a success story? What about R&D from equipment suppliers? What are the obstacles? We, as an industry, need to get accustomed to our uncomfortable position as risk takers. Our future depends on it.

La mise en œuvre de l’innovation Utiliser une nouvelle application pour téléphone intelligent pour gérer son horaire constitue une mise en œuvre de l’innovation, tout comme forer une nouvelle série de trous de mine en se servant des granules de nitrate d’ammonium-fioul (anfo) d’un nouveau fournisseur afin d’obtenir une fragmentation supérieure mais moins coûteuse. Il s’agit de deux changements au risque relativement faible qui n’auront aucun effet nuisible à long terme sur l’exploitation et les coûts et qui ne signifieront pas la fin d’une opération ni d’une carrière advenant leur échec. Mais qu’arrive-t-il quand on prend la décision d’installer à grands frais un parc automatisé avec la promesse d’une réduction considérable des coûts de l’excavation et du traitement des matériaux en vrac ? Ou qu’on adopte une nouvelle technologie de transformation du minerai qui n’a jamais été utilisée commercialement, mais qui est appuyée par des essais qui concluent que l’amélioration du rendement et la réduction de la consommation de réactifs, d’énergie et d’eau seront énormes ? Une analyse des risques de la mise en œuvre dans chacun de ces cas laisse croire qu’un rendement inférieur aux attentes pourrait signifier la perte de centaines de millions de dollars et un retard de 18 mois dans l’échéancier de la mine. Le chef de l’exploitation et le directeur de la mine doivent-ils prendre leur courage à deux mains et choisir ces options de préférence aux pratiques d’exploitation classiques et éprouvées ? Ils sont les seuls à pouvoir répondre à cette question, mais nous ne devrions pas nous croiser les bras, les regarder faire en leur souhaitant bonne chance et attendre de voir quelle décision innovatrice fera avancer l’industrie et laquelle retombera sur le nez des ambitieux. D’autres questions appellent des réponses qui profiteraient à tous : Comment et quand des innovations révolutionnaires ont-elles été mises en application dans un environnement minier ? Qu’est-ce qui motive les décideurs à prendre le risque de mettre en œuvre des innovations ? Où l’innovation se produit-elle petit à petit ou de façon absolue? Comment les pratiques et technologies novatrices sont-elles mises en œuvre et utilisées dans une nouvelle mine et dans une vieille mine, où un système d’exploitation usé a besoin d’être rajeuni ? D’où nous viennent les innovations dans l’industrie minière, de nos jours ? La recherche et le développement en entreprise fait-elle des progrès ? La recherche universitaire, souvent commanditée par l’industrie et le gouvernement, a-t-elle du succès ? Qu’en est-il de la recherche et du développement menés par les fournisseurs d’équipement? Quels sont les obstacles ? En tant qu’industrie, nous devons nous habituer à notre rôle inconfortable de preneurs de risques. Notre avenir en dépend. 10 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

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◢ People catch this machine’s eye Most obstacle-detection systems that use radar and ultrasonic technology are great at detecting objects and warning large-vehicle operators before potential accidents occur. “But they tend to sound the alarm very often,” says Marie Grandpierre, spokesperson for Francebased company Arcure. The reason is these technologies do not distinguish the human form from other objects. “[They] can’t tell the difference between a person and a tunnel wall, for example,” she says, adding the alarm can go off up to 20 times a day. “The biggest risk is that the operator can get used to the alarms and start ignoring them,” Grandpierre explains. “Or at the very least, the constant ringing can be annoying and disturb worker productivity.” Arcure has come up with an alternative: its Blaxtair system consists of a camera that transmits 3D images to a monitor in the vehicle cabin and to a hard drive. “If there’s a pedestrian between the wall and the vehicle, Blaxtair sets off both a sound alarm and a visual alarm in the monitor,” says Grandpierre. This alarm also warns both the operator and pedestrian. – A.L.-P.

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news appropriate in light of evolving conditions,” wrote David Barnabe, spokesperson of the ministry of finance. The department, however, would not comment on what criteria are used to determine whether to extend the credit. When asked at PDAC if he would consider making the credit permanent, Prime Minister Stephen Harper joked that he would “never prejudge the actions” of Minister Flaherty.

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The man is the message

– Herb Mathisen

Midway Gold on its way to production Prime Minister Stephen Harper made history at PDAC in early March. While he did not make any policy announcements or reveal any new initiatives for the mining industry, he did make an appearance, which was the first time a sitting prime minister has spoken at the annual event. And his presence certainly generated a buzz. A media throng squished into the question and answer session, hosted by PDAC’s new president Rod Thomas, while PDAC attendees crowded around televisions broadcasting the event.

Taseko vows to keep New Prosperity fires burning After the New Prosperity project was handed a second rejection from the federal government, Taseko Mines brass announced they would continue their legal fight with Ottawa over the validity of evidence submitted by Natural Resources Canada that resulted in the government’s decision. “All of this will roll out in front of a court some day,” said Brain Battison, Taseko’s vice-president of corporate affairs. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, speaking at PDAC in March, called the environmental assessment “extremely negative,” and added that unresolved land claims issues with First Nations in the area contributed to the decision. But Harper also sought to reassure miners that his government is an ally of the industry in general, noting that Taseko is welcome to apply for environmental permitting on its B.C. gold-copper project for a third time with revised plans. In the meantime, Taseko CEO Russ Hallbauer stated in a release that the company will “look at other opportunities to increase shareholder value.” Analysts have speculated over what properties the Vancouver-based company could consider acquiring. Jackie Przybylowski, an analyst at Desjardins 14 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

Securities, pointed to Curis Resources, another HDI company, while Christopher Chang, a Laurentian Bank analyst, said he believes Yellowhead Mining would be another fitting candidate. – Peter Braul

Flaherty keeps exploration tax credit First introduced by the Liberals as a five-year initiative in 2000, the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (METC) has been extended for one year in each of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budgets, dating back to 2006. In February, he once again included the 15 per cent credit, which flow-through-shareholders can claim for specific exploration work performed by junior mining companies. The government estimates the credit has helped juniors raise $5 billion since 2006. In comparison, the lost government revenue as a result of the credit is expected to be roughly $45 million this year. While the government continues to tout METC’s benefits, it has shied away from instituting it as a permanent measure, despite extending it during both commodity booms and market dips. “The temporary nature of the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit allows the government to periodically review the measure and ensure that it remains

Midway Gold Corporation began building its Pan gold project in January and, with construction expected to take six to nine months, the company is optimistic it could start production at the Nevada mine in the fourth quarter this year. The open pit, heap leach mine has an expected life of roughly nine years with Proven and Probable Reserves of 48.3 million tonnes, grading 0.56 grams per tonne and a targeted average annual production of 81,000 ounces. “We’ve got a power line and a road that needs to be widened that’s already pioneered to the site,” said Jaime Wells, investor relations analyst at Midway. All that is left to build are minor facilities and the adsorption/desorption and refining (ADR) plant. Wells said he is optimistic about the profitability of the Pan project given the recent improvement in gold prices: “With the upswing, Midway has responded well and we hope to see that into 2014.” Based on a November 2011 feasibility study, the internal rate of return at a gold price of $1,200 per ounce is 32 per cent. At press time, gold was hovering around $1,340 per ounce. Even if gold prices level off, there are opportunities to extend the project. “We deliberately stopped our drilling at a million ounces at Pan just so we weren’t drilling out of equity dollars,” said Wells, “but we have enough evidence internally that we are optimistic that it could double, and we actually permitted for twice the amount of mine life.” Midway has also done some drilling in between the

industry at a glance two planned pits, showing there is potential for further expansion. – Tom DiNardo

New group aims to attract women to mining in northern Ontario A new not-for-profit organization in northern Ontario hopes the efforts of its membership can fill a pending shortage of mining workers with an under-represented segment of the population. Women in Mining Northern Ontario (WIMNO) held its inaugural meeting in January, and it aims to address the lack of women in the industry, said president Charmaine Gazdic. Women currently make up 16 per cent of the mining workforce, according to the 2013 Labour Market Forecast Report by the Mining Industry Human Resource Council (MiHR). With pending shortages forecast for the industry in the next decade, Gazdic said, “to fill the shortage, we are looking to women in the sector as well as aboriginals.” Northern Ontario is an important place to pursue this work because of its large mining community, she explained. WIMNO plans to promote the industry’s existing opportunities to students and young professionals in the region through networking events, personal and professional development, and leadership conferences. In June, the organization will host a networking event at MacLean Engineering, and in September it will launch its student chapter at Laurentian University. – T.D.

Junior sector ever optimistic as summer approaches Whether based in reality or not, explorers and the contractors that support their industry voiced enthusiasm and optimism at AME BC’s Roundup conference at the end of January. Though the exploration sector is in turmoil, more than 6,500 attendees from 37 countries found the necessary cash to attend the conference in Vancouver this year. For most, the annual event was a chance to network and talk rocks, not to

worry about funding. “We control what for recent shortcomings. “There is an we control,” said Adam Travis, CEO of enormous burden associated with just Colorado Resources, which has had maintaining your listing on public recent success drilling out its North exchanges,” he said. “I’ve heard that it is ROK copper-gold property in northwest between $160,000 and $250,000 just to B.C. “We wouldn’t be in the business if maintain your listing on the Venture we weren’t eternal optimists. This year at Exchange. That’s not a lot of money Roundup and at the Cambridge (Vanwhen you’re raising millions, but it’s a couver Resource Investment) show, I see whole heck of a lot of money when people have got a renewed enthusiasm.” you’re diluting your shares by 30 per Mike Ball, commercial sales director cent to go raise $30,000. That’s very at Weatherhaven, whose company supproblematic.” plies portable shelters, camps and sysThe positive momentum continued tems for remote sites, said exploration through to March, as the annual PDAC suppliers all suffered to varying degrees Convention did not experience a notable during the recent lull. “If you’re going to drop-off in attendance, bringing in the service this market, you had better have fourth biggest audience in its history. – P.B. at least one foot on another saddle,” Ball explained, adding Weatherhaven is also a defence contractor and so not comCliffs closes Wabush mine, pletely exposed to the junior mining future uncertain down-cycle. In February, Cleveland-based Cliffs But drillers have fewer options. “Just about every drill contractor has got Natural Resources shut down the capacity that’s not being used,” said Wabush iron ore mine in NewfoundGeoff Newton, senior project geologist at Kaminak Gold. His company has more money than most, with $10 million in working capital to continue exploration this year. “There are very few people who couldn’t get a rig going pretty quickly,” he Underground Mining and added. Tunnelling Equipment Worldwide Dips in metal prices are only With over 40 years of experience manufacturing one reason why and servicing underground equipment for mining many juniors are and tunnelling projects worldwide, DUX offers not appearing outstanding reliability so you can maximize attractive to productivity at the lowest cost per ton. Contact investors. Even DUX for field-proven underground haulage, utility though, Ball said, and scaling solutions for your toughest jobs. commodity prices “are an order of DUX MACHINERY CORPORATION 615 Lavoisier, Repentigny, Quebec magnitude Canada J6A 7N2 higher” than they +1 (450) 581-8341 were 10 years ago, www.duxmachinery.com he points a finger at regulatory costs March/April 2014 | 15

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land. “Our assessment has determined that the current cost structure and capital requirements at Wabush Scully are not sustainable,” said director of global communications Patricia Persico, adding the mine’s future is uncertain. “The company is considering all options including a sale of the operation.” The Wabush iron ore mine was Cliffs’s highest cost operation and it was running at a loss. During the fourth quarter of 2013, cash costs were US$143 per ton. Other factors that led to the idling of the mine included an inability to meet targeted operational performance while costs continued to rise, along with declining sales margins. Efforts to improve productivity last year, including a $66-million investment, of which $40 million was devoted to mobile equipment, did not pan out. The cuts may not stop at Wabush. Cliffs announced in February it would be reducing expansion and capital spending at its Bloom Lake mine

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news urgency in that the status quo [at Bloom Lake] is not acceptable and a change is necessary. The first step is to cut all growth and expansion capital, which we’ve done. The next step is to explore our options, which we are doing.” – T.D

Transmission line energizes Kami project

The trucks and shovels have stopped at the Wabush mine, after Cliffs shut down the high-cost iron ore operation in February.

because of the outlook for iron ore prices. For now, Persico said Bloom Lake is in operation but that could change if pricing significantly decreased for an extended period of time. “For example, if Platts pricing remains below US$100/ton for a prolonged period of time,” she said. “We have a sense of

The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced in February that it will construct a transmission line from Churchill Falls to Labrador West, marking a significant step forward for Alderon Iron Ore’s Kami project in the Labrador Trough. The line will provide the necessary power for construction and production at the company’s flagship project. “It’s an enabler for operations and it’s also important from the perspective of us securing the financing for our project because it’s a known fact that it’s a system that is lacking transmission capacity,” said Tayfun Eldem,

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Alderon’s president and CEO. Alderon has been pushing for the current grid in the region to be upgraded since September 2011. Alderon is required to pay $65 million for its share of the usage on the new transmission line. The company announced in late February that it secured a $22-million loan from Liberty Metals & Mining to cover the first security deposit. Liberty Metals & Mining holds a 14.5 per cent stake in Alderon. Depending on the need for the next work phase, Alderon may use its own funds or borrow money from Liberty again to pay for the remainder of its access, according to Tayfun. “The next step for the Kami project is completing our funding so that we can start construction,” said Eldem. “The project has received sanction from the regulators and we’re busy acquiring all the construction-specific permits, but we will not start construction until the full funding is in place.” Construction could begin as early as this summer and would take about – T.D. two years to complete.

No one was hurt after a fire stranded 54 miners underground overnight at Agrium’s Vanscoy potash mine in February.

Miners find safety while stranded in potash operation A fire broke out in the north block of Agrium Vanscoy’s potash mine in Saskatchewan, trapping 54 miners underground overnight on February 14. The fire forced the miners to clear the north block and seek safety in emergency shelters underground to avoid smoke. An emergency response team headed into the mine and put out the fire that broke out around 9:45 p.m. The mine was ventilated to clear the smoke, and miners were released from underground shelters when it was deemed safe. Production was temporarily affected by the incident, as underground operations were shut down from the start of the fire Friday evening until Sunday night. General manager Mike Dirham said the fire started on a scoop tram and spread when the vehicle’s fire suppression system failed to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Dirham said Agrium is working with provincial authorities and forensics experts to determine what happened and to prevent similar events in the future. – T.D. March/April 2014 | 17

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Sharing our experiences Canadian institute to assist foreign governments in developing responsible mining sectors by Andrew Livingstone By as early as April, a new Canadian institute will begin delivering programs to help local, regional and national governments in developing countries to convert their mineral resource potential into sustainable industries that provide long-term benefits to their citizens. The Canadian International Institute for Extractive Industries and Development, a partnership between the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and École Polytechnique de Montreal, was awarded $25 million by the federal government in November 2012 to develop and deliver programs that help foreign governments improve resource development policies. This is in addi-

tion to $15 million of in-kind funding from the three universities. The institute’s members have been busy ever since, communicating with foreign governments and putting together programs that fit their needs. Professors will travel to host countries to deliver the majority of the programs that will focus on applied research, community engagement, education and natural resource governance. Funding runs out in 2018, and the goal is to have the institute running self-sufficiently by then through partnerships with governments, non-governmental organizations and mining companies. The federal government sees Canada’s experience and reputation in the extractive sector as an opportu-

nity to help foreign governments improve “revenue and wealth distribution among all individuals so everyone can reap the rewards,” said Christian Paradis, international development minister. Weak capacity in taxation, inspection and regulation, contract negotiation, and revenue collection and distribution are problems the government has identified in developing countries. “[These are barriers] to ensuring that developing countries make the most of the developmental and economic results of extractive operations in their countries for the benefit of their people,” said Nicolas Doire, a spokesperson with the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.

ASSOCIATE / FULL PROFESSOR – Mining-related disciplines (Tenure Stream) The University of Toronto’s Department of Civil Engineering invites applications for one tenure-stream appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The successful candidate will be appointed to the prestigious Claudette MacKayLassonde chair in Mineral Engineering and be expected to take an active role in the Lassonde Institute of Mining. The Endowed Chair appointment is for a five-year term with the possibility of renewal following a favourable review. The successful candidate will commence his/her duties on July 1, 2014 or shortly thereafter. The Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto is committed to excellence in teaching and interdisciplinary research. Candidates must have exceptional undergraduate and graduate teaching in disciplines related to mineral/ mining engineering and an international reputation for innovative research in any area related to the mineral/mining industries. The Lassonde Institute of Mining at the University of Toronto promotes and facilitates cross-disciplinary research

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related to challenges facing the mineral and energy sectors. The Lassonde Mineral Engineering Program crosses traditional university disciplines to provide a diversified undergraduate education in the areas of mining, mineral processing, geology, and other relevant topics in applied science and engineering. Graduates are highly sought by industry, consulting and research organizations. Candidates must hold a Ph.D., have or be eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, and must have demonstrated leadership, administrative capabilities, communication skills and a strong vision to develop the potential synergies that are available at the University of Toronto. Evidence of excellence in teaching and research is required. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All qualified candidates are invited to apply online at http://www.jobs.utoronto. ca/faculty.htm to Requisition ID: 1400112. Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy), and

a statement outlining current and future research interests. If you have questions about this position, please contact chair. civil@utoronto.ca. All application materials should be submitted online. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. We recommend combining attached documents into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. Applicants should also ask at least three referees to send letters directly to the department via e-mail to chair.civil@ utoronto.ca. The closing date for receipt of applications is April 30, 2014 or until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed when they are received. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community. The University especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and other who may contribute to further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

“A lot of the conflicts take place at the community level.” – Bern Klein, executive director of the Canadian International Institute of Extractive Industries and Development

“We recognize that Canadian companies want to see good government in countries where they are working, and it reduces their risk when they’re working in other countries,” said Bern Klein, the institute’s executive director. He explained there are countries that have significant resource potential, “but they don’t have the experience or systems in place to best benefit from the development of these resources.” He added some companies currently advise governments on aspects of resource development and policy: “It’s a bit of a conflict of interest and our institute serves as a third-party group that can help support the government.” Klein said one of the major barriers of resource development in developing countries is a lack of knowledge about mining locally. “A lot of the conflicts take place at the community level,” he said, adding this is an area where the institute hopes to help. When organized community governments can effectively communicate what the issues and opportunities are with a specific project, they can make more informed decisions, he explained. Members of the institute are currently in the process of developing programs that concentrate on Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Much of the institute’s initial outreach has been with Latin American countries, specifically Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. Klein said the institute is looking to partner with local universities. Discussions about programming in Latin America have so far included integrated resource management and local governance; however, nothing has been decided at this point. Artisanal mining is a big focus area for the institute, said Klein, as it plays a significant part of the mining sector in developing countries, specifically in Africa. Worldwide, there are more than 15 million artisanal miners and the numbers are climbing, he said. However, the use of mercury is prevalent and causing major health and environmental issues. “We’re trying to move the practice away from the use of mercury to other methods to help them recover gold, but at the same time help them do it in a safer manner that is less harmful to the environment,” pointed out Klein. “They want to know how to get more gold and they want to know technologies that will improve their livelihoods, and our hope is to give that to them.” CIM

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What to do with the Peel Watershed? After a decade of planning, the Yukon government faces opposition, court challenge over controversial land use plan

Marten Berkman

by Ainslie Cruickshank

In January, the Yukon government released its land use plan for the Peel Watershed region, which includes the Hart River (above). The plan was panned by local First Nations, environmentalists and the mining industry.

The Yukon government has released its long-awaited Peel Watershed land use plan, and no one is happy. Not the local First Nations and environmental groups that filed a lawsuit against the government. Not the residents who protested the announcement in seven Yukon and Northwest Territories communities. And not even the mining industry, including Vancouver-based Tarsis Resources, which wants the plan adjusted so its Goz Creek zinc project does not fall within protected area. Despite this, the government plans to move forward with its decision, opening up more land to development than was recommended by a planning committee. That is, unless the courts stop them. The Peel Watershed region encompasses 67,430 square kilometres of relatively untouched wilderness in northeastern Yukon. Under the government’s plan, the area is split into 16 land management units that fall under three land use categories: protected areas, restricted use wilderness areas and integrated management areas. A temporary staking ban, in place since February 2010, was lifted for 71 per 20 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

cent of the Peel region following the January announcement. No new staking is allowed in the protected areas that cover 29 per cent of the region. But the plan does respect all existing claims, as long as they are kept in good standing. Those claims can be developed, although any work will be subject to higher environmental stan-

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dards. Road access for advanced exploration and development work on existing claims is also possible in protected areas, to the chagrin of the environmental lobby. The restricted use wilderness areas, a new land use designation in the territory, encompass 44 per cent of the region. New mineral staking, exploration and development are permitted, but limited. Oil and gas exploration and development, on the other hand, is prohibited. The government’s plan limits development in these zones by restricting industrial work to 0.2 per cent of each land management unit falling under this category. It will also manage activity by developing timing windows that could, for instance, create no fly zones over sheep habitat during the spring lambing season. The integrated management areas make up the remaining 27 per cent of the region. This is where the majority of development is intended to occur. Samson Hartland, Yukon Chamber of Mines executive director, has expressed misgivings about the land • 67,430 square kilometres (Larger in area than Nova Scotia) • More than 10,000 claims had been staked in the region before the government imposed a moratorium in February 2010. • No claims have been staked there since the plan was announced and the staking ban was lifted (as of March 6). • No mineral development has occurred in the Peel, although two of its 13 known deposits – the Crest iron deposit and the Bonnet Plume coal deposit – hold significant economic potential, according to the government. The region also contains gold, copper, uranium, and zinc potential and hosts four petroleum basins.

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use plan, arguing it initiates a very high level of protection in the territory. Including the new protected areas in the Peel Watershed, 17 per cent of Yukon would be withdrawn from new staking. But if the lawsuit challenging the government’s plan is successful, much more land will be withdrawn. The First Nation of Na-cho Nyak Dun, the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in, the Yukon Conservation Society, and the Yukon chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society filed a statement of claim asking the Supreme Court of Yukon to overturn the government’s plan. They want the Peel planning commission’s final recommended plan implemented instead. The commis-

sion was formed in 2004 to develop a land use plan for the near-pristine watershed following the process outlined in the Umbrella Final Agreement, which forms the basis of Yukon First Nation self-government. The commission’s plan recommended 80 per cent of the Peel be protected from new staking and allow for development in 20 per cent. While the final recommended plan would also respect existing claims, it would not allow for road development in protected areas to access those claims. Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in chief Eddie Taylor has highlighted the strong relationship between his First Nation and the mining industry, but explained that it does not extend to the Peel: “We do not want to see min-

ing in the Peel watershed. To us that land and water is sacred and should be preserved for generations.” The plaintiffs, represented by wellknown aboriginal rights and environmental lawyer Thomas Berger, argue the government acted outside of the Umbrella Final Agreement’s defined land use planning process and violated the spirit of First Nations’ self-government agreements in the territory. Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski maintains the government has met its obligations under the agreement. “What we’ve heard so far is that the environmentalists are not happy with our land use plan. But we’ve also heard so far that at the other end of the spectrum the mining industry is not happy with our

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plan either,” he said. “I think what that speaks to is what we were trying to achieve and that is a balance; a balance that will protect the environment and also have the opportunity to protect all sectors of the economy.”

The government could be facing legal action from miners as well. Marc Blythe, president and CEO of Tarsis Resources, a junior resource company based in Vancouver, has requested the government adjust the Peel plan so its 90 claims at

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Goz Creek do not fall within protected area. He argues that regardless of whether the plan allows for the development of existing claims in protected areas, the government has essentially expropriated the company’s claims. “Trying to put some sort of access through a restricted area is going to be very, very difficult to permit,” he said. If the government does not adjust the plan, Blythe said Tarsis will seek compensation. The Goz Creek claims include a high-grade zinc deposit with a historical resource of 650 million pounds. Blythe noted that more than $3 million has been spent exploring the claims since they were staked four decades ago. Out of respect for the planning process, the company stopped work on Goz Creek in 2008. Despite the controversy, Brandon Macdonald, a Vancouver-based mining and exploration consultant, who has done extensive field work in Yukon, does not expect to see much new staking in the Peel region nor any “meaningful exploration and development” for the time being. He contends there would have been lawsuits even if the government had implemented the final recommended plan. But any uncertainty, like that created by the First Nations’ challenge, will cause industry to pause before investing in the region, “especially now at a time when investment in mining exploration and development is already low,” said MacDonald. “The sentiment I've gauged is that industry is substantially more nervous about Yukon as a whole even though the Peel decision affects only a limited area. The First Nations disputes definitely do not help either, although I generally feel Yukon is ahead of the game in that respect compared to most parts of Canada.” “The Peel Watershed was already a remote and challenging place to work and any restrictions on work there beyond the norm for the territory, or globally, were going to make it less appealing; the Yukon government plan is no exception,” added Macdonald. CIM

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Ban-demonium in Indonesia Government surprises the world by following through on ore export ban

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by Herb Mathisen

Indonesia's ore export ban has caused Newmont, operator of the Batu Hijau copper mine (above), and other local operators concern, and has sent ripples across the global nickel market.

One of Southeast Asia’s biggest mining nations is serious about wringing more value out of its mineral resources, and miners are scrambling to react. It was a long time coming, but on January 12 Indonesia’s mineral export ban came into effect, essentially blocking outgoing shipments of most unprocessed ores. The restrictions were spelled out in the government’s 2009 mining law and adopted in an effort to promote local refining, processing and smelting. But in the five years leading up to the ban, few expected the government to hold firm on its commitment, and plants were not built. “Everyone knew that it was coming in five years, just nobody believed it, to be honest,” said Jessica Fung, commodities analyst with BMO Capital Markets. “It’s unbelievable how, up until the last day, there were still a lot of skeptics out there, us included.” Due in part to the inaction, the government has provided some flexibility 24 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

with certain exports. For iron ore, lead, zinc, manganese, titanium and ilmenite below a specific purity level, a 20 per cent export tax will be slapped onto shipments. (For copper concentrates, that tax is 25 per cent.) This increases

of gold per month as it coordinates shipments to accommodate the country’s lone copper smelter, and awaits clarifications on whether the ban violates a contract it signed with the Indonesian government. Newmont, meanwhile, has reduced guidance at its Batu Hijau copper mine in reaction to the ban. In SEC filings, the company indicated it is currently in talks with the government to see if the new rules contravene its work contract. The company admits in its annual 10K report that if the Indonesian government decides the ban overrides its contract, it “could result in a failure to obtain an export permit and potential impacts to operating plans at Batu Hijau.” The ban certainly hurts operators working in Indonesia, but depending on how firmly it is enforced – and for how long – it could also have repercussions around the world. For instance, nickel producers and project promoters have cause to be excited, even if the price hardly budged after the ban was enforced, rising slowly in February from roughly $6.21 to $6.60 per pound.

“Everyone knew that it was coming in five years, just nobody believed it, to be honest… It’s unbelievable how, up until the last day, there were still a lot of skeptics out there, us included.” – Jessica Fung, commodities analyst with BMO Capital Markets

to 60 per cent by July 2016, until 2017, when a total ban takes effect for those unprocessed ores. Nickel, coal, gold and silver ore, however, were excluded from this exemption. Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan, owner of the massive Grasberg mine, will delay exports of 40 million pounds of copper and 80,000 ounces

“You take out 20 per cent of global mine supply and the price does absolutely bloody nothing,” said Andrew Mitchell, principal nickel analyst with Wood Mackenzie, during a presentation at PDAC in Toronto in early March. What accounts for this muted reaction, he explained, is that Indonesia has supplied demand for the

majority of China’s nickel pig iron production growth in recent years and, in advance of the ban, China has been stockpiling unprocessed nickel. For instance, China imported 6,120,110 tonnes of nickel ore from Indonesia in January 2014 (an increase of 54 per cent year-on-year) of its total monthly import of 7,269,431 tonnes, according to numbers released by the General Administration of China Customs. But as China’s reported stockpile of 20 million wet metric tonnes dwindles, and assuming the ban stays in place, Mitchell said he expected the nickel price to begin rising in late-2014. And while he said he believed China would make significant investments to build nickel plants in Indonesia, he foresees nickel moving to $11.20 per pound in the long term, based on an incentive price to develop new projects to satisfy demand. One such project is Royal Nickel’s Dumont, which interim CEO Mark Selby shopped to potential equity and offtake partners during a recent trip to Asia. Located in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Dumont could be the fifth largest nickel sulphide mine in the world, and the company hopes it will be fully permitted by end-2014. In late February, Selby said Japanese plants were already feeling the pinch from the ban. “There are three ferro-nickel plants in Japan and 45 per cent of the feed for those plants comes from Indonesia, and they’re now living out what the ban means in a big bad way,” he said. “They are trying to find ore for their plants.” One place Japanese and Chinese plants could look is the Philippines, but both Mitchell and Selby have said they think the country could likely only provide for 10 to 20 per cent of Chinese demand. “It doesn’t have the grades that Indonesia has,” said Mitchell. “There is no one that can replace Indonesia.” BMO’s Fung said there are still events that could affect the ban including the country’s July elections: “In many ways, I think the reason for the prolonging of their view on this and maintaining this ban is because there are elections coming up and they want to show that they can generate longer-term value for their people and employment. It will hurt in the short term.” But Selby suggested the ban is already beginning to have its intended effect. Royal Nickel’s Chinese partner, Tsingshan, is currently building a 300,000-ton-per-year smelter in Indonesia. “It will be the first decent scale plant to start up” when it opens in early 2015, he said, adding Tsingshan is putting financing together to build a second plant. “If (Indonesian authorities) change their mind at this point, those things would grind to a halt,” he said. CIM

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Canada’s mining HR practices – a new export? BY RYAN MONTPELLIER

s three-quarters of the world’s mining companies are headquartered in Canada, the spotlight on their international practices cannot be avoided, and the demand to uphold domestic standards abroad is growing. An increasing focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR) is leading to further collaboration and partnerships between the mining industry and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide, and is demonstrating the positive impact that mining can have around the globe. Canadian and foreign mining companies and organizations can build on the innovative work and HR best practices that are in place in Canada to help manage the risks of operating in complex and challenging environments globally. For employers looking to improve their HR practices abroad, our most recent consultations in Colombia have shown that the basis for any strategy must be one of collaboration between industry, training organizations, international developmental organizations, and governments. Mining has been declared one of the five engines of economic growth for Colombia, and both the Colombian and Canadian governments recognize the challenges of recruiting and developing a workforce with the technical skills to support commercial mining activity. Furthermore, up until now, Colombia’s gold mining sector has been small scale, with large numbers of artisanal miners who require additional training related to safety, essential skills and environmental practices. When looking to develop programs that would produce longterm solutions to these skills development issues, Colombians view Canadian experience and practices in engaging local Aboriginal Peoples as a starting point, due to the years of accumulated knowledge, experience and programs already developed. Over the last five years in Canada, we have seen a growing commitment to training, standardization and certification that has spurred the creation of national skills development and recognition programs like Mining Essentials: A Work Readiness Training Program for Aboriginal Peoples. In developing Mining Essentials, MiHR, in partnership with the Assembly of First Nations, has amassed significant experience and expertise in crafting strategies and partnerships between industry, aboriginal groups and educators. The Mining Essentials training program can provide a template for countries like Colombia that wish to engage with and transition traditional communities and artisanal mining workers to industrial mining activities. When embarking on the design of a new program, in Canada or abroad, a thorough needs assessment with local training organizations, employers, international developmental organizations, government and the communities forms the building blocks of the strategy and identifies further opportunities. This ensures programs, when developed, are culturally centred, rich with industry-relevant content, and provide the essential skills, 26 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

attitudes and work readiness needed for meaningful employment opportunities in the mining sector. Although this might sound simple, it is important to remember that this is not a one-size-fits-all solution. In Canada, we quickly recognized that our Mining Essentials program needed alternative Métis and Inuit activity options to meet the cultural complexities of different aboriginal populations. The curriculum also had to be customized for the requirements of the local mine site and to meet any regional regulations. It is essential to go beyond the basics and consider the impact on family welfare and how the training program could help a community become more stable and better provide for their families in the future. A company must decide what the legacy of its operation will be. Companies committed to continuing the development of their employees also have solid Canadian standards as a starting point. Currently there are four National Occupational Standards for the mining sector: Underground Miner, Minerals Processing Operator, Surface Miner and Diamond Driller. These standards can be used by companies and training organizations as the basis to develop occupation-specific training programs that meet or exceed the needs of industry. In Canada, these standards are the basis for worker certification. This concept would provide employers abroad with a way of recognizing and verifying the skills and experience of a new worker. By capturing the skills, training and experience of a worker through certification, all employers can capitalize on the investment made by the country and industry, and later assist with issues like recruitment, training, mobility and foreign credential recognition. To date, MiHR has been asked for its guidance in emerging markets like Chile, Senegal, Tanzania, and Colombia. In both Chile and Africa, MiHR hosted a series of workshops and information sessions with local governments, public training institutions and mining companies to help them identify their labour market needs and guide them in the development of skills and workforce development solutions to meet the demand of new projects. Introducing Canadian-made best practices, innovative HR strategies and programs can only serve to strengthen Canada’s reputation as a leader and strengthen our competitiveness internationally. For more information on MiHR’s programs and our work abroad, please contact the Council. CIM

Ryan Montpellier is the executive director of MiHR. He is a recognized expert and sought-after speaker on HR issues impacting the Canadian mining sector today.

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Reducing railways’ liability not the right path to rail safety BY BRENDAN MARSHALL

ith Canadians still reeling from the devastating tragedy in Lac-Mégantic last summer, the federal government is contemplating improvements to the transportation of dangerous goods by rail. As possible solutions are being studied, and consultations are ongoing, one option could see liability transferred from rail companies to the shippers, and this could actually result in a reduction of rail safety. Following the Lac-Mégantic disaster last July, the federal government highlighted the issue of rail safety in its October 2013 throne speech, stating that railway companies must be able to bear the cost of their actions. MM&A, the company whose train derailed in Lac-Mégantic, was grossly underinsured to pay for the damages resulting from the explosion that killed 47 people and razed the centre of the southern Quebec town. That MM&A is now insolvent creates uncertainty as to who will pay for the damages, potentially leaving it to the government to compensate individuals and businesses affected by the disaster. As a result, the government has indicated it will require both shippers and railways to carry additional insurance to ensure they are held accountable should accidents occur in the future. Although it remains uncertain as to the exact approach being considered, there has been much chatter of a “sharedliability” regime between shippers and railways. While the mining industry respects the federal government’s responsibility to protect taxpayers’ dollars, it is critical that any shared liability policy changes being contemplated not unintentionally reduce the safety of rail operations, inadvertently placing citizens’ lives at greater risk. The mining industry recognizes it has an important role to play in ensuring the accurate classification and stewardship of its products. Rail cars are in a miner’s custody during product loading, and mining companies have the responsibility to inspect the cars and make sure that mineral products are securely loaded. Once rail cars leave their custody, responsibility for the safety and security of the transportation of freight belongs to the company contracted and entrusted for safe shipment. After all, transportation companies are the experts in the movement of freight including the safety, security and reliability of their equipment and physical and nonphysical infrastructures. Reducing liability for the railways may present a moral hazard – a situation whereby a party is likely to take greater risks because the costs that could result from an accident would not be sufficiently steep to dissuade them from doing

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so. Mitigating a railway’s liability, even if transferred onto another party, has the potential to reduce rail safety. Similar conclusions were found in a 2010 review of liability issues conducted by the Surface Transportation Board of the United States. In reviewing precedent on liability issues, the board determined that “a rail carrier cannot be indemnified for its own gross negligence, recklessness, willful or wanton misconduct, as that would be contrary to public policy in encouraging safe rail operations.” Another challenge is the impracticality of having shippers participate in liability sharing with railroads to a degree not commensurate with their level of accountability for the movement of their goods. Once the goods are on the train, and the train has departed a shipper’s operation, the railway operator has care, custody and control of the train and the product. An underwriter will likely be unwilling to offer greater levels of coverage to a shipper because the shipper has limited influence over what happens in transit and so cannot manage the risk. Railways are responsible for the safe transport of goods when the cars are in their custody, and liability insurance serves as an incentive to ensure maximum precautions are undertaken to prevent accidents. And the incentive is working. Transportation Safety Board of Canada Statistics indicate that 1,011 rail accidents were reported in 2012, down 10 per cent from the 2007–11 average of 1,128. In 2012, 118 accidents involving dangerous goods were reported, down from the five-year average of 147. According to the Railway Association of Canada, millions of carloads of dangerous goods move by rail every year and more than 99.9 per cent of them are delivered without incident. While there is always room to improve safety, the current system motivates railways to safety, and this motivation should not be underestimated. While the government does have the duty to act as stewards of taxpayers’ dollars, it is also responsible for ensuring the safety and security of Canadians. Any changes being considered to the current rail liability framework must unequivocally put the safety and security of Canadians first. CIM

Brendan Marshall is director of economic affairs at MAC. He works to advance the mining industry’s interests and understanding of key economic issues such as taxation, transportation, innovation, international trade and investment, and energy and climate change.

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Mine backfill: a budgetary black hole or a savings opportunity? BY TONY GRICE

ine backfill is used on many underground mines and, although it can consume a big share of the operating budget, it is still a rarity to find a single person directly responsible for the process. As commodity prices ease off from the recent boom, costs and productivity are receiving laser-like attention. Backfill, which can account for up to 30 per cent of a mineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operating expenses, warrants management focus. Backfill is typically made from waste rock or dewatered tailings residues, and is often mixed with cement to achieve moderate strengths. It is then delivered to stopes either by truck, by pumping and/or gravity, or as dense slurry or paste through boreholes and pipelines. It fills open stope voids, maintaining stability of the adjacent working areas and reducing risk of local or regional ground failure. When cementitious binders are added, the blasting of adjacent pillars enables higher recovery of ore reserves by exposing the cured fill. Backfill offers many environmental benefits too. Paste backfill â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or tailings dewatered to a yoghurt or toothpaste-like consistency â&#x20AC;&#x201C; can enable up to 50 per cent of the total tailings produced by an underground mine to be placed back underground. In some mines, acid-generating waste can be encapsulated in the backfill, sealing it into virtually impermeable cells. These activities reduce the environmental footprint of the mine and assist with final site rehabilitation. The design, operation and management of backfill systems require a number of technical disciplines that often involve several management teams on a mine site. The processing department on surface is generally in charge of production and delivery of the backfill, and is responsible for the quality, operating costs and process monitoring. The underground geotechnical department specifies the strength of the fill, the cement dosing and the fill recipes. It also reviews the quality control (QC) data and analyzes fill performance to improve the fill recipes. The mine planning department develops the schedules and specifies where and how much fill is placed. This convoluted process presents problems, though. The processing department carries all the production costs, but the geotechnical department is responsible for the cement dosing rates, and the mine planning and operating departments plan and place the fill. The net result tends to be a lack of focus on meeting the mining requirements and maximizing quality, which in turn produces excessive costs and low productivity. To improve productivity and reduce costs in the backfill system, operations should assign one person to have overall responsibility. Most commonly, this is a superintendent level employee who is directly responsible for all underground backfill activities.

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Where management roles are split on a mine site by surface and underground, that person would also have a leadership role for assisting the other managers. The role is a coordinating function between processing, mine planning and operations, and geomechanics. Backfill is a technically complex system, and an engineer is required either directly or as support for this role. Operations should also initiate a backfill system audit. The key performance indicators (KPIs) are both the quantity and quality of the fill placed underground. Ideally this should be a review of the current backfill system against the backfill management plan. However, many mines do not have such a document and the audit then serves to provide a systematic review that will initiate this plan. The audit should start with a review of mining needs and work back through the system via placement, delivery and processing to the supply of the backfill components. Invariably, the backfill needs of the mine will have changed since the original design and commissioning of the backfill system. Increases in production rates, and changes in both mining area locations and mining methods will have occurred. An audit provides an opportunity to fine-tune each component to ensure that the backfill types and recipes are all relevant to the current operations. Productivity improvements can emerge when focus is placed on activities that will shorten stope fill cycle times. Longer fill runs, higher slurry density, reduced drainage and improved barricade construction will all contribute to faster stope turnaround. Installation or recommissioning of line pressure sensors and video links will permit operators to identify and avoid impending line blockages, and the long and costly delays that accompany them. Cost reductions can be found by addressing the fill quality and the components, particularly binders. Is the mine using the correct binder type or grade for your strength curing targets? When was the last review of the tailings or rock characteristics, and how do the QC test results compare with the design specifications? Have there been recent changes to recipes in response to either unexpected or excessive fill dilution that have increased binder or additive costs? At an efficient mining operation, the backfill costs will actively contribute to better underground safety, efficient ore recovery, fast stope cycle times and flexible production options. The improvements from the single point of responsibility and technical audit will pay for themselves many times over and will have continuing long-term benefits to the mine. CIM Tony Grice, global leader, backfill and a principal mining engineer with AMC Consultants, is a leading expert in mine backfill systems with more than 25 years of operating and consulting experience in the field. He is chairman of Mine Fill 2014, in Perth, Australia from May 19 to 22, 2014.

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An electrifying idea Electrical comminution promises lower power costs and more efficient liberation By Eavan Moore

Selfrag is testing electric pulse fragmentation, which the company says can vastly improve comminution efficiency.

Swiss company aims to send a jolt through the mineral processing sector. Selfrag AG has completed the pilotscale engineering for an ore pre-treatment system that could lower the power draw of comminution by double-digit percentages. Using electric pulse fragmentation to weaken ore before it enters the milling circuit can speed up the grinding process and improve liberation results, according to research conducted with the Julius Kruttschnitt Minerals Research Centre (JKMRC). In a study of Selfrag technology to be presented at the International Mineral Processing Congress in Santiago, Chile in October, a major gold producer, JKMRC and Selfrag used JKSimMet software to simulate modifications to an existing gold-copper circuit. Pre-weakening the ore fed to a SAG mill freed up spare capacity in the mill. Results suggested that by adding Selfrag’s technology, two pebble crushers and one ball mill could be removed from the circuit while maintaining the same overall throughput and yielding a five-kilowatt-hour-pertonne energy reduction.

Underwater lightning Although not yet commercialized for large-scale comminution in mining applications, the technology has existed for more than a decade. Selfrag’s product development is partly funded by sales of smaller, already commercialized versions used for ore testing, high-purity mineral crushing, and recycling. Both Selfrag and an Ontario-based company called CNT Mineral Consulting employ the same principle of electrical breakdown. “What we’re doing basically is creating underwater lightning,” says Klaas Peter van der Wielen, mineral processing engineer at Selfrag, “the big difference being that we do it under controlled circumstances into rocks rather than from the clouds to the Earth.” 32 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

Selfrag uses an electric pulse generator to blast between 90 kilovolts (kV) and 200 kV into rock immersed in water. Usually the water must be treated to minimize its conductivity, so that both the rock and the water are dielectric, meaning they are not conductive. But when that much electricity is pushed through a dielectric, it causes semi-permanent changes to the atomic structure of the material. This process, called electrical breakdown, occurs in rocks before it does in water under the right electrical conditions, so that the electrical energy is deposited selectively inside the rocks with the water acting as an insulator. “It literally rips electrons out of their shell, and this creates plasma, which is basically a cloud of free electrons,” explains van der Wielen. As with lightning, the plasma flow traces fractal patterns away from the initiation point to a ground electrode. The rapid heating that occurs in the plasma channels results in very high pressures, creating a shockwave that ultimately fragments the rock. The shockwave itself has effects similar to conventional explosive blasting, according to van der Wielen: a local crushing zone very close to the plasma channel, with radial and circumferential fractures further away and spalling at the edge.

Mineral processing benefits Happily for miners, the plasma channels stream toward minerals with higher permittivity – the ability to transmit an electric field – which is a quality many high-value ores possess. Sulphide minerals like chalcopyrite and oxide minerals such as hematite and magnetite tend to affect electrical fields very strongly compared to gangue minerals, says van der Wielen. “At the same time,” he adds, “the stream will also look for the easiest electrons to displace, and along grain boundaries there’s a higher likelihood of having electrons that aren’t quite bound into their atom properly. As well as being a weakness in terms of

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A study of Selfrag electric pulse technology suggested two pebble crushers and a ball mill could be removed at a major gold producer’s operation.

mechanical fracturing, [the grain boundary] also presents a nice electrical weakness that the stream prefers to travel along.” Selfrag’s mineral processing benefits fall into two categories. First, the system promotes liberation at coarser fractions in tests run on quartz, graphite, diamond, and base metal ore. The second and better-understood benefit is that the cracks created by the shockwave tend to have significant

weakening effects on rock. In Selfrag’s latest research, an energy input of two kilowatt hours per tonne produced a change in weakness of 55 to 125 per cent (as measured in A*b values). “Quite often,” van der Wielen says, “the cracking is so intense that where you had a rock with a compressive strength of something like 150 megapascals [typical for hard rock], after a treatment using one to three kilowatt

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hours per tonne, often you can actually crush it by hand. There’s no strength remaining whatsoever.” The simulation results accumulating from Selfrag and its research partners suggest the electrical discharges are most effectively applied to SAG mill feed. This is both because its weakening effect is more pronounced at coarser particle sizes and because the improved grinding efficiency of the SAG mill could reduce or eliminate the need for downstream ball milling. Noko Phala, principal metallurgist, R&D, AngloGold Ashanti, says that the limited data published so far suggest an energy reduction of 30 per cent could result from pre-weakening. If a 10-million-tonne-per-annum operation had grinding costs of $2 to $6 per tonne, and if power contributed half of that, the mine could save $3 to $9 million each year. “Of course this excludes any potential scale reoptimizations to take into account the lower cost,” adds Phala. “This is the carrot that keeps us looking for new technologies.”

Piloting the craft AngloGold Ashanti is watching the technology with interest but has held back from involvement pending further developments. The sign of a breakthrough, in Phala’s view, would be a continuously running pilot plant that realizes the value proposition as well as designs showing that scaling up to the 1,000tonne-per-hour range is feasible. Such a plant would likely involve adding more discharge electrodes to the system, but that has not been engineered yet. According to van der Wielen, the pilot plant is ready to go – with the help of a partner. Selfrag has done the engineering for a 10-tonne-per-hour demonstration plant and is now seeking interested suppliers, mining companies or consultancies to help build it. Meanwhile, JKMRC and Selfrag have developed better ways to measure the relationships between energy input, size reduction, and pre-weakening effects. Their work in progress includes ways to minimize the cost of water treatment or to make the system less sensitive to water quality. “In principle our system can work with pretty dirty water; we have worked at conductivities up to 4,000 micro-Siemens/cm,” adds van der Wielen. “But the process is more efficient at lower process water conductivities so we will likely have a water treatment system alongside our Selfrag system.” Another key challenge exists in maximizing the probability that every ore particle will receive energy; in the lab, the particles closest to the electrode benefit more than those further away. Van der Wielen also hopes to assess what kind of liberation effects occur at the same energy levels that produce weakening. Though van der Wielen says large-scale commercialization is planned for 2016 or 2017, that progress will be dependent on finding funding and forming partnerships. “No one is certain about timescales required to reach breakthroughs,” comments Phala. “All we are certain about is that if something is valuable, and its existence is not limited by the laws of physics, it will ultimately become a reality – and the electric pulse rock weakening technology certainly ticks all those boxes in my view.” CIM 34 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

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Stirring up savings Tweaking stirred mill spins gold from historical tailings at New Dawn Mining By Ian Ewing

The stirred mill at the Turk mine is used for efficient fine grinding.

n 2010, management at New Dawn Mining, like many miners, had been looking for ways to economically increase the output of their mines. The Turk gold mine, after nearly 80 years of intermittent production, was a good candidate for improvements. There were roughly 400,000 tonnes of historical tailings that could be ground finer and retreated, and the milling circuit looked like it would perform better in general with the addition of a fine grinding mill. “Turk mine is a sulphide-hosted ore body,” says Ian Saunders, president and CEO of New Dawn. “You can liberate the gold and get a reasonable recovery as long as you have the technology to get it to an ultra-fine state at a reasonable cost.” But doing that had not always been possible. Since purchasing the mine in 1996, New Dawn subsidiary Casmyn Mining Zimbabwe has operated conventional ball mills, using 80- to 100-millimetre (mm) steel balls to grind the particularly hard ore (a 22.5 Bond work index) to 45 microns (P90). But using ball mills to achieve particle sizes that small is neither energy-efficient nor operationally efficient. Saunders explains that “with any change in parameters from the ‘ideal,’ you get a rapid deterioration of the performance of the mill.”

Fortunately, another milling technology has started to come into its own. Although stirred mills have been around in some form for years, mines have been slow to adopt them due to high capital costs and high energy consumption. A 2010 pilot project at Turk, however, showed that a new vertical-axis stirred mill, from South African company Deswik, could help recover gold from the company’s tailings at an incremental cost of roughly half the price of gold. New Dawn ordered a unit in 2011 from Knelson Milling Solutions, a joint venture between Deswik and Canadian firm Knelson. Shortly thereafter, that partnership was acquired by FLSmidth. The new owners, wanting to properly model and optimize its new mills, proposed an on-site optimization study to get field data. Happy to get help wringing out every bit of performance from their purchase, New Dawn agreed.

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impart more energy to the feed material, grinding it effectively, but it is difficult for smaller particles to get trapped between the balls. That limits the size to which the feed material can be ground. While smaller media are able to more easily trap smaller particles, in a horizontal-axis and gravity-powered ball mill, they cannot impart enough energy to effectively grind the feed material. Stirred mills, like the VXP2500 that New Dawn bought, overcome these problems by using smaller ceramic grinding media – from two to four mm in diameter – while using rotating discs to impart additional energy to the mix. Twelve thick, perforated discs, each slightly smaller in diameter than the inside wall of the mill, are spaced along a vertical shaft in the centre of the mill. The discs rotate through the slurry, agitating the mixture and grinding the

feed material between the grinding media and between the discs and the wall. “The advantage is that we’re able to put in a lot higher energy per unit volume into the grinding process,” says David Rahal, product manager for FLSmidth’s fine grinding equipment. In optimizing a stirred mill for a particular use, though, a relatively minor design change can add a whole host of factors to consider. Besides the hardness and coarseness of the feed material, several interrelated parameters influence the grinding performance of a stirred mill. The disc diameter, feed flow rate, disc tip speed, grinding media type and media fill level figure into the overall performance, as do the relationships between each of these variables. These all factor into the energy required and the operating cost.

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To examine the trade-offs between production and cost, statistical software was used to develop a test matrix. For each data point – each unique combination of disc diameter, feed flow rate, and so on – the parameters were set and the mill was allowed to stabilize for 30 minutes. Once stabilized, the mill feed and discharge were sampled four times at 15-minute intervals, using a Malvern Mastersizer laser diffraction analyzer to determine particle size. The four samples were averaged for each data point, and a statistical analysis was performed on the results to isolate the effect of each parameter in terms of specific energy consumption (energy usage per mass of throughput, or kWh/t). Despite some logistical issues native to underdeveloped areas, FLSmidth’s engineers got most of the data they were looking for. The study indicated, for example, that larger disc sizes were actually less efficient – too much power was being transferred to the wall of the mill. In response, New Dawn reduced the size of the discs at Turk from 950 mm to 920 mm, and FLSmidth has since decreased the disc diameters at other installations, too. Further, with no noticeable difference in grinding efficiency

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between different tip speeds, the Turk mill is now running at a lower tip speed of 10 metres per second to reduce wear and power consumption. The mill is also using lighter, or less dense, grinding media, because this allows the mill to be filled to a greater volume, increasing throughput.

“The addition of the stirred mill [to the main grinding circuit] could increase capacity by 60 to 70 per cent with no additional capital costs,” says Saunders. “That fundamentally changes the economics of the mine.” The real-world data FLSmidth collected, mean– David Rahal, FLSmidth while, is being used to refine the company’s models and More options, more value improve its understanding of With all the changes recommended by the study, the how to design and optimize its stirred mills. Some of the stirred mill now contributes about 400 grams of gold per trends discovered, like the effect of disc diameter, are day from re-treated tailings to the roughly 1.45 kilograms immediately applicable to other sites. Others may still per day of total production at Turk. Saunders expects the re- require on-site optimization. Saunders seems perplexed treatment program to run for 36 to 48 months before that more companies have not jumped on emerging techexhausting the supply of historical tailings. After that, New nologies like this sooner: “I think the only differentiator [in Dawn intends to repurpose the mill into the main grinding terms of value] between companies these days, with the circuit at the mine. By altering the primary ball mills to [decreasing] quality of ore bodies, is that you’ve got those coarser grinds and letting the stirred mill work in its fine that are okay to think out of the box a little bit and look at grinding “sweet spot,” the plant should be able to simulta- these innovative technologies, even though there is an eleneously increase feed flow rates and grinding efficiency. ment of risk that it won’t perform.” CIM

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The grit to get things done Ken Major has gotten his hands dirty in nearly every area of mineral processing By Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco

he way Ken Major sees it, by doing a little bit of everything you get to know a whole lot. He began his career in 1976, taking a position as engineer in training with Sherritt Gordon Mines after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from McGill University. It was the first step in a 40-year life in mining that saw him cofound Rescan Engineering Ltd., an engineering company that subsequently became one of Hatch’s first external acquisitions in comminution and flotation processes expertise. After working for 13 years with Rescan and Hatch, Major left in 2006 to launch Vancouver-based KWM Consulting Inc., where he continues to lend his expertise to such major mining companies as Newmont Mining, Goldcorp and Agnico Eagle in everything from metallurgical test programs and flowsheets to design and optimization of grinding and crusher circuits. He has also published more than 20 technical papers throughout his career. In January, at the 46th Canadian Mineral Processors Conference (CMP), Major was awarded the Art MacPherson Com-

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minution Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the advancement of comminution. While proud of the illustrious accomplishment, he was quick to share the acclaim with the many strong teammates and mentors he has had over the course of his career. CIM: How does it feel to have won the award? Major: I’m thrilled to be in the company of all other people who have received it. I can think of others who deserve it and hopefully they will receive it in the future. I understand some of the sporting awards better than I can understand a peer recognition type of award. With a hockey award, there’s a total at the end of the day, so you just add it up and you have the winner. But I’ve been involved in presenting a couple of the CMP awards in the past, where I worked hard (to advocate for certain people) because I thought they really deserved it. So I know somebody has put in that effort for me and it is greatly appreciated. There was only one Art MacPherson, and I had the opportunity to talk with him on the phone when I was a younger engineer working on the first SAG Conference organizing committee and he was its honorary chairman. CIM: Looking back, what have been your most important achievements in comminution? Major: That’s difficult for me to answer. I think of myself as a generalist. I get involved on all sides of the process plant. With some people, I’m known more for grinding because I get involved in plant optimizations, but others know me more for flotation work. For me, [success] has been having the opportunities and a really good solid group of mentors – Garry

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Hughes, Eric Cunningham, Len Harris, Doug Knight – who worked with me and allowed me to do some inventive thinking. CIM: Has that generalist approach helped you when confronted with comminution challenges? Major: Absolutely. My plant operations experience allowed me to work with layout people and present ideas to them for how to put circuits together. Without that experience, it’s very difficult to be successful. Your success is based on the people you’ve had an opportunity to work with, whether it is the layout people, mechanical people, or operators. CIM: What has been the biggest problem area you’ve seen in comminution over the years? Major: It’s convincing people what can be made to work.

as a mechanic and an instruments technician and as an electrician. With virtually anything that was involved with the mill, I got some hands-on training. It didn’t make me an expert in any of it, but it gave me background knowledge that provided me with a better understanding of what I was doing. CIM: That seems to go against the current today. Everything is focused on specialization. Major: A lot of our training now is also based on letting the computer do the thinking for us. People are using canned programs that other people have written for them while, in most cases, these are things they can put together themselves in their own spreadsheets. That way, they can get an assurance they understand what goes into it.

What happens when you increase or decrease the steel load? What happens if the speed of the mill changes? Where can you get advantages? You can do all of that by computer, but sometimes you have to just do it by hand to get a better understanding.

CIM: What are some examples? Major: I think you see that in the history of the SAG mill grinding circuits. There were problems on the first few, but they showed the benefits after time and you can see the acceptance in the growth of the SAG Conference. Certainly grinding is a high-cost element, so the ability to reduce both your capital and operating costs is important. More and more of our process plants have to deal with low grades and some very high throughputs and those circuits are very complicated. Now, we’re doing pre-crushing. So we took crushers away and now we’re putting them back in because we’re finding areas where they provide an economic benefit to the process. What you’re able to do by putting in the crusher is increase your throughput at a relatively low capital cost while actually reducing your unit power requirements. Ores are getting harder, not just lower grade. That’s what we’re finding, and that’s what people are trying to find solutions for. CIM: What do you anticipate to be some of the future challenges in comminution? Major: Finding new inventors to replace retirees. People who realize not all the answers are there and are going to go out and look for better ways to approach things. Most of the guys who are doing this are older. I think there are some very good younger people out there who could grow into it but they’re hungry for other activities as well. There are a lot of career paths to pursue in the mining industry, many that pay better than being the inventor. CIM: Are there effective succession strategies in place to deal with this? Major: I think most companies have some sort of a strategy. When I came out of university and went out into the plant they put me in what was called an engineering training program. I gained experience in mill operations jobs. I worked

CIM: Do you think we are overly reliant on computers? Major: Computers are very important. I own three of them, for repetitive calculations, report writing and storage. But I had an overseas trip once where I only had a calculator. We didn’t have computers available to us at the mine site, and I had to do calculations for the expansion of a grinding circuit. It took me three days to do my first set of calculations and I needed to look at alternative ones as well. I started to do the second set and I realized that it would be better to get back to the office to create a spreadsheet. The only way you can understand what it is you’re working with is to actually get your hands dirty and take a look at it, and grinding is no different. What happens when you increase or decrease the steel load? What happens if the speed of the mill changes? Where can you get advantages? You can do all of that by computer, but sometimes you have to just do it by hand to get a better understanding. CIM: What are your plans for the future? Major: I’m going to do what I said I was going to do six years ago, which is semi-retire. I define semi-retirement as you get up in the morning and if it’s raining, you get the computer out and work. If it’s sunny, you go to the golf course. I cut back on my client load last year to reduce my workload but then I ended up working on a mine site in Arizona the first week of this year and Mexico the second week. CIM March/April 2014 | 39

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Imagine that you buy a car and the salesman offers you all of the gasoline you will ever need – at half price. But you have to pay for it the same day you take delivery of the car. Would you do it? That is essentially the question Rob Lydan, director for solar and wind at Hatch, is asking mining companies today. It is a careful trade-off: How much CAPEX should be invested in renewable energy infrastructure to reduce future operating costs, mostly in the form of diesel, knowing the risks of such an investment? All of the related costs vary greatly depending on the location of the mine, the diesel generators already in place, the desired proportion of renewables in the total energy mix – known as penetration rate – and the technologies used. Balancing all of these factors is key when determining whether or not to invest in renewable energy. For isolated mines cut off from the power grid, the investment might make the most sense. Roughly 30 per cent of overall operating expenses at these mines are devoted to supplying electricity. In the last decade, the prices of fuels used in the industry have increased fourfold, though an apparent plateau was reached in 2011. The appetite for energy in the mining industry is also expanding. The steady decrease in mineral grades is forcing companies to process more ore in order to maintain production. All the while, renewable energy technologies – most notably solar and wind power – have become more economical and competitive, whatever the environment. “The cost of wind or solar, from a capital liquidation standpoint, is about half that of equivalent liquid fuel,” Lydan points out. In the Far North for instance, one litre of diesel costs anywhere between $1.50 and $2.50, which translates to an energy cost of 30 to 45 cents per kilowatt-hour (kW/h), explains Alain Forcione, research engineer at Hydro-Québec Research Institute (IREQ). “With wind power, you can go down to 20 to 25 cents per kW/h, sometimes 15 to 17 cents even,” he says. An off-the-grid mine that runs on 100 per cent renewable energy may be unrealistic at the moment, but using renewables to offset diesel consumption is not. However, hybrid projects are still very rare. According to a report by consulting firm Navigant Research in October 2013, renewable energy, excluding hydropower, generates less than 0.1 per cent of power consumed by the mining industry. “It is a new thing,” says Lydan. March/April 2014 | 41

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Cronimet’s 4,170 solar panels produce 1.8 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year, saving the company 450,000 litres of diesel a year at its Thabazimbi operation.

Many companies simply do not take the time to seriously evaluate their potential, according to Liezl Van Wyk, manager of operational excellence at Diavik, which has been running four wind turbines at its diamond operation in the Canadian Sub-Arctic since September 2012. “A lot of them don’t see it as their core business,” she adds. The biggest challenge facing renewable energy providers now is convincing the mining industry to just give them a shot. “Nobody wants to be first,” says Lydan. “Everybody wants to be a good second.”

The leaders Fortunately, not all miners think alike. Early in 2012, Rollie Armstrong, who was then director of solar energy development at project financing firm Solea Capital, reached out to the management of Cronimet’s Thabazimbi chromium mine. The operation sits under the blazing sun of the South African savannah, about 250 kilometres north of Johannesburg. Realizing this location was a perfect fit for photovoltaic (PV) power, Armstrong offered to launch a feasibility study looking at what portion of the mine’s operating costs he could save by integrating solar panels with the existing diesel system. At the time, he recalls, “they required roughly 1.9 million liters of diesel a year” to fuel the gensets. Cronimet accepted the proposition, and once the study was done, the company committed to solar power. By the end of the year, a one-megawatt (MW) project was completed, consisting of 4,170 solar panels, sunbathing their way to a total production of 1.8 gigawatt-hours per year. “With this PV integration, they are able to save 450,000 litres of diesel a year,” says Armstrong. Last year, Cronimet Mining AG acquired Solea Capital to expand its power and energy unit. Armstrong was named mana42 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

ging director of the new business unit, Cronimet Mining Power Solutions, created to market its formula to other companies. “When a mine needs energy, we will offer to come in and finance the power, supplying electricity with no upfront capital costs to the mine, or we offer to supply the hybrid power plant through traditional turnkey EPC delivery,” says Armstrong. Cronimet goes a step further than conventional power companies and offers a kind of energy price hedge by supplying power to the mine in exchange for whatever commodity is being produced through its mineral ore and metals trading unit. “It is something we are going to see a lot in the future: that mining companies barter for energy resources with the ore body they have in hand,” says Armstrong. “It reduces OPEX, and it gives them a quicker cash conversion cycle, because the energy they are using is immediately converted to sales, more or less.” On the other side of the Earth, Liezl Van Wyk landed in the Northwest Territories in 2010. Her task: diversifying the energy portfolio at the Diavik diamond mine where the wind, howling across the barren tundra, was foremost in her mind. Located on an island some 300 kilometres north of Yellowknife and accessible over land by an ice road that is only open for about 10 weeks per year, Rio Tinto’s mine desperately needed to limit its diesel consumption, to which transportation costs add to an already steep fuel price. Many options were on the table and, after a close look at the mine’s energy profile, Van Wyk and her team chose to go with wind turbines and ultimately committed $31 million to the project. “There were still a lot of unknowns because it had never been done before,” says Van Wyk. Construction on the wind farm began in 2011, and four 2.3-MW Enercon turbines started commercial production in September the following year. Looking at it now, the integration of the wind power plant and the existing diesel system has been successful. “We have replaced nine per cent of our diesel consumption and our wind power costs around 17 cents per kW/h,” says Van Wyk.

A lonely history Solar cells, first designed to power satellites in the 1950s, were later produced commercially and on a larger scale to feed telecom towers. However, it was the 1973 oil crisis that caused the first real boom in renewable energy by ending its confinement to isolated structures and spreading it rapidly to populated areas. In 1987, the Canadian government experimented with the use of wind power for isolated towns, recalls Jimmy Royer, senior technical advisor and program manager at Natural Resources Canada. He points to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, as an example, where four small vertical turbines were installed. That project fell through due to an underestimation of the effects of local cold, wind and humidity, and a lack of proper maintenance. “It was common in the early years,” Royer says. It was only in the 1990s that renewable energy reached a point in cost and reliability that justified its integration to autonomous grids, which were then exclusively fed by fossil fuels. By the end of the decade, Alaska launched the first-ever real hybrid wind-diesel projects in remote communities, thanks to an extensive road network that permitted component transportation. “These local populations are responsible for financing their energy needs, which is a powerful incentive to reduce their costs,” says Hydro Québec’s Forcione. In the last seven or eight years, the mining industry has shown a growing interest for renewable technologies. “Like in the case of Alaska, mines must also take on all of their energy costs, and thus have a huge interest in reducing them,” Forcione points out. “We are talking about five- to 20-MW projects, with frequent peaks in power. The industry only needs a few leaders to move from simple curiosity to concrete action.”

A delicate balance Thambazimbi and Diavik are test cases, and other renewable-minded miners have been keeping a close eye on these developments. “We have learned that it is not quite as simple as installing a wind turbine, turning it on and shutting down generators,” says Steve Busby, chief operating officer at Pan American Silver. His company has been considering hybrid projects for its Dolores mine in Mexico and its Manantial Espejo mine in Argentina. The complexity of integration comes primarily from a solar or wind resource’s natural variability. A mine’s power grid must be stable and adapted to the daily cycle of power demand. Variability of an

entire installation can be reduced by both the quantity and the location of energy generating units. A large number of solar panels or wind turbines, scattered over a large area, will be less sensitive to clouds or gusts than a small, concentrated set. This means higher costs, however. In a hybrid renewable-diesel system, the first safeguard to natural variation is the spinning reserve, which is mostly the remaining capacity in operating diesel gensets. “If a cloud comes extremely fast, and the power from the PV plant drops, to have grid stability we need to ensure that there is enough spinning reserve on hand to cover the gap,” says Cronimet’s Armstrong. But diesel generators are neither infinitely flexible nor can they instantly make up for sudden drops in wind or sun. It could take anywhere from 45 seconds to start a small generator in warm conditions to 20 minutes for the bigger ones when it is very cold. Further, generator output is optimal at 85 per cent of capacity and diesel consumption varies according to how hard the generator is run. Fuel economy for gensets is similar to that of cars, where fuel consumption is optimal at a speed of about 90 kilometres per hour but consumption increases rapidly below or above this point. There is a minimal speed below which generators even risk suffering damage. “We are reducing the gensets’

Everybody agrees that an increase in penetration rates will come with a decrease in battery costs. “The storage is higher cost now but it will go down rapidly,” predicts Osman Sediqi, managing partner at Mining Energy Advisors. “The most dynamic area in this entire renewable energy arena is storage. Take a look at the [cost] chart for solar panels in the last 20 years – in 1990 the installation of a 3- to 10-kWp rooftop system cost somewhere around $21,500 per kWp and by 2012 the cost had decreased to less than $2,500/kWp – and then you know what might be still to come for storage.” Diavik and Thabazimbi both have low penetration rates, meaning that renewable sources make up a small portion of their total energy output. To increase penetration rate, they could either add a significant number of units, or store some of their output using fly wheels or batteries.

A flywheel is powered up during energy highs, so that when the wind or the sun resource drops off, the flywheel generates enough energy to fill the gap until generators start up, enabling the generators to be turned off without compromising the grid’s stability. As for batteries, they can store energy for much longer periods, such as whole nights in the case of a solar installation. However, both technologies require significant additional costs. “It adds risk to what is already a risky installation, so we opted for no storage at Diavik as we use all wind power as it gets generated,” says Van Wyk. March/April 2014 | 43

total output to 30 per cent,” says Armstrong. “Lower than that, we would compromise them with glazing.” Unlike Thabazimbi, which has only two generators and can never turn them off, Diavik can count on numerous generators with different capacities. It gives the mine greater flexibility, enabling employees to turn off some units. “It is very beneficial because you always choose to turn on the cheapest generator first,” says Van Wyk. For those considering building new hybrid wind-diesel systems, they really must be conceived on a case-by-case basis. “There is a whole range of options,” says Forcione. With fewer wind turbines installed, and CAPEX reduced, it may make economic sense to store the energy produced. (see sidebar on Storage, p. 43)

The first lessons Even though hybrid systems are quite new, mining companies have been able to draw a few basic principles from their experiences over the last decade. “A mining company needs to know exactly what its costs in energy are,” says Van Wyk. “Do not assume that you know.” A detailed profile and a complete schedule of power needs are required, adds Busby: “You have to analyze and model that outlook in a lot of detail, and understand it hour by hour, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.” 44 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

The design of the whole system depends on the accuracy of this energy modelling. “The margin of error should be of no higher than 15 per cent,” says Royer. Considering, for example, that wind turbines usually last for 20 to 25 years, this energy profile should also include the future of the mine: how will the energy demand curve evolve? “It is important to look at energy in a holistic way,” says Osman Sediqi, managing partner at Mining Energy Advisors. “Plan your energy on a long-term basis. If you have to dig deeper later to get new deposits, or get lower grades, your energy intensity is changing. An energy project should be modulated according to these changing needs.” But properly modelling a wind resource can take time – up to a year. The long-time commitment that renewables require also comes into play when a mine is shut down. It is easy to stop purchasing diesel, says Lydan, “but if you still have wind turbines running there, they are of no use anymore.” In those cases, a large investment can be lost quickly. Diavik’s wind farm has an eight-year payback period, at least two years before mine closure under current plans. “Afterwards, we will have them decommissioned, removed off site and donated to a community should they still be in good mechanical and electrical working order,” explains Van Wyk. Generating payback is itself a function of carefully managed checks and balances in the operation of a power project. “You need systems that can manage energy in a conservative

way for the first weeks, so that you can observe how it is reacting,” says Forcione. Those who act with patience will rapidly increase their efficiency and benefit from their hybrid system in a year or two. “We learned a lot and made substantial improvements,” says Van Wyk. “Wind turbines are now available to supply energy over 90 per cent of the time. During our first winter, we had availabilities as low as 50 per cent in January, which improved to high 90 per cents during the following winter. Our reliability has gone up quite a lot.” New energy sources may also change the way miners operate, says Armstrong. “When they use solar, they start to get more creative and ask: What big loads can we bring in during the day? Let’s schedule these big loads when we can use that full solar peak.”

Only the beginning According to Navigant Research, five to eight per cent of energy needs in mining will be met by renewable sources by 2022, and wind power is the technology that is closest to receiving wide-scale investment from mining companies. Solar energy is being taken seriously as well, due to a rapid decline in costs, but solar resources vary with latitude and other factors. At locations in the southern United States,

costs are now below 20 cents per kilowatt-hour, but solar power at remote projects in Canada’s North is currently likely to cost between 30 and 40 cents per kilowatt-hour, says Royer. Forcione says he believes solar can and will compete with wind in Canada. “In Germany, there are 50,000 megawatts of solar already installed,” he points out. “It could certainly be used in some places in Canada that are about the same latitudes.” No matter the source, adds Sediqi: “Today, we can generate 20 per cent of the total energy demand of a mine with solar and wind technology without the need for storage.” But to what extent will renewables replace diesel in future mining projects? Is a 100 per cent penetration rate realistic? “I think in some year in the future, you will see 100 per cent availability for a project like ours, but not in the short term,” says Busby. It is clear that whatever improvements are made, diesel will always play a big part in autonomous grids. “You can reach 100 per cent renewable energy, but you still never want to remove your gensets as a backup,” says Armstrong. Less clear is whether others will be joining companies like Rio Tinto and Cronimet on the frontier of renewable energy in mining very soon. Lydan says it may take some time for leaders to realize the benefits their organizations could reap: “For some people, it is too good to be true.” CIM March/April 2014 | 45

Par Pierrick Blin et Antoine Dion-Ortega

POUVONS-NOUS

ABANDONNER LE DIESEL?

Les sociétés minières apprennent à exploiter l’énergie qui entoure leurs sites

« Imaginez que lors de l’achat d’une voiture, le vendeur vous offre, à moitié prix, toute l’essence que vous consommerez avec celle-ci. La seule condition est que vous la régliez intégralement le jour de la livraison du véhicule. Le feriez-vous ? » - Rob Lydan, directeur Énergie solaire et éolienne chez Hatch Toute société minière qui envisage l’utilisation d’énergies renouvelables fait face à une question similaire : combien devrait-elle investir dans ces infrastructures pour être en mesure de réduire ses coûts d’exploitation futurs – principalement liés au diesel – et ce, en connaissant les risques d’un tel investissement.

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Ces coûts en capital vont grandement varier en fonction des caractéristiques du site, de l’équipement diesel existant, de la part d’énergies renouvelables souhaitée dans le portefeuille énergétique (le taux de pénétration) ainsi que du type de technologie choisie. L’équilibre de tous ces facteurs est fondamental pour l’investissement dans les énergies renouvelables. C’est pour les mines isolées, en réseau autonome, que cet investissement se révèle être le plus intéressant. Environ 30 % de leurs coûts découlent de leurs besoins en énergie. Au cours de la dernière décennie, le prix des carburants a presque quadruplé, bien qu’il ait atteint un plateau en 2011. Les besoins aussi vont en augmentant. Le déclin constant de la qualité des gisements oblige les sociétés à traiter une plus grande quantité de roches pour extraire la même quantité de minerai. Parallèlement, les technologies des énergies renouvelables – le solaire et l’éolien en tête de liste – sont devenues aujourd’hui très compétitives et ce, quel que soit le milieu. « Le coût du solaire et de l’éolien, au point de vue du capital,

revient à environ la moitié de son équivalent en carburant », explique M. Lydan. Dans le Grand Nord par exemple, il faut compter entre 1,50 $ et 2,50 $ par litre de diesel pour un coût de 30 à 45 ¢ le kWh, explique Alain Forcione, ingénieur de recherche à l’Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec (IREQ), ajoutant « qu’avec l’éolien, on arrive à 20-25 ¢ le kWh, peut-être même 15 à 17 ¢ le kWh dans certains cas. » Ainsi, même s’il est encore aujourd’hui peu réaliste de couvrir 100 % des besoins avec les énergies renouvelables, cellesci peuvent du moins garantir une partie de la demande énergétique. Pourtant, les projets de jumelage diesel-énergie renouvelable sont encore peu nombreux et personne ne se bouscule vraiment au portillon. Selon un rapport de la société de conseil Navigant Research publié en octobre 2013, moins de 0,1 % de l’énergie consommée par l’industrie minière provient aujourd’hui de l’énergie renouvelable, en excluant l’énergie hydroélectrique. « C’est encore très récent », déclare M. Lydan. Beaucoup de sociétés ne mettent simplement pas en place les ressources nécessaires pour étudier le potentiel des énergies renouvelables, précise Liezl Van Wyk, gestionnaire de l’excellence opérationnelle à la mine Diavik qui, depuis septembre 2012, utilise quatre éoliennes sur le site de son exploitation dans l’Arctique canadien. « Beaucoup de mines n’envisagent tout simplement pas cette solution comme leur activité principale », ajoute-t-elle. Le plus grand défi auquel font face les promoteurs des énergies renouvelables reste de convaincre le secteur minier de leur donner une chance. « Personne ne veut être le premier », explique M. Lydan. « Tout le monde veut être bon second. »

Les chefs de file Heureusement, toutes les sociétés minières ne pensent pas ainsi. Début 2012, Rollie Armstrong, alors directeur de SOLEA Capital, une société de conseil en énergie solaire, arrive à la mine de chrome de Thabazimbi, propriété de Cronimet, sous le soleil plombant de la savane sud-africaine, à quelque 250 kilomètres au nord de Johannesburg. Le site lui paraissant idéal pour les panneaux photovoltaïques, il fait à Cronimet une proposition audacieuse : lancer une étude de faisabilité pour déterminer quelle partie des coûts d’exploitation pourrait être épargnée en intégrant des panneaux solaires à son système au diesel. « Ils avaient besoin d’environ 1,9 million de litres de carburant par an pour alimenter leurs groupes électrogènes diesel », se souvient-il. Cronimet accepte la proposition, et les conclusions de l’étude sont si convaincantes que la construction débute immédiatement. Avant la fin de l’année, ce projet d’un mégawatt, qui comprend 4 170 panneaux solaires pouvant produire 1,8 GWh par an, est terminé. « L’intégration des panneaux photovoltaïques leur permet d’économiser 450 000 litres de diesel par an », explique M. Armstrong. La compagnie Cronimet a tellement apprécié les résultats qu’elle a embauché M. Armstrong en 2013 au poste de directeur d’une toute nouvelle division, Cronimet Power Solution

GmbH, exclusivement consacrée à promouvoir et à vendre la formule aux autres sociétés minières. « Lorsqu’une mine a besoin d’énergie, nous proposons nos services et la finançons, fournissant ainsi de l’électricité sans injection initiale de fonds par la société minière, ou nous proposons de fournir une installation hybride par la voie traditionnelle de l’EPC clés en main », affirme M. Armstrong. Cronimet va un peu plus loin que les fournisseurs d’énergie classiques : elle fournit l’énergie à une mine en échange d’une certaine quantité de sa production, quel qu’en soit le type. « C’est une pratique que l’on observera beaucoup dans les années à venir : des sociétés minières qui achètent leur énergie avec ce qu’elles ont à portée de la main », déclare M. Armstrong. « Elle permet de réduire les frais d’exploitation et d’avoir un cycle de conversion des liquidités plus rapide, car l’énergie qui est utilisée est immédiatement convertie en ventes, plus ou moins. » À l’autre bout de la planète, lorsque Liezl Van Wyk arrive dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest en 2010 avec la mission de trouver une solution pour diversifier le bouquet énergétique de la mine Diavik, le vent soufflant sur le sol dénudé de la toundra monopolise son esprit. Perdue sur une île à quelque 300 km au nord de Yellowknife, sans accès terrestre autre qu’une route de glace ouverte au mieux une dizaine de semaines par an, la mine de Rio Tinto a terriblement besoin de limiter sa consommation de diesel – dont le coût de transport, en plus du coût de base, est prohibitif, à savoir bien supérieur à 30 ¢ le kWh. Plusieurs solutions sont envisagées et, après avoir analysé en détail le profil énergétique de la mine, c’est finalement la ressource éolienne qui est retenue, avec un engagement de 31 millions $ pour le projet. « Nous nous trouvions encore en territoire inconnu, car cela n’avait jamais été fait auparavant », déclare Mme Van Wyk. La construction a commencé en juin 2011 et les quatre turbines de 2,3 MW Enercon sont entrées en exploitation commerciale en septembre 2012. Un peu plus d’un an plus tard, l’intégration au système diesel de la mine s’avère réussie. « Nous avons remplacé 9 % de notre consommation de diesel et notre énergie éolienne coûte environ 17¢ le kWh », affirme Mme Van Wyk.

Un parcours unique Les panneaux solaires ont pour la première fois été développés en 1954 pour alimenter les satellites spatiaux. Par la suite, on leur a trouvé des applications de plus grande envergure, comme l’alimentation des tours de télécommunications. Mais c’est le choc pétrolier de 1973 qui est à l’origine du premier essor des énergies renouvelables, que l’on a ainsi commencé à utiliser ailleurs qu’en milieu isolé. En 1987, le gouvernement canadien a expérimenté l’utilisation de l’éolien pour alimenter des villages isolés, explique Jimmy Royer, conseiller technique principal et gestionnaire de programmes à Ressources Naturelles Canada (RNCan), notamment dans Cambridge Bay, au Nunavut, où quatre petites turbines à axe vertical ont été installées. Malheureusement, une sous-estimation des conditions météorologiques et March/April 2014 | 47

de l’entretien nécessaire ont conduit à l’abandon du projet. « C’est arrivé souvent au début », explique-t-il. Ce n’est que dans les années 1990 que les énergies renouvelables ont atteint un seuil de coût et de fiabilité suffisant pour que l’on puisse envisager de les intégrer aux réseaux autonomes, alors alimentés au diesel. Vers la fin de la décennie, l’Alaska se démarque en lançant des projets de jumelage éolien-diesel, aidé par la présence d’un bon réseau routier qui simplifie la livraison des composantes. « De plus, c’est la population locale qui gère et assume l’économie de son réseau – une grande incitation à baisser les coûts », explique le chercheur Forcione. Depuis sept ou huit ans, le secteur minier a commencé à s’intéresser à cette option. « Comme en Alaska, les mines assument tous leurs coûts et ont ainsi tout intérêt à les réduire », mentionne M. Forcione. « On parle de projets de 5 à 20 MW, avec beaucoup d’appels de puissance », ajoute-t-il. Encore fallait-il des chefs de file pour passer du simple intérêt aux actes concrets.

Un équilibre technique délicat Les expériences à Thabazimbi et Diavik sont des cas typique du jumelage énergie renouvelable-diesel : les autres sociétés minières intéressées par les énergies renouvelables suivent leur développement. « Nous avons appris qu’il ne suffisait pas d’installer une éolienne, de la mettre en marche et d’éteindre le groupe électrogène diesel », explique Steve Busby, chef des opérations chez Pan American Silver. Sa société a étudié la faisabilité du jumelage énergie renouvelable-diesel pour ses projets de Dolores, au Mexique, et de Manantial Espejo, en Argentine. La complexité de l’intégration de l’énergie renouvelable provient de la caractéristique naturelle même de la ressource : sa variabilité. Le réseau électrique d’une mine doit être stable et pouvoir s’adapter aux fluctuations de la demande au cours d’une même journée. La variabilité peut être atténuée autant par la quantité que par la répartition géographique des unités de production d’énergie. Un plus grand nombre de panneaux solaires ou d’éoliennes, répartis sur une plus grande surface, seront moins sensibles au passage d’un nuage ou d’une bourrasque qu’un petit nombre d’unités concentrées. Par contre, cela entraîne évidemment des coûts supplémentaires. Dans un système de jumelage énergie renouvelable-diesel, le premier outil disponible pour combattre la variabilité est la réserve tournante, à savoir l’énergie qui reste dans les génératrices déjà en fonctionnement. « Si un nuage arrive très rapidement et que l’approvisionnement des panneaux photovoltaïques s’apprête à décliner, nous devons nous assurer que la réserve tournante dont nous disposons est suffisante pour traverser ce délai et assurer la stabilité du réseau », ajoute M. Armstrong. Un autre élément ajoutant à la complexité est le manque de flexibilité des génératrices diesel, dont l’apport au réseau, en cas de chute abrupte du vent ou du manque de soleil, n’est pas instantané. Il faut compter de 45 secondes pour démarrer une petite génératrice lorsqu’il fait chaud à 20 minutes pour les plus grosses lorsqu’il fait froid. De plus, le rendement d’une génératrice est optimal à 85 % de sa puissance et variera en fonction du régime à laquelle elle tourne – tout comme une voiture, dont la consommation de carburant est 48 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

optimale autour de 90 km/h et qui consomme plus au-delà de ce point. Par ailleurs, les génératrices risquent de subir des dommages en-deçà d’un certain régime minimal. « Nous pouvons réduire le rendement total des génératrices à 30 % de leur puissance », explique M. Armstrong. « En-dessous de ce point, elles risquent de s’endommager en raison d’un encrassement. » Contrairement à Thabazimbi, qui ne dispose que de deux génératrices, Diavik a la chance d’avoir une multitude de génératrices de différentes capacités, ce qui lui confère une flexibilité telle qu’elle peut parfois en éteindre certaines. « C’est un grand avantage, car nous pouvons toujours choisir de démarrer la génératrice la plus économique en premier », fait remarquer Mme Van Wyk. La construction d’un système de génération hybride doit toujours être envisagée au cas par cas. « Toute la gamme de solutions est possible », explique M. Forcione. Ainsi, plus on réduit la quantité d’éoliennes dans le système, plus on justifie économiquement des unités de stockage (voir encadré Stockage d’énergie), mais moins on économise de carburant à terme.

Les premières grandes leçons Même si le jumelage énergie renouvelable-diesel est un domaine relativement récent, les expériences des dix dernières années ont permis aux sociétés minières de tirer quelques grands principes fondamentaux. « Une société doit être consciente de ses coûts en énergie », affirme Mme Van Wyk. « Ne supposez pas que vous les connaissez ! » Il convient d’établir un profil réaliste et détaillé des charges électriques de la mine, ajoute M. Busby. « Vous devez analyser le profil énergétique dans ses moindres détails, et ainsi le comprendre heure par heure, sept jours sur sept, 52 semaines par an », dit-il. Une conception de jumelage réussie ne peut se faire qu’en fonction de ce profil. « La marge d’erreur doit être de 15 % au maximum », précise M. Royer. Une turbine éolienne a une durée de vie de 20 à 25 ans. Un profil énergétique doit autant que possible prendre en compte l’avenir de la mine : quelle va être l’évolution de la courbe de la demande ? « Il est très important d’appréhender l’énergie de façon holistique », explique Osman Sediqi, partenaire de gestion chez Mining Energy Advisors. « Anticipez votre consommation énergétique sur le long terme. Ainsi, s’il est prévu de creuser plus en profondeur ou de changer la teneur du minerai, votre demande changera en conséquence. Un projet énergétique doit être modulé en fonction de ces besoins. » Mais modéliser la ressource éolienne peut prendre du temps, parfois plus d’un an. Il est facile d’interrompre l’achat de diesel, explique M. Lydan. « Mais si vos turbines fonctionnent encore, elles ne sont dorénavant plus d’aucune utilité. » Dans ces situations, des investissements importants peuvent rapidement perdre en rentabilité. Le projet éolien de Diavik présente un délai de retour sur investissement de huit ans, soit au moins deux ans avant la fermeture prévue de la mine. « Ensuite, nous les

Ce n’est que le début

UNE INCERTITUDE DÉCROISSANTE

STOCKAGE D’ÉNERGIE

démonterons et les donnerons à la communauté, puisqu’elles devraient encore être en bon état de marche des points de vue mécanique et électrique », explique Mme Van Wyk. Le retour sur l’investissement est lui-même fonction de la gestion de l’équilibre dans un projet d’énergie. « Il faut avoir des systèmes qui permettent de [le] gérer de façon très conservatrice durant les premières semaines, et de tranquillement voir comment réagit le système », explique M. Forcione. Ceux qui font preuve de patience améliorent considérablement leur performance et tirent de grands profits du système diesel-éolien au bout d’un an ou deux. « Nous avons beaucoup appris et fait de grandes améliorations », déclare Mme Van Wyk. « Le taux de disponibilité de nos équipements est maintenant de plus de 90 %, alors que l’an dernier, il était de 60 %, donc la fiabilité a considérablement augmenté. » L’utilisation d’une nouvelle source d’énergie peut même changer la façon dont les mines fonctionnent, affirme M. Armstrong. « Lorsqu’elles utilisent le solaire, elles commencent à devenir plus créatives et à se demander “Quelles charges électriques importantes peut-on planifier pendant la journée, lorsque l’on peut utiliser le maximum de soleil ?” »

Selon Navigant Research, de 5 à 8 % des besoins énergétiques des mines pourrait provenir des énergies renouvelables d’ici 2022. L’énergie éolienne est la technologie la plus à même d’attirer des investissements à grande échelle. L’énergie solaire est aussi à prendre au sérieux, en raison de la baisse considérable de ses coûts, mais cette ressource varie beaucoup selon la latitude et d’autres facteurs. Sur les sites du sud des États-Unis, les coûts sont maintenant de moins de 20 ¢ le KWh, alors que les coûts pour les projets isolés du Nord canadien sont de 30 à 40 ¢, à en croire M. Royer. Selon M. Forcione, le solaire peut et pourra concurrencer l’éolien au Canada. « En Allemagne, l’équivalent de 50 000 MW de solaire est installé », rappelle-t-il. « Il pourrait certainement en être de même dans certaines régions du Canada, qui se trouvent à la même latitude. » La source importe peu, ajoute M. Sediqi. « Aujourd’hui, nous n’avons aucun problème à installer des énergies renouvelables qui couvrent jusqu’à 20 % de la demande. » À quel point remplaceront-elles le diesel dans les années à venir ? Peut-on envisager un taux de pénétration de 100 % ? « D’ici quelques années, nous verrons des cas de disponibilité de 100 % pour des projets comme les nôtres, mais pas à court terme », déclare M. Busby. Par contre, il est clair que peu importe les améliorations qui seront faites, le diesel continuera à jouer un rôle important dans les réseaux autonomes. « Vous pouvez atteindre 100 % d’énergie renouvelable, mais ne voudrez quand même jamais vous séparer de vos groupes électrogènes diesel, par mesure de sécurité », déclare M. Armstrong. Ce qui est moins clair est de savoir si d’autres sociétés vont faire le pas, à l’instar de Rio Tinto et de Cronimet. Elles tardent à prendre conscience des bénéfices du renouvelable, pense M. Lydan. « Pour certains, c’est simplement trop beau pour être vrai. » ICM

Tous s’entendent pour dire que l’augmentation du taux de pénétration dépend de la baisse prévue du coût des batteries. « Le stockage représente aujourd’hui des coûts importants, mais ceux-ci diminueront rapidement », prévoit M. Sediqi. « Le stockage est le domaine le plus dynamique de l’ensemble du secteur des énergies renouvelables. Il suffit de jeter un coup d'œil à l’évolution du coût des panneaux solaires ces 20 dernières années. En 1990, l’installation d'un système photovoltaïque de 3 à 10 kWp pour toits coûtait environ 21 500 $ par kWp ; en 2012, ce coût avait atteint 2 500 $ par kWp. Cela vous donne une idée de l'avenir du stockage. »

Les projets de Diavik et Thabazimbi sont des cas notoires de faible pénétration, où les énergies renouvelables ne représentent encore qu’une portion relativement faible du bouquet énergétique. Pour augmenter la pénétration, il faudra considérablement augmenter la quantité d’unité de production d’énergie renouvelable ou stocker l’énergie à l’aide d’une roue d’inertie ou de batteries.

La roue d’inertie est mis en marche lorsque l’énergie est abondante. Son mouvement, suite à un déclin du vent ou au manque de soleil, permet de prolonger la production d’électricité pour le temps nécessaire au démarrage des génératrices. Cela permet ainsi de les éteindre sans compromettre la stabilité du réseau. Les batteries, quant à elles, permettent de stocker l’énergie pour une durée beaucoup plus longue, durant la nuit dans le cas d’un système solaire, par exemple. Mais ces technologies entraînent des coûts supplémentaires conséquents. « Cela ne fait que rendre plus risquée une situation qui l’est déjà », déclare Mme Van Wyk. March/April 2014 | 49

Built to break through

technology

GTUNNELLING

By Correy Baldwin

Courtesy of The Robbins Company

The trend toward bigger mines with lower grade deposits, along with the improvements in tunnelling technology, is opening up more space for tunnel boring machines to do their work.

Anglo American’s Grosvenor coal mine is pioneering the use of an explosion-proof hybrid earth pressure balance/tunnel boring machine to bore an access tunnel at a decline to new coal drifts.

ince the advent of industrial mining, engineers have relied on drilling and blasting for tunnel development. Although mechanized systems like tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have long been used for civil engineering projects and to some extent in the coal industry, they can only be found at a handful of hard rock mines. This could be changing, however. New requirements at mining operations are opening the door to mechanized tunnelling. “With ore bodies becoming deeper and more complex, and with industry mineral grades decreasing, such being the case with copper, the need for very large underground mines is increasing, and with it the amount of tunnels and shafts,” says Fred Delabbio, general manager for underground mining innovation at Rio Tinto. “Some future mines will need hundreds of kilometres of tunnel and shaft just for one operation.” This means that mining companies will increasingly be looking for tunnel and shaft construction options that go beyond drill and blast. March/April 2014 | 51

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Last year, prior to the sale of the Northparkes mine, Rio Tinto tested a tunnel boring system at the copper-gold project New South Wales, Australia. The 64-metre-long machine was designed and developed in cooperation with the German firm Aker Wirth.

“Mechanical excavation will never fully replace drill and blast,” says Delabbio, “but it will provide mining companies with construction options we previously didn’t have. As a result, mine layouts and construction sequences will change based on the options the new technologies will offer.” He equates it to the way longwall technology impacted the coal industry. Current TBMs, however, may not always be appropriate to mining operations. “TBMs have been specifically developed for civil tunnel applications and not specific to mining applications,” says Delabbio. “As such, they have uses, but are not ideal, for a majority of excavations. The key question is: Will the mining industry be able to create and support technologies that leverage the aspects of TBM and civil tunnelling and create new mine tunnelling and shaft construction technologies?” Delabbio says he believes so. When appropriately used, the advantages of tunnel boring are numerous. Whereas the advance rate for drill and blast is generally between three and nine metres per day, TBMs can average between 15 and 50 metres depending on rock conditions and provide control over the tunnel profile. Initial capital costs may be higher, but are quickly recovered in tunnels of greater length, typically within two kilometres. They are also much safer than drill and blast, eliminate hazardous blast gasses, and can require fewer operators, resulting in labour savings. TBMs cause less damage to the surrounding rock, lessening the need for ground support. (In fact, with TBMs, ground support can be installed simultaneously with excavation). Boring provides a smoother and more consistent tunnel profile, making the approach optimal for ventilation and transportation of equipment, and allowing for what Delabbio calls a factory-like process within the mine. But to deliver all those benefits, TBMs must compete with the cost-effective and proven drill and blast technique. “The underground hard rock mining industry has been excavating

tunnels for hundreds of years with drill and blast methods,” says Delabbio. Drilling and blasting, on the one hand, allow miners to create any excavation shape, with an unlimited turning radius, and all for a low capital equipment requirement. TBMs, on the other hand, have a large turning radius, have difficulty on steep grades and backing up, have difficulty creating service turnouts and turnaround points, and require a major upfront investment. Under the right circumstances, however, TBMs result in a better-functioning operation, says Benjamin Künstle, deputy division manager mining at Herrenknecht. “Mechanical excavation systems are designed to increase the level of health and safety, provide a better and more modern work environment, improve production and have a positive impact on the overall mine development including an increased net present value.” All this is encouraging interest from the industry. Künstle says he has observed growing demand from Australia, Chile, the United States, Canada, Russia, and South Africa, and more recently from China. He notes an increased use of TBMs in block caving and cut-and-fill operations to create inclined access ramps, which he says are becoming the preferred option over deep vertical shafts. Even large open-pit mines are considering TBM applications, he notes, in order to bring ore and waste rock directly to the surface through a system of vertical passes and tunnels. Delabbio suggests future operations will place new requirements on technology and equipment, which will necessitate more innovation. “As with any new technology, usage will start with specific niches,” he says. “Once mechanical excavation concepts and prototypes are proven, the usage will probably be based around the speed of tunnelling, the reduced rock damage, safety and the improvement in NPV.” TBMs were first used in mining operations in the late 1950s, including at the Steep Rock iron mine in northwestern Ontario and their use continued through the 1960s and 1970s. They achieved high rates of excavation in soft rock, but their applicability was limited and their costs too high. Since then, technological advances have increased their applicability. Some of the machines are designed for tunnelling in different ground conditions, from harder to less-competent to heterogeneous rock, including open-face machines, various and improved shields, and earth pressure balance technology. There have been advances in automation and continuous mining, and in hydraulic and electrical systems, while other innovations aimed at increasing power and advance rates, through changes in cutter design, have increased cutterhead revolutions per minute (RPM) as well as thrust and torque. March/April 2014 | 53

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Mines like Stillwater in Montana have used tunnel boring machines for long access tunnels.

Attention has also been paid to greater maneuverability, specifically in decreasing turning radius and allowing for steeper inclines and declines. Current prototypes are pushing the boundaries of maneuverability as well as testing innovations for vertical shaft tunnelling, non-circular tunnelling, ground support and further automation. “Contractors were adventurous in the 1960s and 1970s, when profits were high and there wasn’t as much competition,” says Joe Roby, vice-president of business development at TBM manufacturer Robbins. “Some of those radical concepts really advanced the technology and some went in the waste can of history. Today, the changes are evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Contractors want a TBM that is very conservatively designed. They want high performance, but first they want reliability.” The future for tunnel boring in mining may be bright, but for right now, equipment suppliers are still looking for a breakthrough. Roby suspects much of the resistance is historical: “There were some TBMs used in mines in the 1960s and 1970s that didn’t perform that well in hard rock. But the machines today have so much more power and thrust than those machines, and ground support systems have significantly improved as well.” Künstle agrees that there is an unfounded distrust of TBMs. “Choices were sometimes made based on wrong or incomplete figures and maybe guided by some skepticism of an unknown methodology, and because of positive experiences with alternative methods,” he says. “It is our goal to inform all involved parties about the real capacities and limits of the TBM technology.” Suppliers point out that TBMs are mature products, with hard rock machines having been around for 60 years. “The majority of existing equipment is not fundamentally different than the units used 40 years ago,” says Delabbio, “other than being larger and with incremental improvements in fuel efficiency and ergonomics.” The machines often come from civil engineering, adapted to meet such requirements from the mining industry as weight and bulk limitations, and higher maneuverability for tight curves and steep alignments. 54 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

The next big thing in TBM technology may come in vertical excavation for sinking shafts, which under current methods creeps downward at around three metres per day. Shaft boring machines have been developed for civil engineering but none that can create large enough diameters or go deep enough to be applicable to mining projects, optimally 10- to 12-metre diameters and depths of over 2,000 metres. Other shaft-sinking concepts like raise boring and vertical moles have specific applications but are limited in tunnelling size. “The problem is removing the muck quickly from the fullfaced boring head so that you’re not regrinding and causing a lot of wear on the cutter head,” says Roby. “When someone solves that problem, there will be a great deal of interest from the mining industry.” Herrenknecht’s solution is a prototype with the cutting wheel rotated 90 degrees. Rio Tinto is working with Aker Wirth in the testing of shaft and tunnel boring systems at its Northparkes copper and gold mine in Australia as a part of the company’s Mine of the Future program. Robbins is also working on shaft excavation, alongside developments to its TBM technology, including the McNally continuous rock support system, a remote cutter monitoring program, and earth pressure balance systems. All this represents a great interest in a broader applicability of TBM technology. “Recently in Australia there has been an increase in the number of TBMs considered for applications around the construction of coal mines. Anglo American’s Grosvenor mine is one example,” says Delabbio. Roby says Robbins TBMs are at work in the Stillwater PGM mine in Montana and in the decline development for Oz Minerals’ Carrapateena copper-gold project in Australia. “TBMs can drive declines, run access tunnels along an ore body or put in conveyor haulages a lot faster,” says Roby. “I’d love to work with a block caving mine to design a fully TBMexcavated draw-point level. I think we could make a machine that would excavate all the tunnels in a large draw-point level at an unprecedented rate. That would get a lot more metals to market much quicker, making some mine a lot of money.” “It’s only a matter of time before it’s done,” he says. “It’s just a question of who gets started first.” CIM

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SASKATCHEWAN The fundamentals for the province’s key commodities are sound. Potash helps food grow, and everyday there are more mouths to feed. Uranium, coal and oil are vital components of the global energy mix. For miners working the province’s prairie, it is the long view that is setting the course for resource development.

INSIDE: COAL – SASKPOWER’S BOUNDARY DAM CARBON CAPTURE PROJECT URANIUM – EXPLORATION HEATS UP IN THE ATHABASCA BASIN OIL SANDS – SELLING THE DREAM PROJECT PROFILE – K+S POTASH CANADA | THE LEGACY MINE PRAIRIE POWERHOUSE – A SURVEY OF THE MINING LANDSCAPE PROFIL DE PROJET – K+S POTASH CANADA | LA MINE LEGACY TRAVEL – SASKATOON

Nothing ventured, nothing recovered SaskPower’s Boundary Dam project a test case for carbon capture and storage

Illustration courtesy of Stantec/SaskPower

By Graham Lanktree

THE CARBON CAPTURE PROCESS

n some parts of the world, the viability of coal as an energy asset is in doubt. The World Bank, the United Kingdom, and Nordic countries ended financial support for coalfired plants in 2013, and the International Energy Agency has warned of coal reserves becoming “stranded assets.”

Yet, coal remains a cost-effective source of power. So all eyes are on SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration project in Estevan, Saskatchewan as international firms and governments line up to learn from the $1.46-billion emissions-cutting venture that begins operation in mid-2014. Billed as the world’s largest commercial-scale coal-fired power plant armed with post-combustion carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, the CCS plant will scrub 90 per cent – around one million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually – from the Boundary Dam plant’s Unit 3 emissions. It will be the equivalent of taking roughly 250,000 vehicles off the road. Preceding page: The Rafferty pipeline, completed last February, will transport up to 63 million cubic feet of carbon dioxide from the Boundary Dam coal-fired power plant to be used for enhanced oil recovery near Weyburn. Courtesy of Cenovus Energy

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Some experts, though, are skeptical of the economics behind such projects, since success depends on strong government carbon regulations to quickly scale up the technology’s value and make it commercially viable. The project resulted frotm a decade’s worth of studying CCS and $50 million in feasibility studies and engineering designs to retrofit Boundary Dam’s Unit 3 lignite-coal-fed generator. Inside, flue gas is filtered for sulphur dioxide (SO2), and then a powerful amine-based solvent absorbs the remaining CO2. The amine-CO2 complex is heated, releasing high-purity CO2 that is then liquefied through cooling and pressurization. The trade-off is that the filtering process will reduce the unit’s power output from 139 to 110 megawatts. Cenovus Energy brokered a 10-year deal with Saskatchewan’s utility, SaskPower, to purchase the full volume of liquefied CO2, which will be piped 70 kilometres north to be used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) at its Midale-Weyburn oilfield. Any liquefied CO2 that Cenovus cannot take will be injected 3.4 km below ground into a saline formation near the Boundary Dam plant to be studied by the Petroleum Technology Research Centre’s Aquistore project.

Boundary Dam’s operations will, nevertheless, be in full swing as dozens of nascent CCS projects get underway around the world. In anticipation, SaskPower has launched a consortium that “should be of interest to any coal producer or any electric utility that has coal-fired facilities,” according to Bill Boyd, Saskatchewan’s minister of the economy. The consortium will share detailed information on the project’s progress for a price.

“CCS could be a game changer if we get it to be commercially viable,” said Edward Davey, U.K. secretary of state for energy and climate change, at a University College London Energy Institute talk in mid-December 2013. However, Davey is not convinced that the Boundary Dam project will necessarily prove out the business case. For one, CCS technology is still clunky. Bill Spence, manager of strategic issues for Shell’s upstream international business and former CO2 vice-president for the company, likens it to cellphones that have rapidly improved over the past 15 years. “We’re building a first of its kind, so it’s not going to be the most cost-effective, but the second, third, fourth of a kind will see that cost come down,” he told participants at the 2013 Canada Europe Energy Summit of Shell’s CCS efforts, which include contributing the CO2 capture system for Boundary Dam as well as the Alberta Quest Carbon Capture and Storage project coming online in 2015. Fluor did the front-end engineering for the carbon capture project. Along with Shell subsidiary Cansolv Technologies, SNC-Lavalin led the engineering, procurement and construction of the project, Stantec contributed engineering during the design and construction phases. Since it needs to be competitive with renewables, the speed with which the technology can be ramped up will be a major factor in its success. SaskPower has already learned plenty of lessons from Boundary Dam for future CCS projects. “We’ve identified a number of efficiencies and we predict we can build our next capture plant for 30 per cent less,” said SaskPower spokesperson Heather Johnson. Depending on Unit 3’s

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success, Boundary Dam’s generating Units 4 and 5 could also be retrofitted, she added. What Cenovus will pay SaskPower for liquefied CO2 is a carefully guarded secret. Worldwide, prices range from $15 to $45 per metric tonne, according to David Reiner, a senior lecturer in technology policy at the University of Cambridge and expert in the economics of CCS. The cost of enhanced oil recovery is balanced on the cost of crude oil and the amount of liquid CO2 needed to produce a barrel of oil. The plant also plans to sell the 60 tonnes of sulphuric acid it generates daily through SO2 capture. Liquid CO2 has a wide range of other potential uses, including algae cultivation, enhanced coalbed methane recovery, mineral carbonation, concrete curing, liquid fuels, and as a chemical feedstock, although these are economically unproven. What has made Boundary Dam viable, according to Reiner, “is a combination of the availability of EOR opportunities in southeast Saskatchewan, a grant from the federal government, and the facts that – for this region at least – coal (even with CCS) was more attractive than gas, and the Canadian government had an emissions performance standard that prohibits completely unabated coal-fired generation.” In June 2010, Canada introduced regulations on coal-fired generator emissions to cut 175 megatonnes of CO2 emissions between 2015 and 2030. The carbon pricing regulations are essential to Boundary Dam’s success, since the rules promote investment to rapidly scale up the technology. “The federal regulations are an imperative,” said Johnson of SaskPower, adding, “it is an additional variable that supports the need for CCS.” “As to when the combination of regulation, economics and technology will come together to make CCS more attractive,” said Reiner, “[that] will depend on technological progress, but also [the] government's willingness to underwrite the costs and the perceived relative attractiveness of other low-carbon technologies.” CIM

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Last May, the U.K. government-funded Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre signed a three-year research sharing agreement with the Boundary Dam project. According to a U.K. government analysis, successfully deploying CCS could cut the state’s cost of meeting its carbon targets by £32 billion ($58 billion) annually by 2050.

Later this year, the Boundary Dam power plant will send liquified CO2 captured from a retrofitted generating unit to Cenovus Energy’s Midale-Weyburn oilfield to be used for enhanced oil recovery.

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SaskPower has invested $1.11 billion in the project, with a further $240 million coming from a 2011 federal government grant. Cost overruns of $115 million to retrofit the Unit 3 generator have pushed the project’s overall price even higher.

Uranium exploration spikes in Saskatchewan Long-term demand growth and positive initial results have juniors pouring money into the Athabasca Basin Courtesy of Fission

By Peter Diekmeyer

The discovery at Patterson Lake South has sparked exploration in the southwestern region of the Athabasca Basin.

askatchewan’s Athabasca Basin boasts some of the most attractive uranium deposits in the world and has seen increased exploration activity in 2013, a trend that is likely to continue for the rest of this year. While short-term uranium demand remains too low to incentivize the constructions of new mines, the longerterm outlook is far more positive, said Aaron Salz, an analyst with Dundee Capital Markets. The number of operable, under construction, planned and proposed nuclear reactors rose from 923 in 2009 to 987 as of February, according to the World Nuclear Association (WNA). As a result, WNA projects uranium demand will grow between 2.5 per cent and 4 per cent per year. This outlook, combined with Fission Uranium Corp.’s impressive discovery in the Patterson Lake South (PLS) area in the southwest of the basin, has been the catalyst for renewed uranium exploration. “The GT (grade percentage x thickness in metres) value of 992.8 in our 58 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

latest test hole is nothing less than phenomenal,” president and COO Ross McElroy said from Germany, where he and other Fission executives were shopping their projects. The samples included a number of wide and particularly high-grade intervals. “Such broad mineralization at shallow depth with such a significant zone of off-scale radioactivity is extremely encouraging,” McElroy stated in a company release that followed the announcement of the results. Drill core samples were split in half sections on site. The first set of half-splits was sent to SRC Geoanalytical Laboratories in Saskatoon for analysis. The second set was kept on site for reference. McElroy has more than three decades in the industry including stints at Areva, BHP Billiton and Cameco, and when the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada presented him with the 2014 Bill Denis Award for

All images courtesy of Fission

Canadian Discovery and Prospecting Success, it was due to his efforts in leading the PLS team.

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The company’s exploration team began work at the 31,039-hectare property, which is accessible by road with primary access from the all-weather Highway 955, in November 2012. After drilling an initial four holes that year, exploration spiked to 74 holes in 2013 and is slated to rise to 140 in 2014.

“significant mineralization” at Arrow, which is just northeast of Fission’s PLS discovery.

McElroy is confident the deposit will be relatively simple to mine: “While it is located underwater, it is relatively close to the surface, and mining under these conditions has been done before.” Much of the drilling effort this year will be directed to figuring out how the ore bodies are connected together. The idea is to get better visibility of how much uranium ore is down there, and how best to get it all out. The Patterson discovery began a staking rush in the area and reignited uranium exploration spending in the province. Anxious to learn more about the region, a group of four juniors with more than 240,000 hectares claimed around Patterson Lake created a partnership to fund airborne surveys and ground sampling in order to locate uranium showings and potential drill targets. NexGen, which owns the Arrow prospect as part of a portfolio of assets in the Athabasca Basin, also announced positive drilling results at the end of February, including

Denison Mines, which bought up all of Fission’s properties but the PLS project, also has big ambitions. “The 2014 exploration plan for the Athabasca Basin is one of the largest programs undertaken by Denison in several years,” said Ron Hochstein, the company’s CEO. The Wheeler River project, a few kilometres northeast of Cameco Corporation’s Key Lake mill, will be the primary target for the company’s $15-million program, which calls for a total 60,000 metres to be drilled on 13 separate properties in the basin. In late February the company announced it had already located some “high-grade intersections” at Wheeler River. As for Fission, according to chairman Dev Randhawa, the company’s main goal is to bring the PLS property as far as it effectively can go. However, the ultimate objective is to sell the asset to a major developer that can leverage its full value. “We prefer to concentrate on what we do best, which is finding the resource,” said Randhawa. “After that, others can take it from there.” CIM March/April 2014 | 59

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For 2014, Fission has dedicated four drilling rigs to delineating the mineralized trend, with a fifth rig doing exploration drilling beyond the trend.

Fuel for the future? The provincial government is pushing the long-term potential of Saskatchewan’s oil sands Shutterstock

By Graham Lanktree

Currently, Saskatchewan does not produce any bitumen from its oil sands deposits that border Alberta, but the provincial government continues to push for development.

askatchewan’s oil output is growing. Last year, the province produced nearly 178 million barrels of crude oil, besting the record it set in 2012. Oil makes up a big slice of gross domestic product and the provincial government is working hard to guarantee the industry’s continued growth. Saskatchewan’s Minister of Economy Bill Boyd travelled to London in November to muster European interest and investment in the province’s as yet undeveloped billionbarrel oil sands reserves. Speaking at the Canada Europe Energy Summit, Boyd pitched the opportunity that the estimated 1.2 to 2.3 billion barrels of oil locked up in the province’s northwest represent for long-term investors. “We think that if it can be done in an environmentally responsible way, clearly we would like to see it developed,” Boyd said of the province’s deposits. “There’s a range of resource extraction options that are being looked at. There’s a technological question, an engineering problem, whether or not there is sufficient cap rock to maintain the integrity of the reservoir.” Oil sands bitumen was first discovered in Saskatchewan in several wells drilled in the 1970s, which found 20-metrethick deposits at a depth of 185 metres. Spread out over 27,000 square kilometres centred on Axe Lake in the Clearwater River Valley, about 100 kilometres northeast of Fort 60 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

McMurray, even today technological and logistic limitations have made the deposits too expensive to extract. In 2012 two companies stepped up to the challenge, purchasing a combined 214,433 hectares of land with oil sands deposits – the first deals in the province in five years. Calgary’s Cenovus Energy was one of them. For $10 million, the firm bought up a combined 59,000 hectares in three parcels of land in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan from bankrupt Oilsands Quest Inc. Finalized by October 2012, the purchase added 17,438 hectares of Axe Lake oil sands to the company’s portfolio. Before Oilsands Quest went broke in November 2011, it submitted a project proposal to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment in May 2010 to produce 30,000 barrels of bitumen per day on the property Cenovus bought. Oilsands Quest proposed to use steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology to extract the bitumen in a project the company said would last 25 to 30 years. Yet a $10.2-million court settlement reached August 26, 2013 alleged that Oilsands Quest and its directors – including embattled Sen. Pamela Wallin – overvalued the company’s assets by $136 million. This was done “through a series of false and misleading press releases, investor presentations and accounting manipulations,” according to court documents.

Although SAGD is being considered, the technology would need to be modified to deal with characteristics that differ from Alberta’s oil sands. But the only realistic option is in-situ extraction since “it would be too expensive to move the overburden,” Boyd said, adding that, “a strip mining type operation is just out of the question.”

Oilsands Quest began to experiment with modified SAGD processes as it drilled a few hundred exploratory wells on the Axe Lake property. These included an electrothermal process, as well as others injecting solvents such as propane and butane into the deposits to reduce viscosity, without disturbing the overlying geology. However, the company was unable to test these technologies on a large scale before running out of money in 2011.

At the moment, Saskatchewan’s oil sands have no pipeline or rail infrastructure to transport crude oil either. If the leases were developed, “it would make sense to use the infrastructure built for Telephone Lake,” Harris added. Despite Boyd’s pitches in November, not many foreign firms bit at the oil sands bait at the Energy Summit. “We had the opportunity to showcase Saskatchewan's vast resource potential,” Boyd explained, adding “there was substantial interest in Saskatchewan's carbon capture and storage project, which will be used in enhanced oil recovery.” Still, the province has hopes that the current players in Saskatchewan are setting the table for what could be a future boon to public coffers. “[We expect] that [Cenovus] are doing the resource reservoir testing right now to see if they can successfully extract oil from the oil sands,” said Boyd. “There’s a very large resource there.” CIM

The SAGD process typically recovers between 60 and 80 per cent from deposits and requires a large energy input. Around 2.5 to four cubic metres of steam, heated by 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas, are needed to extract one cubic metre of bitumen.

TOUGH YET LIMBER

“At present there is no proven technology that has been found to be able to commercially extract the bitumen from the known oil sands deposits in Saskatchewan,” Boyd noted. A second company, which bought up 196,995 hectares of oil sands land in December 2012, soon after Cenovus’ purchase, remains unidentified. Located north of the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range, no exploration activity has begun on the two five-year land leases. Cenovus and the second company are the only ones that currently hold Crown oil sands exploration permits, the government said. Cenovus does not have plans to start developing its Axe Lake deposit in the near future. “We see them as a potential bolt-on acquisition or extension to our Telephone Lake project that is directly adjacent to the Oilsands Quest leases on the Alberta side of the border,” said Harris. Cenovus hopes for Alberta’s regulatory approval of the Telephone Lake project in 2014, with site dewatering to begin in 2017. March/April 2014 | 61

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Saskatchewan’s deposits are continuous, homogenous, and have high porosity and oil saturation, with the main difference from Alberta’s deposits being a lack of Clearwater shale overlying the bitumen. A 2009 Pembina Institute study suggests that this “means conventional SAGD techniques used for in-situ extraction in Alberta may not be suitable.”

Since the geology is similar between the two projects, “there might be some lessons from developing those assets that we could apply on the Oilsands Quest assets down the road,” explained Harris.

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Cenovus withdrew Oilsands Quest’s Axe Lake project proposal in August 2013. “It's far too early to say what role the Oilsands Quest assets might play in our long-term oil sands development strategy or what kind of technology might be used if they are developed,” said Brett Harris, Cenovus Energy’s senior media relations advisor, adding “a lot could change between now and then.”

Long-term solution K+S is building its Legacy potash mine to last Courtesy of K+S Potash Canada

by Eavan Moore

The Legacy mine will be the second solution mine in the province and is scheduled to begin producing in 2016. The steel for the project’s tank farm (shown above) was erected in December 2013.

When the German firm K+S set up shop in Saskatchewan, some of the mines under its control in Europe had been operating for a hundred years. The company sees similar long-term potential in the Legacy potash formation it picked up from Potash One in 2011.

t the time of acquisition, Legacy had Proven and Probable Reserves of 160 million tonnes of potassium chloride and another 981 million tonnes of Inferred and Indicated Resources. “It's a huge deposit,” says Sam Farris, vice-president and general manager of operations at K+S Potash Canada. “And that's consistent through Saskatchewan. The quantity and the quality of deposits were two important reasons that brought K+S to Saskatchewan,” says Farris. Currently, he says, assuming annual production of 2.86 million tonnes per year, the mine will have a life of more than 55 years.

That means one well can extend into all three members, allowing greater potassium chloride extraction for the same investment. The overall combined thickness of the mining zones within the deposits is 33 metres. The ore consists mainly of a mix of potassium-bearing sylvinite and sodiumbased halite, as well as a number of interbedded clay seams and anhydrite content. Across all three members, the average potassium oxide content is 18 per cent (or 29 per cent potassium chloride), which is significantly higher than in the German mines operated by K+S.

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With an average depth of 1,500 metres, Legacy has the hot temperatures suitable for solution mining, in which injections of hot water will slowly dissolve potassium chloride to form brine-filled caverns. The solution mining

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The “Legacy 1” drilling rig being prepared for production well drilling in February 2013

Although the exploration end and the dry process plant look broadly similar to conventional potash mining, the solution approach makes use of drilling and well logging practices common in the oil and gas industry. “The most specialized thing about it is the cavern engineering,” says Farris. “Solution mining involves monitoring the dissolution process. There are key performance indicators that are being actively monitored for each cavern. The cavern engineers are analyzing and interpreting the results from well-return brine samples and downhole well logs, and adjusting operations based upon these results.” K+S, which operates a number of salt solution mines, has expertise to share with the cavern engineering team, most of whom have already been hired. K+S has close ties to Germany-based Koeppern, which is supplying the dry process engineering and compaction equipment through a joint venture with March Engineering in Saskatoon. “They’ve supplied much of the compaction equipment in the potash industry over the last number of years,” says Farris.

it, but a lot of it was focused on understanding the geological characteristics,” explains Farris. Early work was done on core samples in a research facility in Germany, but K+S also has a full-scale test cavern in operation. “This allows us to test maybe a few different ideas and also to verify the performance of the cavern,” according to him. Some of the R&D aims to increase mining rates, or more thorough extraction, from caverns at some point in the future; Legacy has many decades of life (more than 50 years) based on its current Proven Reserves, and Farris anticipates that there will be continuous improvement of its existing methods.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Cavern development starts in halite and lower grade potassium chloride zones of the deposit, using water as the primary solvent. During the last stage of the cavern’s life, as the ore grade rises, brine solutions are used instead; the sodium chloride in the brine prevents the halite in the ore from dissolving, helping keep the cavern stable. When caverns reach their full size, they are “on par with some of the largest sports stadiums in the world,” says Farris.

Although the basic technology is proven, K+S has research and development projects investigating ways to improve the mining process. “There are multiple aspects to

For now, the plan is to begin creating caverns in 2014, starting with the higher-grade Patience Lake layer. It will

The wet process equipment and detailed design work is being handled by Veolia, which is working with AMEC design teams in Oakville, Ontario. AMEC is the umbrella contractor for engineering, project management, and site construction management.

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Solution mining has lower capital costs and a shorter ramp-up period than conventional mining, and it allows K+S to extract all three potash members simultaneously. Legacy aims to be one of the world’s largest by-design solution potash mines, comparable in size to the Belle Plaine mine operated by the Mosaic Company. Farris stresses that the technology involved has been proven during the last several decades of solution mining elsewhere, particularly for salt mining.

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process will inevitably pick up sodium as well as potassium chloride, but the design bypasses a 19metre thick section of halite between the Esterhazy and Belle Plaine members. Pumped out through extraction wells, the ore in solution will travel through a network of pipelines to surface, where it will be dried out and then further processed into three different products: standard and granular potash for the fertilizer market, and a higher-grade industrial product.

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Sam Farris, vice-president and general manager of operation at K+S Potash Canada

We have the ability to turn down or ramp up production fairly easily. – S. Farris

take about two years for water injections to gradually dissolve the caverns to a workable volume. Meanwhile, the company will be building the process plant for a summer 2016 commissioning date.

markets its products as raw materials for aluminum recycling, electroplating, water treatment, de-icing, soap manufacturing, food production and many other purposes.

“The first caverns are ready to produce potash in the summer of 2016,” explains Farris. “And then there's a ramp-up until we reach our full capacity of two million tonnes in 2017. And beyond that, there's a secondary mining phase where we switch to brine-based mining for those caverns that are ready, and we gradually expand to 2.86 million tonnes.” Looking further into the future, the company has the potential to expand production to up to four million tonnes per year.

HIGHER COSTS

Potash One had originally planned for the deposit to produce only one type of potash product for the fertilizer market. When K+S came in, that changed. “We have the ability to turn down or ramp up production fairly easily,” points out Farris. “So in times of lower overall market demand, if we choose to turn down production, there's some capability to reduce variable costs.” For that reason, the process plant is designed for flexibility. On a given day or week, the proportion of different products might change. The originally planned standard potash formula, used for fertilizer, is typically the least processed. A second compacted fertilizer-grade product is sized to enable it to be blended with nitrogen or phosphorus products for large-scale agricultural applications. That product has to be run through a compactor first, as does the third, industrial-grade potash product, which additionally goes through a leaching step to improve its purity to greater than 99 per cent potassium chloride. Industrial potash accounts for around a tenth of the total potash market; it is used as a raw material by the electrolysis industry, which in turn 64 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

The new process plant design accounts for part of the increases to the estimated capital expenditures that K+S has revealed over the last few years. When it first took over the project, the estimated capital cost was $3.25 billion. In 2013, the company revised that number to $4.1 billion. Farris says there are three main inputs to the increase. First, Potash One had planned to make a single, uncompacted product; the new design contains significantly more processing equipment. Second, Farris says there was also a “rationalization” from the original estimate to a more up-to-date assessment of the material and labour costs, particularly the cost of building the processing plant. And third, he says, “a lot of the change is because we’ve invested in our own infrastructure.” As a greenfield project, Legacy requires rail and port connections to be built from scratch. K+S has struck a deal to transport its products via Canadian Pacific Railway to domestic markets and to a port in British Columbia where it will need to develop facilities. Canadian Pacific is building a spur line, but K+S has to provide the export facilities. In a time when greenfield development projects worldwide have been suspended, and the potash market in particular has taken a beating, K+S is confident that its billions will pay off in the long term. “It isn’t just a 10-year investment for us,” says Farris. K+S has spent a century mining Germany, but Saskatchewan holds its new legacy. CIM

Prairie powerhouse GROW, GROW,

GROW

DIAMONDS 2013 – 1.10 million

2009

$4.6

$7.4

billion

A drill core sample from North Arrow Minerals Pikoo project yielded 745 diamonds larger than 0.106 mm and 23 diamonds larger than the 0.85 mm.

2009 – 1.03 million

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POPULATION

Potash producers in Saskatchewan plan to invest $13.9 billion to upgrade and expand production capacity by more than 90% by 2023. Ten facilities in the province produce nearly one-third of the world’s potash.

2023 (est.)

MINES ON THE HORIZON

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million tonnes

2016 K+S Canada’s Legacy mine: 2.8 million tonnes per year

14.7

2018 BHP Billiton’s Jansen mine: 8 to 10 million tonnes per year

million tonnes

COAL

URANIUM ADDING THE POUNDS Estimated 2013 U3O8 production

SPENDING ON URANIUM EXPLORATION IN SASKATCHEWAN

23.1 million lbs

2013 (est.) 2012

Expected annual production from Cigar Lake

+18 million lbs

Claude Resources, currently the province’s only operating gold miner, expects to produce between 47,000 and 51,000 ounces of gold in 2014. Last year the company increased its mineral reserves by 78 per cent or 243,000 ounces.

$115.8 million

$122.2 million

Start up H2 2014

Last February, the provincial environment ministry OK’d the construction of a +$200-million hydrometallurgy plant to process the concentrate from Fortune Minerals’ gold-copper-bismuth-cobalt NICO project in the Northwest Territories.

Saskatchewan’s sole coal producer Sherritt International Corporation sold its three mines at Boundary Dam, Bienfait, and Poplar River to Westmoreland Coal in late 2013. Sources: Gov’t of Saskatchewan, Cameco Corporation, North Arrow Minerals, Claude Resources, Businesswire.com, K+S Canada, BHP Billiton, Statistics Canada, Fortune Minerals March/April 2014 | 65

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POTASH PRODUCTION

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Une solution à long terme La mine de potasse Legacy de K+S – Construite pour durer Offert par K+S Potash Canada

by Eavan Moore

Le procédé d’extraction par dissolution sur le site de Legacy permettra d’extraire simultanément du chlorure de potassium des trois couches de la grande formation d’évaporites de la Prairie.

a société allemande K+S régissait des mines en activité depuis près d’un siècle en Europe quand elle s’est installée en Saskatchewan. Pour son projet de mine de potasse Legacy, elle prévoit le même potentiel à long terme que celui qu’elle avait tiré de son projet Potash One en 2011. Au moment de l’acquisition, le projet Legacy disposait de réserves prouvées et probables de 160 millions de tonnes de chlorure de potassium et de ressources présumées et indiquées de 981 millions de tonnes. « C’est un gisement considérable », explique Sam Farris, vice-président et directeur général des opérations à K+S Potash Canada. « La Saskatchewan regorge de ressources. La quantité et la qualité des gisements constituaient deux motivations importantes pour l’installation de K+S dans la province. » Il déclare qu’actuellement, en supposant que la production annuelle atteigne 2,86 millions de tonnes, la mine aura une durée de vie de plus de 55 ans. Les gisements de potasse de la Saskatchewan sont les plus importants au monde. La propriété Legacy a cet avantage que trois couches (que l’on appelle aussi membres) de la grande formation de la Prairie, à savoir Esterhazy, Belle Plaine et Patience Lake, se chevauchent. Ceci signifie que l’on peut foncer un puits à travers ces trois membres, ce qui permet une extraction plus importante de chlorure de 66 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

potassium pour le même investissement. L’épaisseur combinée totale des zones d’exploitation minière au sein des gisements est de 33 mètres. Le minerai comprend principalement un mélange de sylvinite contenant du chlorure de potassium et de halite composée de chlorure de sodium, ainsi qu’un certain nombre de couches d’argile interstratifiées et d’anhydrite. Dans chacun des trois membres, la teneur moyenne en oxyde de potassium est de 18 % (ou 29 % de chlorure de potassium), une teneur bien plus élevée que celle des mines allemandes exploitées par K+S.

L’EXTRACTION PAR DISSOLUTION Le projet Legacy, dont la profondeur moyenne de forage est de 1 500 mètres, présente des températures élevées idéales pour l’extraction par dissolution, dans laquelle des injections d’eau chaude dissoudront lentement le chlorure de potassium pour former des cavernes sursalées. Le procédé d’extraction par dissolution recueillera inévitablement du chlorure de sodium et de potassium, mais la conception permet de contourner une section de 19 mètres dépaisseur de halite entre les couches d’Esterhazy et de Belle Plaine. Pompé par des puits d’extraction, le minerai en solution sera transporté par un réseau de canalisations vers la surface, où il sera séché et ensuite transformé en trois produits : de la potasse standard et granuleuse pour le marché des engrais, et un produit industriel à plus haute teneur.

« Son aspect le plus spécialisé concerne les travaux techniques dans la caverne », déclare M. Farris. « L’extraction par dissolution implique de surveiller le processus de dissolution. On contrôle activement les principaux indicateurs de la performance dans chaque caverne. Les ingénieurs travaillant dans les cavernes analysent et interprètent les résultats à partir d’échantillons de saumure extraits des puits et des diagraphies de forage, puis ils adaptent les opérations en fonction de ces résultats. » K+S, qui exploite plusieurs mines à solutions salines, possède l’expertise nécessaire pour la partager avec l’équipe d’ingénieurs travaillant dans les cavernes, lesquels ont pour la plupart déjà été embauchés. K+S entretient des liens étroits avec Köppern, une société établie en Allemagne qui fournit les techniques de procédé par voie sèche et l’équipement de compactage au titre d’une entreprise commune avec March Consulting à Saskatoon. « Cette société a fourni la majeure partie de l’équipement de compactage à l’industrie de la potasse ces dernières années », explique M. Farris. L’équipement utilisé pour le procédé par voie humide et les travaux de conception détaillée sont gérés par Veolia, qui collabore avec les équipes de conception d’AMEC à Oakville, en Ontario. AMEC est le sous-traitant qui coordonne les travaux techniques, la gestion de projet et la gestion de construction du site.

DES PROGRÈS CONTINUS La technologie fondamentale est éprouvée, mais K+S mène des projets de recherche et développement (R&D) pour déterminer les façons d’améliorer le procédé d’exploitation minière. « Ce procédé englobe de multiples aspects, mais la plupart visaient à comprendre les caractéristiques géologiques », explique M. Farris. Les premiers travaux ont été faits sur des carottes de forage dans un cen-

Certaines des activités de R&D visent à augmenter les taux dexploitation minière ou à parvenir à l’avenir à une extraction plus méthodique dans les cavernes. Sur la base de ses réserves prouvées, le projet Legacy a devant lui de nombreuses décennies de vie (plus de 50 ans), et M. Farris prévoit une amélioration continue des méthodes existantes. Le développement de la caverne commence dans des zones du gisement contenant de la halite et du chlorure de potassium à plus faible teneur, en utilisant l’eau comme principal solvant. Durant la dernière étape de la vie de la caverne, alors que la teneur du minerai augmente, on utilise des solutions hypersalines. Le chlorure de sodium dans la saumure empêche la dissolution de la halite contenue dans le minerai, ce qui contribue à la stabilité de la caverne. Lorsque les cavernes atteignent leur grandeur nature, elles sont « comparables aux plus grands stades de sport du monde », explique M. Farris. Pour le moment, le projet est de créer des cavernes en 2014, en commençant par la couche à la teneur la plus élevée de Patience Lake. Il faudra compter environ deux ans pour que les injections d’eau dissolvent progressivement les cavernes et que l’on parvienne à un volume exploitable. Parallèlement, la société construira l’usine de transformation pour une mise en service prévue en été 2016. « Les premières cavernes seront prêtes à produire de la potasse au cours de l’été 2016 », déclare M. Farris. « Nous prévoyons ensuite une période d’accélération jusquà ce que nous atteignions notre pleine capacité de deux millions de tonnes en 2017. Ensuite, une seconde phase est prévue, durant laquelle nous passerons à l’exploitation de la saumure dans les cavernes qui seront prêtes, et nous développerons notre capacité à 2,86 millions de tonnes. » À l’avenir, la société pourrait accroître sa production annuelle pour atteindre quatre millions de tonnes. Potash One avait initialement prévu que le gisement produise un seul type de produit à base de potasse pour le marché des engrais. Mais l’entrée en scène de K+S a changé la donne. « Il nous est relativement facile de ralentir ou d’accélérer la production », fait remarquer M. Farris. « Ainsi, durant des périodes de demande du marché globalement plus faibles, nous avons la possibilité de réduire les coûts variables si nous décidons de ralentir la production. » C’est pour cette raison que l’usine de transformation est conçue de manière à être flexible. En fonction du jour ou

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Bien que les travaux d’exploration et l’installation pour le procédé par voie sèche rappellent l’extraction traditionnelle de potasse, l’approche par dissolution adoptée dans le projet Legacy se fonde sur des pratiques de forage et de diagraphie des sondages communément utilisées dans l’industrie du pétrole et du gaz.

tre de recherche en Allemagne, mais K+S dispose également dune caverne d’essai grandeur nature en activité. « Ceci nous permet de tester quelques idées différentes et aussi de vérifier la performance de la caverne. »

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L’extraction par dissolution, par rapport aux méthodes d’extraction classiques, a des coûts d’investissements plus faibles et une période de démarrage plus courte, aussi cette technique permet à K+S d’extraire simultanément les trois membres de potasse. Le projet Legacy envisage de devenir l’une des mines de potasse à extraction par dissolution parmi les plus grandes au monde, dont la taille sera comparable à la mine de Belle Plaine exploitée par la société Mosaic. M. Farris insiste sur le fait que la technologie utilisée a été éprouvée ailleurs au cours des dernières décennies d’extraction par dissolution, particulièrement pour les mines de sel.

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de la semaine, la proportion de produits divers peut varier. La formule standard de potasse initialement prévue, que l’on utilise pour les engrais, est généralement la moins transformée. Un second produit compacté de teneur satisfaisante pour les engrais est mesuré afin de permettre son mélange avec des produits à base d’azote ou de phosphore pour des applications agricoles à grande échelle. Ce produit devra tout d’abord être soumis au compactage, de même que le troisième produit de potasse de qualité industrielle, qui doit en outre passer par une étape de lixiviation afin d’améliorer sa pureté pour atteindre une teneur en chlorure de potassium supérieure à 99 %. La potasse de qualité industrielle représente environ un dixième du marché total de la potasse. On l’utilise comme matière première dans l’industrie de l’électrolyse, qui commercialise à son tour ses produits en tant que matières premières pour le recyclage de l’aluminium, l’électrodéposition, le traitement de l’eau, le dégivrage, la fabrication de savon, la production alimentaire, et à bien d’autres fins.

DES COÛTS PLUS ÉLEVÉS Une partie des augmentations des dépenses en capital estimées révélées par K+S ces dernières années est imputable à la nouvelle conception de l’usine de transformation. Lorsqu’elle a commencé le projet, le coût en capital estimé était de 3,25 milliards $. En 2013, la société a revu son budget, qui est désormais estimé à 4,1 milliards $.

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D’après M. Farris, cette augmentation s’explique par trois facteurs. Tout d’abord, Potash One avait prévu de faire un seul et unique produit non compacté ; l’équipement de transformation nécessaire à la nouvelle conception est bien plus important. Ensuite, le projet a également « rationalisé » l’estimation initiale à une évaluation plus récente des coûts du matériel et de la main-dœuvre, et notamment du coût de construction de l’usine de transformation. Enfin, M. Farris ajoute que « de nombreux changements d’écoulent du fait que nous avons investi dans notre propre infrastructure ». En tant que projet sur un site vierge, Legacy implique que les connexions ferroviaires et portuaires sont construites ex nihilo. K+S a conclu un accord avec Canadien Pacifique pour transporter ses produits par voie ferroviaire vers les marchés intérieurs et vers un port en Colombie-Britannique où il devra développer des installations. Canadien Pacifique construit actuellement une ligne de collecte principale, mais K+S devra fournir l’infrastructure pour les exportations. À une époque où les projets de développement des sites vierges ont été suspendus partout dans le monde, et où le marché de la potasse plus particulièrement est mis à mal, K+S reste confiant que ses milliards investis seront payants à long terme. « Pour nous, il ne sagit pas d’un simple investissement sur dix ans », déclare M. Farris. K+S a un siècle d’exploitation minière en Allemagne à son actif, mais c’est la Saskatchewan qui hérite de son expérience. ICM

DINE

WHERE TO

STAY

Guests of Saskatoon’s downtown hotels have access to various shopping and entertainment outlets and the beautiful riverside Meewasin Trails – all within walking distance. The Radisson Hotel boasts an on-site business centre, a three-storey waterslide, a pool, a whirlpool and a fitness centre. And its long-time executive chef recently beat out 450 others to win the Saskatoon Gold Plate competition. Enjoy the relaxing atmosphere at the Aroma Resto-Bar and see what all the hype is about. Opened as a grand railway hotel in 1935, the elegant Delta Bessborough Hotel sits on the banks of the river and is surrounded by acres of gardens. Equipped with a fitness centre, pool, steam room and day spa, the hotel offers modern conveniences against the backdrop of historic Saskatoon. The newly renovated Sheraton Cavalier Saskatoon features contemporary and comfortable guest rooms and luxurious furnishings to make guests feel at home. Get some work done at your oversized work desk before hitting the large indoor water park. Enjoy beautifully appointed and comfortable guest rooms at the James Hotel, Saskatoon’s boutique hotel where travellers can soak up the fantastic river view from the James Penthouse, or enjoy a vintage cocktail in the casual James Lobby Bar.

Visit Saskatoon’s “big fish in a small pond,” celebrity chef Dale MacKay at his newly opened Ayden Kitchen and Bar. The first winner of Top Chef Canada, MacKay is a welcome addition to the restaurant scene in his hometown. Keo’s Kitchen on Broadway is a local favourite for authentic

Thai food; the green curry is rivaled only by the Pad Thai! Elsewhere on Broadway are a variety of options ranging from high-end fare at Calories to pub meals at the Yard and Flagon. State and Main is a newcomer to down-

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Find out why The Hollows was voted “Best Restaurant for Out-of-Towners.” The menu changes daily at this locally owned and operated restaurant in Riversdale.

town Saskatoon. Enjoy artfully prepared food in this chic kitchen and bar. The Spadina Freehouse is in the heart of downtown, best known for its woodoven pizza and creative cocktail menu.

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WHERE TO

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By Jesse Greene

SPECIAL REPORT

TRAVEL Saskatoon

he massive expansion of potash operations as well as the development of major greenfield projects have made Saskatoon a major mining destination. With many engineering consulting firms located downtown or at nearby Innovation Place, a business visit to Saskatoon easily lends itself to after-work exploration and recreation. Take time to discover the natural beauty of the Meewasin River Valley and the 60-plus kilometres of trails, take in a live show or catch a summertime riverboat tour. In winter, embrace the cold with the many cross-country ski paths, outdoor skating rinks and the annual winter festival.

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EXPLORE

Stretch the legs All paths lead to the riverfront, which has been reclaimed into the bustling River Landing. This project features a new park, village square and farmers market. The Persephone Theatre is one of the largest theatres in Canada and includes a main stage series and a second stage series – so there’s plenty of selection. Future plans for River Landing include restaurants and innovative live/work establishments.

For the curious The ancient meeting place of Wanuskewin Heritage Park is a must see. Learn about the Northern Plains Indians and take in an archeological excavation and the newly renovated interpretive centre just a few minutes outside the city. If you are a science geek, plan a tour of the Canadian Light Source facility that houses the country’s only synchrotron particle accelerator.

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ues around the city. Both Amigos Cantina and the Bassment are great places to enjoy a beverage and take in a show most nights of the week. Jazz, blues, funk, pop – check out the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival each July to see artists from all over the world perform in many genres. This multi-day festival has free stages, late night DJ events and main stage performances that attracts more than 85,000 music fans each year.

The Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport has direct flights from major Canadian cities as well as a number of U.S. locations. The recently renovated and expanded terminal is located about a 15 minutes’ drive from the city centre.

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Find the tempo For its small size, Saskatoon’s music scene packs a punch. The annual Saskatoon Blues Festival in late February showcases both homegrown and international talents at ven70 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

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The Cameco Meewasin Skating Rink is a winter wonderland overlooking the river near the University Bridge downtown. Thousands of people skate here during winter, taking advantage of free skates and the warm-up shack. The Meewasin Trail Authority maintains more than 60 km of pathways lining the South Saskatchewan River. Trails wind under the bridges and through beautiful parks and natural areas, and are well used by cyclists, joggers and sightseers year round.

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The annual Potash Corp. Wintershines Festival showcases an international ice carving competition, ice park and winter playground. Headquartered out of the Saskatoon farmers market building at 414 Ave B South, this festival runs during the last week of January.

Groups of eight to 12 are considered ideal. Contact outreach@lightsource.ca or phone 306-657-3644. A visit to Saskatoon would not be complete without taking in the energy and charm of Broadway. The area boasts one-of-a-kind shops and boutiques, great night life, fine dining and plays host to many of Saskatoon’s biggest events. The Broadway Theatre is both historic and progressive; this communityowned venue screens indie movies, hosts live performances and is now the first in Saskatchewan to serve alcohol at late-night showings.

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AROUND Taxi service is available from the airport’s terminal building. Fares to downtown should run around the $20 to $25 mark. A number of downtown hotels also offer shuttle services. A variety of car rental companies operate in Saskatoon and public transportation information is available through Saskatoon.ca.

7th International Symposium on Hydrometallurgy

Organizing Committee Conference Co-Chairs Edouard Asselin David Dreisinger University of British Columbia

Technical Program Co-Chair David Dixon University of British Columbia

TMS Representative and Technical Program Co-Chair Fiona Doyle University of California SME Representatives Matthew Jeffrey Newmont

Michael Moats Missouri University of Science and Technology

Asia Representative Feng Xie School of Materials and Metallurgy, Northeastern University

Short Course Berend Wassink University of British Columbia

Industrial Tour Henry Salomon-De-Friedburg Teck Ltd. Student Activities/Relations Alex Burns University of British Columbia

Publicity/Sponsorship Nathan Stubina Byron Capital Markets

June 22-25, 2014 Victoria Conference Centre â&#x20AC;˘ Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

The industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exclusive conference focused on hydrometallurgy Hydrometallurgy 2014 will provide a forum for the dissemination of all research relating to hydrometallurgical extraction, purification and recovery of base and precious metals. Technical topics include:

k Extraction (oxides/sulphides) k Separation (solvent extraction/ion exchange) k Recovery (electrowinning and electrorefining) k Environmental aspects k Teaching/research in hydrometallurgy k Controls and automation k Operations/start-up/project updates

Organized by Hydrometallurgy section

Sponsors Sponsorship opportunities still available. Contact Nathan Stubina (nstubina@cim.org).

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For complete program: metsoc.org

Plenary

Social Program

Plenary session topics will encompass the conference theme and spotlight five of the industry’s pioneers:

Be sure to reserve your social activities tickets – spaces are limited.

k George Demopoulos, McGill University TOPIC:

From hydrometallurgy to advanced energy material and environmental technology development – an odyssey of research risks and opportunities!

k John Monhemius (Emeritus), Imperial College k

TOPIC: A changing environment: reflections on 50 years of hydrometallurgy

Mike Nicol (Emeritus), Murdoch University TOPIC: Kinetics in hydrometallurgy – models, mechanisms and mystery

k Nick Hazen, Hazen Research TOPIC:

Agile process development and early use of solvent extraction in the mining industry

k Kaixi Jiang, Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (BGRIMM) TOPIC: Hydrometallurgical developments in the zinc industries in China

Short Course A three-day short course focusing on recent key technological developments and current industrial trends will be given by highly qualified experts. Further details and a complete list of speakers are available online.

Industrial Tours At Teck Metals Ltd’s Trail Operations, located in British Columbia’s beautiful Kootenay region, participants will see and learn about one of the world’s largest integrated zinc/lead smelting and refining complexes. The tour will be held on Wednesday, June 25 and Thursday, June 26. See the conference website for the itinerary and complete details. SILVER

Opening Reception All delegates are invited to enjoy a complimentary drink and hors d’oeuvres at the Opening Reception on Sunday, June 22.

Hydrometallurgy Luncheon Join us at this network lunch on Monday, June 23 featuring a guest speaker. Tickets are available for purchase.

Awards Banquet & Reception On Tuesday, June 24, the Hydrometallurgy Section of MetSoc will honour its outstanding members by presenting the Hydrometallurgy Awards. Tickets are available for purchase.

Student Program

Poster Competition Students will be presenting their posters on Monday, June 23. Instructions and judging criteria are available online.

Student Fun Night Kick the week off with a student gettogether on Sunday, June 22. This event is free for students and spaces are limited.

Student/Industry Mixer Students and industry representatives are invited to meet informally on Monday, June 23. Winners of the poster competition will be announced and door prizes will be drawn. This event is free for students. Financial assistance is available to support student travel to the conference. To be eligible, students should be registered in a Canadian university at the time of the conference, in a Masters or PhD program related to the field of hydrometallurgy. Visit www.hydrometallurgysection.org/student_support.php for further information. Students may partially defray expenses by also serving as session monitors.

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International Trade Minister Ed Fast signs a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with Cameroon’s Economy and National Planning Minister Nganou Djoumessi. Fast also announced the commencement of FIPA negotiations with Kenya.

More than 120 government and industry representatives discussed mining opportunities and shared challenges in Francophone Africa at Franco-Mine 2014 hosted by CIM during the PDAC Convention. Franco-Mine 2014 counted delegations from Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal, Mauritania, Gabon, Niger, Egypt, and Congo, and included the signing of a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) between Canada and Cameroon. Emmanuel Bonde, Cameroon’s mines minister, said the mining sector will be the “motor” of the country’s economic development. Despite its potential, he said, roughly 60 per cent of the country is underexplored. Bonde highlighted the government’s recent partnership with the World Bank to conduct an airborne geophysical survey for 20 per cent of the country, as an example of Cameroon’s commitment to growing the sector. CIM

Cooperation key with new Canadian REE network The Canadian Rare Earth Elements Network (CREEN) has a lofty goal: to have Canada produce 20 per cent of the world's separated rare earth elements by 2018. This is indeed ambitious considering Canada currently has no producing rare earth mines. To make this happen, the network, an industry-led initiative launched at the 2013 Conference of Metallurgists in Montreal, is looking to pool talent and resources together to overcome some of the biggest hurdles for kick-starting rare earth production in Canada. Ian London, CREEN chair, said the spirit of the network is to get competing juniors to work together on cracking pre-competitive technologies that will reduce capital and operating costs for all potential producers. “None of the majors are involved in rare earth mining or processing,” he said. “Most of the juniors don’t naturally collaborate well. But it was clear, especially with the softening of some of the financial markets, there were a number of shared problems.” Rare earth elements are notoriously difficult to separate and process, as each deposit’s mineralogy is unique. The network – in collaboration with governments, end-users (like General Electric) and academia – has prioritized roughly a dozen projects, including research into specific separation, processing and chemical reagent processes. The network is looking to build membership and will be presenting at the CIM Convention in Vancouver in May. CIM

Alicia Ferdinand, CIM Toronto Branch chair, left, presents Mining CEO Rob McEwen with a certificate of appreciation following a lunch presentation that he gave to branch members in December. The branch made a donation to “Mining Matters” on behalf of McEwen.

CIM Toronto leads “student friendly” tour For the uninitiated, the PDAC Convention can seem like a swirling vortex of suits – people pushing and promoting projects, products and potential profits from every booth, room and lounge at the Toronto Convention Centre. Navigating this environment can be intimidating, especially when it is your first time or when you are not here to talk business. With this in mind, the CIM Toronto Branch, along with PDAC, organized trade show tours, bringing students face to face with self-identified “student-friendly” companies. The branch put on five guided tours, giving students the opportunity to meet with a variety of mining and service companies as well as government departments. “The impression is these people bark,” said Rick Hutson, CIM Toronto Branch volunteer and Central District vice-president, “but they’re actually really nice people.” Registration for the first three tours was nearly full, with roughly 20 students participating in each. The guided tours made eight stops, giving students around 10 minutes to chat with company representatives. “It helps students find their way around here,” said Hutson. First-time PDAC attendee Ben Lee, a master’s student at the University of Alberta specializing in electromagnetic methods in geophysics, said he came to the convention, in part, to start networking: “I definitely talked to some people that I would not have otherwise, since there are just so many different companies out there.” CIM March/April 2014 | 73

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Northern Gateway mixes it up The promise of seafood and jazz brought out roughly 200 North Bay residents to the CIM Northern Gateway Branch’s fifth annual CIM Seafood Mixer. Paul Chivers, branch volunteer, said the event is one of two major branch fundraisers, with funds supporting many initiatives in the region designed to educate the public and particularly young people about the mining industry. “The chapter runs courses at the Canadian Ecology Centre near Mattawa, during which we bring teachers into local mines to dispel myths and show them how important our industry is to the well-being of all,” said Chivers. He added that the money also goes to supporting the Canadore College Trades Trailer, which “travels around Ontario to introduce trades and jobs to young people in various communities.”

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The pioneer spirit Maureen Jensen started her career 35 years ago as an exploration geologist, then moved up to president and CEO of Noble Peak Resources, before crossing over to the regulations side to collaborate on what would ultimately become NI 43-101. She is currently executive director of Canada’s largest securities regulator, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). Jensen recently received the Women in Mining Trailblazer Award and CIM Magazine had a chance to speak with her to learn where she thinks the industry is headed. CIM: Congratulations on the Trailblazer Award. Jensen: This is quite something for me. I’m not really in mining anymore, so it is fantastic, but of course, I’m still very involved. I’m absolutely thrilled to get it, especially when I was nominated by some people that I mentored early on. CIM What advice do you give young professionals? Jensen: Don’t think of your career as very narrow. Try different options and look around at the people that you’re working with who you admire and find out how they got to where they are. Look for mentors, somebody who will really have your back and try and help you make some tough decisions as you move forward. I don’t think there’s one perfect career. The best thing to do is to be thoughtful about it and try new opportunities. CIM : The OSC has recently proposed regulations that would make its listed companies report on their board nomination and senior management hiring processes. How did that come about? Jensen: The Ontario budget came out last May and it noted that we really wanted to have more women in executive positions. 74 | CIM Magazine | Vol. 9, No. 2

This is about the health of the Ontario economy. Canada, out of all of the developed nations, is really lagging in the number of women on boards of directors, so the government asked us to do something about it, and we decided that we would put forward a proposal for a rule that says that companies, through their governance – and this would be their reporting in the proxy season – have to report the number of women on their board and in senior management and what policies they have, if any, to encourage gender diversity. CIM : What are some of the barriers that women still face in the mining world? Jensen: Let’s talk about the tangibles. First of all, there are fewer women in the business than men. But that’s changing. Who’s graduating out of school these days, whether you’re looking at HR, geology, engineering, is 50:50 (men and women). There is also a bit of a culture in the mining industry, and in all industries, that women are not as committed because they have families and other things in their lives. Personally, I think that’s ridiculous and it’s an old way of thinking. What you want in your firm, regardless of if it’s a mining company or a bank, are people who are completely committed to the success of the organization and they can come in all shapes and sizes. Have we seen a change? I will tell you the change that I’ve seen is the amount of people that are talking about it. It’s just amazing. We, in the mining industry, are faced with a real difficulty of having the right experienced people in the pipeline as we move forward. The baby boomers are going to retire and we need to keep companies operating. From a regulatory perspective, and from a perspective of a province, we need to make sure that corporate Canada is healthy. The only way that we’re going to find enough people who are talented and have the right skills is to look broader than just one gender. CIM

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L’EXPO! organisé par l’ICM, exhibera cette année des équipements, de la technologie, des processus et des services à la fine pointe ! L'économie mondiale est susceptible de continuer à croître à un rythme modéré, poussant la demande de métaux et de l'énergie à de nouveaux sommets. Notre industrie continue de prospérer et l’EXPO! se développe avec elle. Le congrès de Vancouver compte maintenant plus de 500 entreprises exposantes.

SHOW HOURS HEURES DU SALON Sunday, May 11 17:00 - 20:00 Monday, May 12 10:00 - 17:00 Tuesday, May 13 10:00 - 17:00

Les visiteurs pourront rencontrer de nouveaux exposants et renouer avec leurs fidèles fournisseurs, entrepreneurs et consultants. C'est l'endroit idéal pour en apprendre davantage sur les outils, les technologies et les services disponibles pour favoriser la solidité de vos opérations et de la profession. Un certain nombre d'exposants sont regroupés sous des pavillons régionaux et internationaux. De plus, cette année, les recruteurs de la foire de l'emploi de l’ICM auront des centaines de postes disponibles dans le domaine minier ! Joignez-vous à nous et découvrez l’EXPO!, le carrefour des affaires minières du Canada !

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PAVILIONS Industry innovators from around the world Quebec Pavilion 48e Nord International is a non-profit organization whose mission is to be the catalyst for growth in foreign trade in AbitibiTémiscamingue. 48e Nord International works closely with economic stakeholders and government partners, offering its expertise in the exportation of goods and services. The organization also represents Quebec-based companies offering products and services to the mining and minerals industries and at the international level. 48e Nord international est un organisme à but non lucratif qui a pour mission d'être le catalyseur de la croissance des activités de commerce extérieur en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. 48e Nord international travaille de façon étroite avec les intervenants économiques de la région et les partenaires gouvernementaux dans le but d’offrir aux entreprises de la région une expertise les préparant à l’exportation. L’organisme représente également les entreprises québécoises offrant des produits et services à l’industrie minérale et ce, à l’échelle internationale. 48e Nord International 70, avenue du Lac Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 5C1 T. 819-762-4923 48inter.com

Chaussures Royer 712, rue Principale Lac-Drolet, QC, G0Y 1C0 T. 819-549-2100, x710 royer.com

Delom Services 13065, rue Jean-Grou Montreal, QC, H1A 3N6 T. 514-642-8220, x227 delomservices.com

Eclipse Combustion Canada Inc. 4155, boulevard Matte Suite 4167 Brossard, QC, J4Y 3C2 T. 450-619-6900 eclipsenet.com

Euclid Chemical 2835, boul. Grande-Allée St-Hubert, QC, J4T 2R4 T. 514-208-4346 euclidchemical.com

Fabspec Inc. 160, rue du Roi Sorel-Tracy, QC, J3P 5N6 T. 450-742-0451 fabspec.ca/index.html

Flairbase Inc.

Mecanicad

6600 Trans-Canada Hwy Suite 519 Montreal, QC, H9R 4S2 T. 514-695-0352 flairbase.com

559-A, boul. Témiscamingue Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 7C8 T. 819-797-2009 mecanicad.ca

Fournier Industries

96, boul. Armand-Gilbert Val-d'Or, QC, J9P 5K6 T. 819-824-7710 meglab.ca

3787, boul. Frontenac O. Thetford Mines, QC, J9P 6X6 T. 418-423-4241 fournierindustries.com

GDD Instrumentation 860, boul. Chaudière Suite 200 Quebec, QC, G1X 4B7 T. 418-877-4249 gddinstrumentation.com

H2O Innovation

Meglab

Metallurgie Castech Inc. 500, boul. Frontenac Est Thetford-Mines, QC, G6G 7M8 T. 613-521-2345 castechinc.com

Services Industriels BEST H2O Inc.

330, rue St-Vallier Est Suite 340 Quebec, QC, G1K 9C5 T. 418-688-0170 h2oinnovation.com

101A, Montée de la Rivière des Fèves Saint-Urbain-Premier, QC J0S 1Y0 T. 450-427-1440 best-corp.com

InnovExplo Inc.

STC Footwear

560-B, 3e Avenue Val-d'Or, QC, J9P 1S4 T. 819-874-0447 innovexplo.com

10100, rue Colbert Anjou, QC, H1J 2J8 T. 888-686-1286 stcfootwear.com

Les Forages L.B.M. Inc.

Technosub Industrial Pumps

CP 740 Victoriaville, QC, G6P 7W7 T. 819-758-7883 lesforageslbm.com

Machines Roger International Inc.

1156, avenue Larivière Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 4K8 T. 819-797-3300 technosub.net

1161, rue des Manufacturiers Val-d'Or, QC, J9P 6Y7 T. 819-825-4657 machines-roger.ca

Danish Pavilion The Danish Mining Technology Group has existed for several years but recently has renewed its international focus on the mining industry. Denmark has many specialized product offerings and equipment related to the mining industry and has the possibility to deliver high-quality and flexible solutions to mining companies globally. The Danish Mining Technology Group gathers Danish companies in its network and encourages them to share and discuss information about novel technologies and its global projects in both new and existing markets. The companies share activities and participate in trade fairs all over the world.

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AH Industries A/S Industrial Solutions

Royal Danish Consulate General

Industrivej 11 Ribe, DK-6760, Denmark T. +45-7688-8800 ah-industries.com

2 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON, M4W 3E2 Canada T. 416-962-5661 canada.um.dk

Bruel & Kjaer Sound and Vibration Measurement A/S

Skako Vibration

1050 Fulton Avenue Suite 213 Sacremento, CA, USA, 95825 T. 916-265-7712 bksv.com/mining

384, boulevard de I'Île Pincourt, QC, J7V 9Y3 Canada T. 514-646-0636 skako.com

Danish Mining Technology Group

Svendborg Brakes A/S Cheminova A/S

Glarmestervej 20 A Silkeborg, 8600, Denmark T. +45-87-20-45-65 dk-mining.dk

Jernbanevej 9 Vejstrup, 5882, Denmark T. +45-63-255-255 svendborg-brakes.com

Saskatchewan Pavilion Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership (STEP) champions the province’s export industry and assists provincial businesses in realizing global marketing opportunities. Members are provided with core delivery programs and services focused on their needs. STEP offers trade development, market intelligence, international finance and logistics consulting services as well as industry/sector specific funding and training programs. Canada North Environmental Services 211 Wheeler Street Saskatoon, SK, S7P 0A4 T. 306-652-4432 cannorth.com

Fortis PO Box 6401 Saskatoon, SK, S7K 6C7 T. 306-242-4427 fortiscorporation.com

Clifton Associates Ltd.

Hitachi Power Systems Canada Ltd

340 Maxwell Crescent Regina, SK, S4N 5Y5 T. 306-721-7611 clifton.ca

826-58th Street East Saskatoon, SK, S7K 5Z4 T. 306-242-9222 hitachi.com

Contango Strategies Ltd.

Norseman Structures

15-410 Downey Road Saskatoon, SK, S7N 4N1 T. 306-978-3111 contangostrategies.com

3815 Wanuskewin Road Saskatoon, SK, S7P 1A4 T. 306-385-2742 norsemanstructures.com

Pioneer Performance 401 Packham Place Second Floor Saskatoon, SK, S7N 6Z7 T. 306-526-4165 pioneerperformance.ne

Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy

Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority 103 - 202 4th Avenue North Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0K1 T. 306-664-0706 sreda.com

Shutout Solutions Inc.

500-2103 11th Avenue Regina, SK, S4P 3Z8 T. 306-787-5578 economy.gov.sk.ca

2815 Lorne Avenue Saskatoon, SK, S7J 0S5 T. 306-683-8888 shutoutsolutions.com

Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC)

Western Heritage

125-15 Innovation Blvd Saskatoon, SK, S7N 2X8 T. 306-933-5400 src.sk.ca

8322 Duchess Street Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0R1 T. 306-975-3860, x301 westernheritage.ca

Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership 320-1801 Hamilton Street PO Box 1787 Regina, SK, S4P 3Y6 T. 306-787-7928 sasktrade.sk.ca

Chinese Pavilion The Chinese government aims to strengthen international cooperation. Its domestic conditions demands that they prioritize mining and need to positively participate in international cooperation to support and achieve winning conditions. At the EXPO!, China will exchange and communicate with all countries to promote mining, processing, innovation and know-how. They encourage sustainable development and look forward to mutual benefiting, joint-venture development. Betterwear New Material Co. Ltd.

Great Int'l Holdings Limited

South Wutong Avenue High-tech District Jingdezhen City, China T. +86-798-838-3808 betterwear.cn

No. 230 Changjiang Road 1305RM, International Trade Center Shandong, China, 266555 T. +86-532-8699-3701 great-group.net

Changsha Heijingang Industrial Co. Ltd.

Guiyang Jiesheng Tech-Ind Development Co. Ltd.

Shuangfeng Country, No. 901 Road, Wushan Town Wangcheng, Changsha Hunan, China T. +86-731-8391-8178 hjgdrill.com

11F, Jiulian Building No. 213, North Baoshan Road Guiyang, Guizhou, China 550004 T. +86-851-678-0897 jsintl.com.cn

Excellence Pump Industry Co. Ltd. No. 368, Xinshi North Road Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China T. +86-311-8383-3358 excellencepump.com

Fuzhou Yitai Trading Co. Ltd. 100 Hualin Road, Suite 812 Fuzhou City, Fujian, China T. +86-591-8740-3179 fzyitai.com

Henan Liming Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd. 169 Kexuedadao Road National Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone Zhengzhou, China T. +86-371-8616-2503 break-day.com

Huge Base Industrial 1607 HanZhong Plaza 158 HanZhong Road Shanghai, China T.+86-21-6354-9110 cn-hugebase.com

Longhi Magnet Co. Ltd.

Techking Tires Limited

6 Wenhua Road, Fushun Economic Development Area Liaoning, China, 113122 T. +86-24-5670-0058 en.ljmagnet.com

Bldg 2#, Tianbo Intl Mansion No. 61 Haier Rd, Qingdao Shandong, China, 266061 T. +86-532-5558-8888 techking.com

Maxdrill Rock Tools Co. Ltd.

Weihai Haiwang Hydrocyclone Co. Ltd.

Room 408, 4/F, Tower A Chengshi Fangzhou Building No. 25 Zunyi Road Guiyang, Guizhou, China T. +86-851-863-9106 max-drilling.com

Ningbo WOZOM Industry & Trade Co. Ltd. Nan'ao, Baidu, Xiwu Industry Area, Fenghua Economic Development Zone Ningbo, China, 315558 T. +86-574-8854-6788 wozom.com

ShandongSinomin Rubber Group Co. Ltd. 300 Hengdong Road Dezhou, Shandong China, 253022 T. +10-8760-4156 en.sinomin.com

975 Keji Road Weihai, Shandong, China T. +86-631-562-1553 wh-hw.com

Yantai Xinhai Mining Machinery Company 188 Xinhai Road Fushan District Yantai, Shandong, China T. +86-535-630-3268 ytxinhai.com

Yantai Xingye Machinery Co., Ltd 186 Street, Muping District Yantai, Shandong, China T. 86-535-339-7721 ytxingye.com/en

Shijiazhuang Zhongmei Coal Mine Equipment 89 Huanghe Road National Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone Hebei, China, 50035 T. +86-311-8532-3556 en.sjzzm.com

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JOB FAIR CIM is pleased to welcome 15 high-caliber employers / recruiters who will benefit from a whopping 7,000+ visitors and prospective employees on the trade exhibition show floor. The CIM Job Fair is an excellent venue to meet and network with mining company representatives and to interact with top corporate recruiters.

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Brunel

Detour Gold

1405, Autoroute Transcanadienne Suite 610 Montreal, QC, H9P 2V9 T. 514-396-7890, x118 brunelcanada.ca

Royal Bank Plaza South Tower 200 Bay Street, Suite 2200 Box 23, Toronto, ON, M5J 2J1 T. 647-847-2089, x2643 detourgold.com

Cameco Corporation 2121-11th Street West Saskatoon, SK, S7M 1J3 T. 306-956-6383 cameco.com

Canadian Natural Resources Limited 324-8th Avenue SW Suite 1800 Calgary, AB, T2P 2Z2 T. 403-386-5389 cnrl-careers.com

KGHM International Ltd.

Sherritt International Corporation

145 King Street West Suite 1500 Toronto, ON, M5H 1J8 T. 416-642-9201 kghminternational.com

1600 - 10235 101 Street Edmonton, AB, T5J 3G1 T. 780-420-5834 sherritt.com

Goldcorp

The Mosaic Company

130 Adelaide Street West Suite 2301 Toronto, ON, M5H 3P5 T. 647-729-4461 goldcorp.com

2010 12th Avenue Suite 1700 Regina, SK, S4P 0M3 T. 306-523-2847 mosaicco.com

150 6th Avenue SW Calgary, AB, T2P 3E3 T. 403-296-8945 suncor.com

Imperial Oil Limited Kearl Oil Sands

Norwest Corporation

240 - Fourth Avenue SW PO Box 2480, Stn M Calgary, AB, T2P 3M9 T. 403-766-1609 imperialoil.ca

2700 - 411 1st Street SE Calgary, AB, T2G 4Y5 T. 403-237-7763 norwestcorp.com

Suncor Energy Inc.

Syncrude Canada Ltd. PO Bag 4023, MD 3300 Fort McMurray, AB, T9H 3H5 T. 780-790-6411 syncrude.ca

Teck Resources Ltd. RR#1 Hwy 3 Central Recruiting Office Sparwood, BC, V0B 2G1 T. 250-425-6305 teck.com

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Conference Direct is the official housing bureau for the CIM Convention. The online one-stop reservation central makes it seamless for you to reserve your room at the group rate. Space is limited so reserve early! Please refer to our hotel reservation webpage: vancouver2014.cim.org, and book via QUICKLINKS at the bottom of the page.

DIRECTOR OF CONVENTIONS & TRADE SHOWS DIRECTRICE DES CONGRÈS Lise Bujold, lbujold@cim.org

AIR TRAVEL INFORMATION | TRANSPORT AÉRIEN We have appointed Air Canada as the official airline for the CIM 2014 Convention & Expo! in Vancouver. For online reservations, go to www.aircanada.com and enter the convention code K246DMB1 in the search engine.

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M4S SHOW Lucie Vincent, lvincent@cim.org THE EXPO! & CIM JOB FAIR L’EXPO! ET LA FOIRE DE L’EMPLOI DE L’ICM Martin Bell, mbell@cim.org Nadia Bakka, nbakka@cim.org CONVENTION COORDINATOR COORDONNATRICE DU CONGRÈS Chantal Murphy, cmurphy@cim.org REGISTRATION & CUSTOMER CARE INSCRIPTIONS ET ASSISTANCE À LA CLIENTÈLE Carol Lee, clee@cim.org

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EXHIBITORS LISTING BOOTH 339

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ABC Canada Technology Group Ltd.

Accurassay Laboratories Ltd.

Aecon Mining

1802 Quebec Avenue Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1W2 Canada T. 306-653-4303 abccanada.ca

1046 Gorham Street Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5X5 Canada T. 519-266-4640 accurassay.com

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AFM Industries

ABEL Pumps

ACR Group Inc.

300 Tartan Drive London, ON, N5V 4M9 Canada T. 519-451-2500, x2249 3M.ca/mining

79 North Industrial Park 207 Overlook Drive Sewickley, PA, 15143 USA T. 412-741-3222 abelpumps.com

12771 #5 Road Richmond, BC, V7A 4E9 Canada T. 604-274-9955 acrgroup.ca

828 Ritson Road South Oshawa, ON, L1H 5L4 Canada T. 905-443-150 afmindustries.com

8 Manning Close NE Suite 200 Calgary, AB, T2E 7N5 Canada T. 800-955-9337 3d-p.com

301 - 1003 Ellwood Road SW Edmonton, AB, T6X 0B3 Canada T. 780-395-3201 aecon.com BOOTH 1638

BOOTH 1208

BOOTH 1544 BOOTH 1346

48e Nord International

BOOTH 1007

ACS Valves

70, avenue du Lac Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 5C1 Canada T. 819-762-4923 48inter.com

Accenture

611 Argyle Street North Caledonia, ON, N3W 1M1 Canada T. 604-882-8886 acsvalves.com

145 King Street West Suite 1401 Toronto, ON, M5H 1J8 Canada T. 416-641-5220 accenture.com

AH Industries A/S Industrial Solutions Industrivej 11 Ribe, DK-6760, Denmark T. +45-7688-8800 ah-industries.com

CIM CONVENTION SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE APERÇU DU PROGRAMME DU CONGRÈS DE L’ICM SATURDAY, MAY 10 | SAMEDI 10 MAI 8:00–17:00 Workshops 13:00–17:00 Registration SUNDAY, MAY 11 | DIMANCHE 11 MAI 7:30–13:00 Leadership Congress for CIM Officers 8:00–17:00 Workshops 8:00–20:00 Registration 8:00–20:00 International Delegation Lounge 10:00–16:00 M4S show – General Public Day 11:30–15:00 Guest Program: Nature and Art Boat Cruise 13:00–14:00 CIM Annual General Meeting 14:00–16:00 Surface and Underground Mining Societies’ Reception 15:00–20:00 Business Class Lounge/Media Room 15:00–20:00 Presenters’ Preparation Room 16:30–17:00 SMS Equipment & Komatsu Welcome Ceremony 17:00–20:00 Opening Reception in the Expo!

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MONDAY, MAY 12 | LUNDI 12 MAI 7:00–8:30 Breakfast for Monday’s Presenters and Session Chairs 7:30–8:30 Knowledge Breakfast: Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation 7:30–9:00 CEO and Plenary Speakers’ Breakfast 7:30–10:00 Guest Hospitality Room 7:30–17:00 Registration 7:30–17:00 Presenters’ Preparation Room 7:30–17:00 Business Class Lounge/Media Room 8:00–17:00 International Delegation Lounge 9:00–11:30 Plenary Session 9:00–16:00 M4S show – Schools 10:00–17:00 The Expo!/CIM Job Fair/Student Poster Program 12:00–14:00 Lunch in the Expo! 13:00–14:45 Guest Program: Walking Tour of Granville Street 14:00–16:30 Technical Program: - Global Dimensions of Mining - Innovations - Harnessing our Diverse World - Construction to Production - Managing Operations from Mine to Mill - Ethics in Mining Symposium 15:30–17:00 Networking Cocktail Reception in the Expo! 18:00–19:00 CIM Awards Gala Reception 19:00–23:00 CIM Awards Gala

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Alaska Structures

Amix Systems Ltd.

Aquatech

ASGCO

9024 Vanguard Drive Anchorage, AK, 99507, USA T. 907-344-1565 aks.com

33250 Ravine Avenue Abbotsford, BC, V2S 1V6 Canada T. 604-746-0555 amixsystems.com

69 Connie Crescent Concord, ON, L4K 1L3 Canada T. 905-907-7852 AquatechPumpandPower.com

301 Gordon Street Allentown, PA, 18102, USA T. 610-821-0216 asgco.com

Allied Construction Products LLC

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Assa Abloy

Anchor Danly

ARI

3900 Kelley Avenue Cleveland, OH, 44114, USA T. 216-431-2600, x 210 AlliedCP.com

95 Lyon Avenue North PO Box 790 Tilbury, ON, N0P 2L0 Canada T. 519-682-0470, x1231 anchordanly.com

1270 Central Parkway West Suite 600 Mississauga, ON, L5C 4P4 Canada T. 905-804-2129 arifleet.ca

611 Highway 74 South Peachtree City, GA, 30269, USA T. 678-782-4777 assaabloyentrance.com

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Andritz

Armour Valve

13700 International Place Suite 100 Richmond, BC, V6V 2X8 Canada T. 604-214-9248 andritz.com

126 Milner Avenue Toronto, ON, M1S 3R2 Canada T. 416-299-0780, x11 armourvalve.com

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Amalgamated Mining Group 9303 - 28 Avenue Edmonton, AB, T6T 1N1 Canada T. 780-701-1990 ams-ltd.ca BOOTH 715

AMEC Suite 400, 111 Dunsmuir Street Vancouver, BC, V6B 5W3 Canada T. 604-664-4134 amec.com/mining

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ASDR Environnement

APS Automated Positioning Systems

691, Rue Royale CP 760 Malartic, QC, J0Y 1Z0 Canada T. 819-757-3039 asdr.ca

14 Inverness Drive East Suite G124 Englewood, CO, 80112, USA T. 720-234-2383 apsmining.com

TUESDAY, MAY 13 | MARDI 13 MAI 7:00–8:30 Breakfast for Tuesday’s Presenters and Session Chairs 7:30–8:30 Knowledge Breakfast: A Changing International Landscape 7:30–10:00 Guest Hospitality Room 7:30–17:00 Registration 7:30–17:00 Presenters’ Preparation Room 7:30–17:00 Business Class Lounge/Media Room 8:00–17:00 International Delegation Lounge 8:30–16:30 Technical Program: - Global Dimensions of Mining - Innovations - Harnessing our Diverse World - Construction to Production - Managing Operations from Mine to Mill - Rock Engineering - Ethics in Mining Symposium 9:00–16:00 M4S Show – Schools 10:00–15:00 Guest Program: Morning at the Museum 10:00–17:00 The Expo!/CIM Job Fair/Student Poster Program 12:00–14:00 Lunch in the Expo! 12:00–14:00 Student-Industry Luncheon 15:30–17:00 Networking Cocktail Reception in the Expo! 17:00–19:00 Women in Mining Reception and VIP Reception 20:00–00:00 Joy Global Gala

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Atlantic Industries Limited 3155 Route 935 Dorchester, NB, E4K 3J5 Canada T. 506-379-2456, x123 ailmining.com BOOTH 1315

Atlas Copco Mining and Rock Excavation Canada 200 Mumford Road Walden Industrial Park Lively, ON, P3Y 1L2 Canada T. 705-669-2940 atlascopco.com

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 | MERCREDI 14 MAI 7:00–8:30 Breakfast for Wednesday’s Presenters and Session Chairs 7:30–14:00 Registration 7:30–14:00 Presenters’ Preparation Room 7:30–14:00 Business Class Lounge/Media Room 8:30–12:15 Technical Program - Global Dimensions of Mining - Innovations - Harnessing our Diverse World - Managing Operations from Mine to Mill - Ethics in Mining Symposium - Management & Finance Day 12:00–13:30 Closing Luncheon hosted by CIM and Vancouver Board of Trade 14:00–17:00 Technical Program: Management & Finance Day 14:00–17:00 Special Session: Extractive Sector Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Session

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Aumund Group

BASF Corporation

BHP Billiton Canada Inc.

Brandt Group of Companies

Wilhelminapark 40 Venlo, Noor, 5911 EE the Netherlands T. +31 77 3200111 aumund.com

23700 Chagrin Boulevard Beachwood, OH, 44122, USA T. 216-839-7268 master-builderssolutions.basf.us

130-3rd Avenue South Saskatoon, SK, S7K 1L3 Canada T. 306-385-8912 bhpbilliton.com

13th Avenue & Pinkie Road Box 317 - Station Main Regina, SK, S4P 3A1 Canada T. 306-525-1314 brandt.ca

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Ausenco

Bata Shoes - Hugh Fox & Sons Inc.

Big Rock Consulting Inc.

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868 Lone Pine Drive Kelowna, BC, V1P 1A1 Canada T. 250-765-0924 Bigrockconsultinginc.com

Breaker Technology Ltd.

855 Homer Street Vancouver, BC, V6B 2W2 Canada T. 604-684-9311 ausenco.com

44 Blenheim Road Cambridge, ON, N1S 1E8 Canada T. 226-220-4363 bataindustrials.ca

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35 Elgin Street North Thornbury, ON, N0H 2P0 Canada T. 519-599-2015, x2285 rockbreaker.com

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Austin Powder

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BKT

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910 Dew Drop Road Sudbury, ON, P3G 1L2 Canada T. 705-688-8314 austinpowder.com

BBA

55 York Street Suite 401 Toronto, ON, M5J 1R7 Canada T. 780-888-5667 bkt-tires.com

Brevini Canada Ltd. 236 Galaxy Boulevard Toronto, ON, M9W 5R8 Canada T. 416-674-2591 brevini.com

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375, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Boulevard Mont-St-Hilaire, QC, J3H 6C3 Canada T. 450-464-2111, x8954 bba.ca

Australian Equipment Engineering P/L

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Blair Rubber Company

Becker Canada

5020 Panther Parkway Seville, OH, 44273, USA T. 330-256-4442 blairrubber.com

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations

11 Burns Road Armadale, WA, 6112, Australia T. +08-9399-8844 aeeng.com.au BOOTH 1835

Autopro Automation Consultants Ltd. 4370 Dominion Street Suite 600 Burnaby, BC, V5G 4L7 Canada T. 604-419-4354 autopro.ca

22 Brady Street Unit 4 Sudbury, ON, P3E 6E1 Canada T. 705-674-8111, x216 beckerwms.com BOOTH 1641

Bellemare Transport 8750, boulevard Industriel Trois-Rivieres, QC, G9A 5E1 Canada T. 819-379-2535, x253 groupebellemare.com

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Axter Coletanche 1030, rue Beaubien Est Suite 301 Montreal, QC, H2S 1T4 Canada T. 514-566-3262 coletanche.com

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Belt Conveyor Guarding 3478 Penetanguishene Road RR#1 Barrie, ON, L4M 4Y8 Canada T. 705-725-9950 conveyorguarding.com

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B.I.D. Canada Ltd. 171 Hemlock Street Woodstock, NB, E7M 6B5 Canada T. 506-328-4381, x510 bidcanadaltd.com BOOTH 1105

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Betterwear New Material Co. Ltd. South Wutong Avenue High-Tech District Jingdezhen City, China T. +86-798-838-3808 betterwear.cn

Baldor Electric Co. 5711 RS Boreham Jr. Street Fort Smith, AR, 72901, USA T. 479-648-5995 baldor.com BOOTH 136

Barr / Roche 4700 W 77th Street Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN, 55435, USA T. 952-832-2619 barr.com

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Beumer Kansas City LLC 4435 Main Street Suite 600 Kansas City, MO, 64111, USA T. 816-245-7262 beumergroup.com

535 Marriott Drive Nashville, TN, 37214, USA T. 615-937-3626 bridgestone-firestone.com

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BlueScope Global Building Solutions

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1540 Genesse Street Kansas City, MO, 62044, USA T. 905-464-0161 bluescopebuildings.com

264 Attwell Drive Toronto, ON, M9W 5B2 Canada T. 416-675-3844, x224 brookcromptonna.com

Brook Crompton Ltd.

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BMH Systems

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71, chemin du Tremblay Boucherville, QC, J4B 7L6 Canada T. 450-449-4770, x219 bmhsystems.com

Bruel & Kjaer Sound and Vibration Measurement A/S

BOOTH 1842

1050 Fulton Avenue Suite 213 Sacremento, CA, 95825, USA T. 916-265-7712 bksv.com/mining

BMT WBM Canada 611 Alexander Street Suite 401 Vancouver, BC, V6A 1E1 Canada T. 604-683-5777 bmtwbm.com BOOTH 1541

Borealis Precision 185-911 Yates Street Suite 205 Victoria, BC, V8V 4Y9 Canada T. 855-636-4677 borealisprecision.com BOOTH 145

Boundary Electric (1985) Ltd. 7990 Columbia Drive Box 758 Grand Forks, BC, V0H 1H0 Canada T. 800-663-5598 boundaryelectric.com

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Brunel 1405, Autoroute Transcanadienne Suite 610 Montreal, QC, H9P 2V9 Canada T. 514-396-7890, x118 brunelcanada.ca BOOTH 1748

Cab Products 175 Industrial Park Road Ebensburg, PA, 15931-4109, USA T. 814-472-5077 cabproducts.com

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CAE Mining Canada Inc.

Canadian Dewatering LP

Canam

866 Newgate Avenue Unit 2 Sudbury, ON, P3A 5J9 Canada T. 705-688-0101 cae.com/mining

8350 1st Street NW Edmonton, AB, T6P 1X2 Canada T. 780-400-2233 canadiandewatering.com

270, chemin du Tremblay Boucherville, QC, J4B 5X9 Canada T. 450-641-4000 canam-construction.com

CBCL Limited Consulting Engineers

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Carlson Software

Cameco Corporation

Canadian Mining Journal (CMJ)

2121 - 11th Street West Saskatoon, SK, S7M 1J3 Canada T. 306-956-6383 cameco.com

80 Valleybrook Drive Toronto, ON, M3B 2S9 Canada T. 416-510-6768 canadianminingjournal.com

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Carver PA Corporation

Canada North Environmental Services

Canadian Natural Resources Limited

211 Wheeler Street Saskatoon, SK, S7P 0A4 Canada T. 306-652-4432 cannorth.com

Suite 1800, 324 - 8th Avenue SW Calgary, AB, T2P 2Z2 Canada T. 403-386-5389 cnrl-careers.com

300 - 14815 119 Avenue Edmonton, AB, T5L 2N9 Canada T. 780-489-4444 carvercorporation.com

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CAMESE

Canadian Pump & Compressor

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102 West - 2nd Street Suite 200 Maysville, KY, 41056, USA T. 606-564-5028, x235 carlsonsw.com BOOTH 1746

101 - 345 Renfrew Drive Markham, ON, L3R 9S9 Canada T. 905-513-0046, x305 camese.org

Bay 101, 5025 90th Avenue SE Calgary, AB, T2C 2S9 Canada T. 587-433-7867 canadianpumpandcompressor.com

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164 Charlotte Street PO Box 567 Sydney, NS, B1P 6H4 Canada T. 902-539-1330 cbcl.ca BOOTH 345

CEC Mining Systems 400 - 602 West Hastings Vancouver, BC, V6B 1P2 Canada T. 604-685-7823 cecminingsystems.com BOOTH 427

Cementation Canada Inc. 590 Graham Drive North Bay, ON, P1B 7S1 Canada T. 705-472-3381, x2244 cementation.com

Cavotec Canada Inc. 6 - 860 Denison Street Markham, ON, L3R 4H1 Canada T. 905-415-2233, x222 cavotec.com

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Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI)

CLG

Corix Water Products

500 Cherrington Parkway Suite 350 Pittsburgh, PA, 15108, USA T. 412-269-7240, x2038 clg.com

19900 - 84 Avenue Langley, BC, V2Y 3C2 Canada T. 604-455-3527 corix.com

Delsan-A.I.M. Environmental Services Inc.

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7825, boulevard HenriBourassa Est Montreal, QC, H1E 1N9 Canada T. 514-212-6834 delsan-aim.com

Clifton Associates Ltd.

Cummins Western Canada LP

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935 Ramsey Lake Road Willet Green Miller Centre Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6 Canada T. 705-673-6568 miningexcellence.ca BOOTH 406

Changsha Heijingang Industrial Co. Ltd. Shuangfeng Country, No. 901 Road Wushan Town, Wangcheng Changsha, Hunan, China T. +86-731-839-181-78 hjgdrill.com BOOTH 1219

Chaussures Royer 712, rue Principale Lac-Drolet, QC, G0Y 1C0 Canada T. 819-549-2100, x710 royer.com BOOTH 719

Chemline Plastics Limited 55 Guardsman Road Thornhill, ON, L3T 6L2 Canada T. 905-889-7890, x112 chemline.com BOOTH 502

China National Tyre & Rubber Guilin Co. Ltd. 80 Hengtang Road Guilin, Guangxi, 541004, China T. +86-773-588-9818 torchotr.com BOOTH 244

CHINT Electric 855 Wenhe Road, Songjiang District 2/F,Bldg 3, 3255 Sixian Road Shanghai, 201614, China T. +86-21-6777-7777- 89078 chintelectric.com BOOTH 1119

CK Logistics 6750, chemin St-Francois St-Laurent, QC, H4S 1B7 Canada T. 514-856-7580 cklogistics.ca BOOTH 549

CKR Global 1 - 5925 12th Street SE Calgary, AB, T2H 2M3 Canada T. 403-262-4545 ckrglobal.com

340 Maxwell Crescent Regina, SK, S4N 5Y5 Canada T. 306-721-7611 clifton.ca BOOTH 1628

Deswik Canada Inc. 1909-17th Avenue SW Calgary, AB, T2T 0E9 Canada T. 403-455-0112 deswik.com

Coast Automation Inc.

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313-2071 Kingsway Avenue Port Coquitlam, BC, V3C 6N2 Canada T. 604-777-4447, x2 coasteng.com

CWA Engineers Inc.

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2925 Virtual Way Suite 380 Vancouver, BC, V5M 4X5 Canada T. 604-637-2275 cwaengineers.com

Detour Gold

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COGEP 825 Lebourgneuf Boulevard Suite 400 Quebec, QC, G2J 0B9 Canada T. 418-626-2503 cogep.com

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Royal Bank Plaza South Tower 200 Bay Street Suite 2200, Box 23 Toronto, ON, M5J 2J1 Canada T. 647-847-2089, x2643 detourgold.com

Cypher Environmental Ltd. BOOTH 1646

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1149 St. Matthews Avenue 2nd Floor Winnipeg, MB, R3G 0J8 Canada T. 204-489-1214, x100 cypherenvironmental.com

Columbia Steel Casting Co. Inc.

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119 Spadina Avenue Suite 405 Toronto, ON, M5V 2L1 Canada T. 705-523-1782 dgigeoscience.com

Danish Mining Technology Group

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PO Box 83095 Portland, OR, 97283, USA T. 800-547-9471 columbiasteel.com BOOTH 1023

Glarmestervej 20 A Silkeborg, 8600, Denmark T. +45-87-20-45-65 dk-mining.dk

Conspec Controls Ltd. 25 Klondike Drive Toronto, ON, M9L 1S1 Canada T. 416-661-0500 conspec.ca BOOTH 823

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Davey Bickford 4444 South 700 East Suite 200 Salt Lake City, UT, 84107, USA T. 801-562-3045, x103 daveybickford.com

Contango Strategies Ltd. 15 - 410 Downey Road Saskatoon, SK, S7N 4N1 Canada T. 306-978-3111 contangostrategies.com BOOTH 1635

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De Beers Group Services 59 Crownwood Road Johannesburg, Gaut, 2013, South Africa T. +27-11-374-7333 debtech.com

Continental Conveyor Ltd. 470 Saint Alphonse Street South Thetford Mines, QC, G6G 3V8 Canada T. 418-338-4682 continentalconveyor.ca BOOTH 1840

Control System International a.s. Papirenska 114/5 166 11 Praha 6 Papírenská , PR, 16000 Czech Republic T. +420-222-364-526 controlsystem.cz

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18452-96th Avenue Surrey, BC, V4N 3P8 Canada T. 604-882-5000 westerncanada.cummins.com

DGI Geoscience

DMC Mining Services 9555 Yonge Street Suite 200 Richmond Hill, ON, L4C 9M5 Canada T. 905-780-1980 dmcmining.com BOOTH 1724

DMK Inc. 4917 Coye Drive Stevens Point, WI, 54481, USA T. 715-344-8600 dmkinc.com BOOTH 423

Dok-Ing Ltd. Kanalski put 1 Zagreb, HR-10000, Croatia T. +385-91-482-3889 dok-ing.hr

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Delom Services 13065, rue Jean-Grou Montreal, QC, H1A 3N6 Canada T. 514-642-8220, x227 delomservices.com

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Doppelmayr Canada Ltee. 800, rue St-Nicholas Saint-Jérôme, QC, J7Y 4C8 Canada T. 450-432-1128 doppelmayr.com

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DRA Americas Inc.

Enduride Canada USA

F.F.P. Systems Inc.

44 Victoria Street Suite 300 Toronto, ON, M5C 1Y2 Canada T. 416-800-8797 draa.ca

1880 Provinciale Street Quebec, QC, G1N 4A2 Canada T. 418-266-7777 enduridecanadausa.com

2542 Wharton Glen Avenue Mississauga, ON, L4X 2A9 Canada T. 905-270-9872 ffpsystems.com

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Engart Global Dust Extraction Technology

Fabspec Inc.

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One White Oak Trace Beckley, WV, 25801, USA T. 304-253-0777 engartinc.com

160, rue du Roi Sorel-Tracy, QC, J3P 5N6 Canada T. 450-742-0451 fabspec.ca/index.html

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Engineering Seismology Group Canada Inc. (ESG)

Falcon Performance Footwear

20 Hyperion Court Kingston, ON, K7K 7K2 Canada T. 613-548-8287 x239 esgsolutions.com

27 Wrights Landing Auburn, ME, 4210, USA T. 207-784-9186 falconpf.com

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DSI Mining Canada 3919 Millar Avenue Saskatoon, SK, S7P 0C1 Canada T. 306-244-6244 dsigroundsupport.com BOOTH 1504

Dumas Contracting Ltd. Royal Bank Plaza South Tower, 200 Bay Street Suite 2301 Toronto, ON, M5J 2J1 Canada T. 416-594-2525, x3233 dumasmining.com BOOTH 915

Dyno Nobel Canada 2795 East Cottonwood Parkway Suite 500 Salt Lake City, UT, 84121, USA T. 801-328-6477 dynonobel.com BOOTH 448

Ebco Industries Ltd. 7851 Alderbridge Way Richmond, BC, V6X 2A4 Canada T. 604-278-5578 ebco.com BOOTH 1209

Eclipse Combustion Canada Inc. 4155, boulevard Matte Suite 4167 Brossard, QC, J4Y 3C2 Canada T. 450-619-6900 eclipsenet.com BOOTH 845

Eirich Machines Inc. 4033 Ryan Road Gurnee, IL, 60031, USA T. 847-336-2444 eirichusa.com BOOTH 1608

Endress+Hauser 1075 Sutton Drive Burlington, ON, L7L 5Z8 Canada T. 905-681-4359 ca.endress.com

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Festo Inc.

Environmental Resources Management

5300 Explorer Drive Mississauga, ON, L4W 5G4 Canada T. 905-614-2764 festo.ca

1111 West Hastings Street 6th floor Vancouver, BC, V6E 2J3 Canada T. 604-689-9460 erm.com BOOTH 605

Enviroslip Manufacturing Ltd. 2930 Marmot Lane Westbank, BC, V4T 1T8 Canada T. 250-769-4645 westmfg.net BOOTH 1348

ETP Energy Technology / Torit 107 - 9295 198th Street Langley, BC, V1M 3J9 Canada T. 604-882-8886 etpbc.ca acsvalves.com BOOTH 1223

Euclid Chemical 2835, boulevard Grande-Allée St-Hubert, QC, J4T 2R4 Canada T. 514-208-4346 euclidchemical.com BOOTH 409

Excellence Pump Industry Co. Ltd. No. 368, Xinshi North Road Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China T. +86-311-8383-3358 excellencepump.com

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Filterfab/NFM 16 Seapark Drive St. Catharines, ON, L2M 6S6 Canada T. 905-684-8363, x226 filterfab.ca BOOTH 1643

Filtramax 5789 Coopers Avenue Mississauga, ON, L4Z 3S6 Canada T. 905-501-5983, x22 filtramax.com BOOTH 1001

Finning 16830 - 107th Avenue Edmonton, AB, T5P 4C3 Canada T. 780-930-4800 finning.ca BOOTH 1705

Firestone Building Products Canada 2835 Argentia Road, Unit 2 Mississauga, ON, L5N 8G6 Canada T. 888-292-6265, x77675 firestonebpco.ca/default.aspx BOOTH 128

FKC - Lake Shore 1695 Allen Road Evansville, IN, 47710, USA T. 812-426-2741 frontierkemper.com

Unlimited number of exhibitor badges Access to the convention Plenary Session Access to the convention technical program sessions Access to the Ethics in Mining Symposium VIP invitations to distribute to your clients (value of $40 each) Access to Internet stations in the exhibition Mobile devices charging station in main foyer Access to the CIM Surface & Underground Mining Societies' Reception Access to the Joy Global Gala Finger foods in the exhibition during the Opening Night Reception Listing and company profile in the official CIM Convention program and Expo! guide Priority booth reservation for the following year’s Expo! March/April 2014 | 89

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Flairbase Inc.

Fraco Products Ltd.

GE Mining

6600 Trans-Canada Highway Suite 519 Montreal, QC, H9R 4S2 Canada T. 514-695-0352 flairbase.com

91, chemin des Patriotes St-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, QC, J3L 6B6 Canada T. 450-658-0094 fraco.com

2300 Meadowvale Boulevard Mississauga, ON, L5N 5P9 Canada T. 905-858-5448 ge.com

Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group

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GEA Westfalia Separator

Flanders Electric Motor Service

Friesen Group of Companies

1885 Club Street Statham, GA, 30666, USA T. 770-725-8612 wsus.com

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13419-149 Street NW Edmonton, AB, T5L 2T3 Canada T. 780-616-8099 flandersinc.com

4100 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, MB, R7A 7P8 Canada T. 800-339-4908, x110 friesendrillers.com

General Cable BOOTH 1747

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Flexco 2525 Wisconsin Avenue Downers Grove, IL, 60515, USA T. 630-971-6478 flexco.com

Fuchs Lubricants Canada Ltd. 19829-99A Avenue Langley, BC, V1M 3G4 Canada T. 604-888-1552 fuchs.com

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Flexpipe Systems

BOOTH 1525

3501-54th Avenue SE Calgary, AB, T2C 0A9 Canada T. 403-930-1954 flexpipesystems.com

Fuller Industrial Corp. 65 Nelson Road Lively, ON, P3Y 1P4 Canada T. 705-682-2777 fullerindustrial.com

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Flip Productions Ltd.

BOOTH 714

601 West Broadway Suite 400 Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4C2 Canada T. 604-675-6920 flipproductions.com

Fuzhou Yitai Trading Co. Ltd. 100 Hualin Road Suite 812 Fuzhou City, Fujian, China T. +86-591-8740-3179 fzyitai.com

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FLSmidth

FWS Group of Companies

7158 South FLSmidth Drive Midvale, UT, 84047-5559, USA T. 801-871-7108 flsmidth.com

475 Dovercourt Drive Winnipeg, MB, R3Y 1G4 Canada T. 204-928-8726 fwsgroup.com

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FMC Technologies

BOOTH 421

PO Box 1370 Tupelo, MS, 38802, USA T. 662-869-7436 fmctechnologies.com

Galaxy Broadband Communications Inc.

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Fortis PO Box 6401 Saskatoon, SK, S7K 6C7 Canada T. 306-242-4427 fortiscorporation.com BOOTH 1211

Fournier Industries 3787, boulevard Frontenac Ouest Thetford Mines, QC, J9P 6X6 Canada T. 418-423-4241 fournierindustries.com

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BOOTH 637

4020A Sladeview Crescent Unit 4 Mississauga, ON, L5L 6B1 Canada T. 877-463-9728, x236 galaxybroadband.ca BOOTH 1221

GDD Instrumentation 860, boulevard Chaudière Suite 200 Quebec, QC, G1X 4B7 Canada T. 418-877-4249 gddinstrumentation.com

156 Parkshore Drive Brampton, ON, L6T 5M1 Canada T. 905-494-5330 generalcable.com BOOTH 1637

General Kinematics 5050 Rickert Road Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, USA T. 815-455-3222 generalkinematics.com BOOTH 839

GeoSight Inc 71 Albert Street Oshawa, ON, L1H 4R1 Canada T. 905-436-6528 geosight.ca BOOTH 327

GIW Industries Inc. 5000 Wrightsboro Road Grovetown, GA, 30813, USA T. 706-863-1011 giwindustries.com

3500, de Maisonneuve Boulevard West Suite 1250 Westmount, QC, H3Z 3C1 Canada T. 514-984-8775 globalminingstandards.org BOOTH JF05

Goldcorp 130 Adelaide Street West Suite 2301 Toronto, ON, M5H 3P5 Canada T. 647-729-4461 goldcorp.com BOOTH 1317

GoldenWest Lubricants Inc. 1937 Mount Vernon Avenue Pomona, CA, 91768-3312, USA T. 909-865-1937, x1185 prolong.com BOOTH 1115

Golder Associates Ltd. 500-4260 Still Creek Drive Burnaby, BC, V5C 6C6 Canada T. 604-296 6807 golder.com BOOTH 1401

Graham Industrial Services 8404 McIntyre Road Edmonton, AB, T6E 6V3 Canada T. 780-577-7053 graham.ca BOOTH 846

Great Int’l Holdings Limited BOOTH 937

GKM Consultants Inc. 1430 Hocquart Street Suite 100 St-Bruno, QC, J3V 6E1 Canada T. 450-441-5444, x203 gkmconsultants.com

No.230 Changjiang Road 1305RM, International Trade Center Shandong, 266555, China T. +86-532-869-937-01 great-group.net BOOTH 1237

Grindex Pumps BOOTH 739

Gladiator Equipment Inc. 6603-44th Street Leduc, AB, T9E 7E5 Canada T. 780-980-7555 gladiatorequipment.com BOOTH 718

Global Inspections-NDT Inc. 108-1950 Durnin Road Kelowna, BC, V1X 7W6 Canada T. 250-762-5525 global-ndt.ca

18524-81st Avenue Tinley Park, IL, 60487-6256, USA T. 708-781-2135 grindex.com/us BOOTH 747

Guiyang Jiesheng Tech-Ind Development Co. Ltd. 11F, Jiulian Building, No. 213 North Baoshan Road Guiyang, Guizhou, 550004, China T. +86-851-678-0897 jsintl.com.cn

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Gundlach Crushers

Hepburn Engineering Inc.

Horne Group

IDS North America Ltd.

One Freedom Drive PO Box 385 Belleville, IL, 62222, USA T. 618-641-6963 terrasource.com

73 Six Points Road Toronto, ON, M8Z 2X3 Canada T. 416-638-4425, x103 hepeng.com

14 Winstar Road Shanty Bay, ON, L0L 2L0 Canada T. 705-487-3007 horne-group.com

152, rue Notre-Dame Est Suite 500 Montreal, QC, H2Y 3P6 Canada T. 514-789-0082, x450 idscorporation.com/na

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H2O Innovation

Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems Canada Inc.

Huesker Inc.

BOOTH 1718

10701 South Commerce Boulevard Charlotte, SC, 28273, USA T. 800-942-9418 huesker.com

IMAFS Inc.

330, rue St-Vallier Est Suite 340 Quebec, QC, G1K 9C5 Canada T. 418-688-0170 h2oinnovation.com

5353 Dundas Street West Suite 200 Toronto, ON, M9B 6H8 Canada T. 416-231-2555 herrenknecht.com

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Hard-Line

BOOTH 819

53 Main Street PO Box 908 Dowling, ON, P0M 1R0 Canada T. 705-855-1310 hard-line.com

Hitachi Power Systems Canada Ltd.

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826 - 58th Street East Saskatoon, SK, S7K 5Z4 Canada T. 306-242-9222 hitachi.com

Hatch

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2800 Speakman Drive Mississauga, ON, L5K 2R7 Canada T. 905-855-7600 hatch.ca

Honeywell Process Solutions

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300-250 York Street London, ON, N6A 6K2 Canada T. 519-679-6570 honeywellprocess.com

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Huge Base Industrial

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1607 HanZhong Plaza 158 HanZhong Road Shanghai, China T. +86-21-6354-9110 cn-hugebase.com

Imperial Oil Limited–Kearl Oil Sands

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Hydra-Tech International Corporation 6060 - 86 Avenue SE Calgary, AB, T2C 4L7 Canada T. 403-720-7742 hydra-tech.net BOOTH 1344

IBM Canada Ltd.

Haulmax (Aust) Pty Ltd.

937, rue Boissy St-Lambert, QC, J4R 1K1 Canada T. 514-683-6775 imafs.com

240-Fourth Avenue SW PO Box 2480, Station M Calgary, AB, T2P 3M9 Canada T. 403-766-1609 imperialoil.ca BOOTH 701

Imperial Oil Ltd. BPC, 8th Floor #8066 PO Box 2480, Station M Calgary, AB, T2P 3M9 Canada T. 403-766-1889 mobil.ca

227 - 11th Avenue SW Calgary, AB, T2R 1R9 Canada T. 403-539-0982 ibm.com

91 Terra Nova Drive Wynyard, TAS, 7325, Australia T. +61-3-6442-7777 haulmax.com BOOTH 548

Hayward Gordon Ltd. 5 Brigden Gate Halton Hills, ON, L7G 0A3 Canada T. 604-364-6495 haywardgordon.com BOOTH 224

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Hein Lehmann Canada Inc. 130 - 4395 Fraser Street Vancouver, BC, V5V 4G4 Canada T. 604-879-3804 heinlehmann.ca

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Hella Mining Canada 201 Kelly Drive Peachtree City, GA, 30269, USA T. 770-631-7557 hellamining.com BOOTH 401

Henan Liming Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd. 169 Kexuedadao Road National Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone Zhengzhou, China T. +86-371-8616-2503 break-day.com

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INCO Engineering s.r.o.

InfoMine Inc.

Iracore International MN

Johnson Industries Ltd.

3717 W Sherbrooke Drive Mequon, WI, 53092, USA T. 414-690-6540 incoengineering.cz

#900-580 Hornby Street Vancouver, BC, V6C 3B6 Canada T. 604-683-2037 infomine.com

3516 East 13th Avenue Hibbing, MN, 55746, USA T. 218-263-8831 iracore.com

6500 Dennett Place Delta, BC, V4G 1N4 Canada T. 604-940-4555 jbrakes.com

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Independent Mining Consultants Inc.

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Isaac Instruments

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InnovExplo Inc.

Joy Global

3560 East Gas Road Tucson, AZ, 85714, USA T. 520-294-9861 imctucson.com

560-B, 3e Avenue Val-d'Or, QC, J9P 1S4 Canada T. 819-874-0447 innovexplo.com

240, Fréchette Boulevard Chambly, QC, J3L 2Z5 Canada T. 450-658-7520 isaac.ca BOOTH 1847

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Industrial Fabrication Inc. 240 Fielding Road Lively, ON, P3Y 1L6 Canada T. 705-523-1621, x222 ificanada.com

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ISCO Industries, Inc.

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Intergraph

926 Baxter Avenue Louisville, KY, 40204, USA T. 800-345-4726 isco-pipe.com

Kal Tire

1120 68th Avenue NE Calgary, AB, T2E 8S5 Canada T. 403-569-5512 intergraph.com/global/ca

2277 Plaza Drive Sugar Land, TX, 77479, USA T. 713-783-5147, x3413 industrialinfo.com

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Intersystems 9575 North 109th Ave Omaha, NE, 68142, USA T. 214-495-9713 intersystems.net

2020 Main Street Suite 1180 Irvine, CA, 92614, USA T. 949-502-5689 isograpn-software.com BOOTH 935

Jebco Industries 111 Ellis Drive Barrie, ON, L4N 8Z3 Canada T. 705-797-8888 jebcoindustries.com BOOTH 734

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1540 Kalamalka Lake Road Vernon, BC, V1T 6V2 Canada T. 250-558-3200 kaltire.com

Isograph Inc.

BOOTH 1727

Industrial Info Resources

Bay 10, 2256-29th Street NE Calgary, AB, T1Y 7G4 Canada T. 780-447-8137 joyglobal.com

2435 LaSalle Boulevard Sudbury, ON, P3A 2A9 Canada T. 705-521-1415 jennmar.com BOOTH 1037

Jetco Heavy Duty Lighting 17311-109 Avenue Edmonton, AB, T5S 1H7 Canada T. 780-732-4277 jetcolighting.com BOOTH 500

Jiangxi Aili Casting Co. Ltd. 1 Century Avenue, Industry Park Jing An, JiangXi, 330600, China T. 0791-88536727 ailicasting.com BOOTH 948

John Brooks Company Limited 2625 Meadowpine Boulevard Mississauga, ON, L5N 8C7 Canada T. 905-624-4200 johnbrooks.ca

BOOTH 905

Kalenborn Abresist Corporation 755, boulevard St-Jean Suite 602 Pointe-Claire, QC, H9R 5M9 Canada T. 514-426-0460 kalenborn.de BOOTH 428

Kamag Transporttechnik GmbH & Co. KG Liststr. 3 Ulm, 89079, Germany T. +49 (0) 731-409-80 kamag.com BOOTH 139

KamaticsRWG - Engineered Performance 1330 Blue Hills Avenue Bloomfield, CT, 6002, USA T. 860-243-9704 kaman.com BOOTH 529

KBR 601 Jefferson Street KT-2760 Houston, TX, 77002, USA T. 713-753-3323 kbr.com/canada BOOTH 1843

KETO FAP Mining Pumps & Systems 10 Picadilly Place Guelph, ON, N1G 2P9 Canada T. 519-831-0942 ketopumps.com

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BOOTH 1034

Key Maintenance Technologies

Layfield Geosynthetics & Industrial Fabrics Ltd.

Lycopodium Minerals Canada Ltd.

Maptek

204 Carmichael Close NW Edmonton, AB, T6R 2K6 Canada T. 780-437-7659 kmt1.ca

11603-180 Street NW Edmonton, AB, T5S 2H6 Canada T. 780-451-7226 layfieldenvironmental.com

5060 Spectrum Way Suite 302 Mississauga, ON, L4W 5N5 Canada T. 905-206-2616 lycopodium.com.au

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KGHM International Ltd.

Ledcor Group of Companies

BOOTH 1623

145 King Street West Suite 1500 Toronto, ON, M5H 1J8 Canada T. 416-642-9201 kghminternational.com

9910-39th Avenue Edmonton, AB, T6E 5H8 Canada T. 780-485-8310 ledcor.com

Lynn Co. Ltd. 470, St. Alphonse Street Thetford Mines, QC, G6G 5V2 Canada T. 418-338-4501 lynnco.ca

BOOTH 442

Les Forages L.B.M. Inc.

BOOTH 248

KGO Group Ltd.

CP 740 Victoriaville, QC, G6P 7W7 Canada T. 819-758-7883 lesforageslbm.com

Maccaferri Canada Ltd.

BOOTH 539

Knight PiĂŠsold Ltd. 750 West Pender Street Suite 1400 Vancouver, BC, V6C 2T8 Canada T. 604-685-0543 knightpiesold.com

BOOTH 531

400 Collier MacMillan Drive Unit B Cambridge, ON, N1R 7H7 Canada T. 519-623-9990 maccaferri.ca

Levert Personnel Resources Inc.

BOOTH 1200

17 Frood Road Sudbury, ON, P3C 4Y9 Canada T. 705-525-8367, x223 levert.ca BOOTH 1423

BOOTH 1314

Krupp Canada Inc. 405-1177 11th Avenue SW Calgary, AB, T2R 0G5 Canada T. 403-209-4431 krupp.ca

BOOTH 1609 BOOTH 1524

Lafarge North America 334 avenue Avro Pointe-Claire, QC, H9R 5W5 Canada T. 514-428-7352 lafarge-na.com BOOTH 426

Line Power Mfg. Corp. 329 Williams Street Bristol, VA, 24201, USA T. 276-645-8825 linepower.com BOOTH 400

Longhi Magnet Co. Ltd.

14535 Dragoon Trail Mishawaka, IN, 46544, USA T. 574-256-0204, x220 laidig.com

6 Wenhua Road Fushun Economic Development Area Liaoning, 113122, China T. +86-24-5670-0058 en.ljmagnet.com

BOOTH 943

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Laird Technologies

Luff Industries Ltd.

3481 Rider Trail South Earth City, MO, 63045, USA T. 636-898-6047 lairdtech.com

235010 Wrangler Road Calgary, AB, T1X 0K3 Canada T. 888-349-5833 luffindustries.com

Laidig Systems Inc.

BOOTH 144

Laser Distance Spectrometry Ltd. 9 Mota Gur, Olympia Building B Petah Tikva, 49528, Israel T. 613-276-5595 laser-distancespectrometry.com

Machines Roger International Inc. 1161, rue des Manufacturiers Val-d'Or, QC, J9P 6Y7 Canada T. 819-825-4657 machines-roger.ca

Liebherr-Canada Ltd. 1015 Sutton Drive Burlington, ON, L7L 5Z8 Canada T. 780-962-7743 liebherr.ca

BOOTH 1529

Martin Engineering USA

BOOTH 1221

1200 Speers Road, Unit 52 Oakville, ON, L6L 2X4 Canada T. 905-847-1544, x100 kgogroup.com

165 South Union Boulevard Suite 888 Lakewood, CO, 80228, USA T. 303-763-4919, x113 maptek.com

BOOTH 1035

MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited 1067 Kelly Lake Road Sudbury, ON, P3E 5P5 Canada T. 705-670-8014, x480 macleanengineering.com BOOTH 1418

1 Martin Place Neponset, IL, 61345, USA T. 309-852-2384, x239 martin-eng.com BOOTH 1428

Matrix Design Group 771 Corporate Drive Suite 800 Lexington, KY, 40503, USA T. 859-967-1711 matrixteam.com BOOTH 1744

Matterhorn Mining 274 Main Street Ashland, PA, 17921, USA T. 203-521-5913 hhbrown.com BOOTH 615

Maxdrill Rock tools Co. Ltd. Room 408, 4/F, Tower A Chengshi Fangzhou Building No. 25 Zunyi Road Guiyang, Guizhou, China T. +86-851-863-9106 max-drilling.com BOOTH 441

McLanahan Corporation 200 Wall Street Hollidaysburg, PA, 16648, USA T. 814-695-9807 mclanahan.com

Mainland Machinery

BOOTH 1436

2255 Townline Road Abbotsford, BC, V2T 6H1 Canada T. 604-825-4244 mainlandmachinery.com

McLellan Industries Inc. 13221 Crown Avenue Hanford, CA, 93230, USA T. 530-795-3019 mclellanindustries.com

BOOTH 1040

BOOTH 1306

Mammoet Canada West 12920-33 Street NE Edmonton, AB, T6S 1H6 Canada T. 780-485-8568 mammoet.com BOOTH 439

MAN Diesel & Turbo Canada Ltd. 3430 Superior Court Suite 5 Oakville, ON, L6L 0C4 Canada T. 289-835-1003 mandieselturbo.ca

MDL Canada 1165 Beaverwood Road PO Box 143 Manotick, ON, K4M 1A2 Canada T. 613-692-0132, x301 mdlcanada.com BOOTH 315

ME Elecmetal 3901 University Avenue NE Minneapolis, MN, 55421, USA T. 705-575-5158 me-elecmetal.com

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Global Projects Update Mise à jour de projets internationaux Mike Petrina

Transforming the Mining Industry through Mining for Accountants, Innovations Bankers, Brokers and Lawyers Transformer l’industrie minière L’exploitation minière pour les comptables, grâce à des innovations banquiers, courtiers et avocats Janice Zinck & Carl Weatherell Carlos da Costa & Keith Spence

Global Landscapes & Transparency Portrait global et transparence Alan Franklin

Innovation in Energy Minerals Innovation dans les minéraux à propriétés énergétiques Brent Hilscher & Melanie MacKay

Diversity 101 - Part 1 Diversité 101 - 1ère partie Lana Eagle

NGOs - Partners in Development ONG : partenaires du développement Alan Franklin & Matthieu Asselin

Power Your Mine Mise en fonction d’une mine Gareth Clarke

Diversity 101 - Part 2 Diversité 101 - 2ième partie Lana Eagle

Social & Environmental Stewardship Direction sociale et environnementale William Napier

Innovations in Maintenance & Reliability Innovations en maintenance et Fiabilité Ted Knight

Maximizing the Workforce - Part 1 Maximisation de la main d’oeuvre 1ère partie Kerris Hougardy

Water, Mining & Agriculture Gestion de l’eau, l’industrie minière et l’agriculture Monica Ospina & Mireille Goulet

Bridging the Research to Innovation Gap Combler le fossé entre la recherche et l’innovation Andrew Bamber

Maximizing the Workforce - Part 2 Maximisation de la main d’oeuvre 2ième partie Kerris Hougardy

Tailings Management and Pushing the Innovation for Corporate Sustainability Boundaries Innovation pour la durabilité d’entreprise Pousser les limites de la gestion des résidus Michelle Levesque Alistair Kent

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Mecanicad

Mine Design Technologies

559-A, boulevard TĂŠmiscamingue Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 7C8 Canada T. 819-797-2009 mecanicad.ca

1045 John Counter Boulevard Unit 6 Kingston, ON, K7K 6C7 Canada T. 613-549-5223, x2 mdt.ca

MMD Mineral Sizing (Canada) Inc.

Murray Latta Progressive Machine

22511-112 Avenue Edmonton, AB, T5S 2M4 Canada T. 780-451-5100 mmdsizers.com

8717-132nd Street Surrey, BC, V3W 4P1 Canada T. 888-298-9877 mlpmachine.com

BOOTH 1709

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BOOTH 445

Mechanix Wear Canada

Mine Site Technologies

Motion Metrics Int'l Corp.

MWH Global

103-2762 190th Street Surrey, BC, V3S 3W6 Canada T. 604-542-7055 mechanixwear.ca

1085 Kelly Lake Road Sudbury, ON, P3E 5P5 Canada T. 705-675-7468, x231 minesite.ca

c/o ICICS 289-2366 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada T. 604-822-5842 motionmetrics.com

370 Interlocken Boulevard Suite 300 Broomfield, CO, 80021, USA T. 303-533-1927 mwhglobal.com

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Meglab

Mine Source Inc.

Moventas Ltd.

96, boulevard Armand-Gilbert Val-d'Or, QC, J9P 5K6 Canada T. 819-824-7710 meglab.ca

30 Cedar Street Suite 804 Sudbury, ON, P3E 1A4 Canada T. 705-671-2100 minesource.com

1615 Bishop Street North PO Box 20100 Cambridge, ON, N1R 8C8 Canada T. 418-651-1414 santasalo.com

Natural Resources Canada MMS / IPD

Metallurgie Castech Inc.

BOOTH 1109

BOOTH 221

500, boulevard Frontenac Est Thetford-Mines, QC, G6G 7M8 Canada T. 613-521-2345 castechinc.com

Minemax

MPI Mobile Parts Inc.

BOOTH 1134

9137 S. Ridgeline Boulevard Suite 135 Denver, CO, 80129, USA T. 720-287-8250 minemax.com

2472 Evans Road PO Box 327 Val Caron, ON, P3N 1P5 Canada T. 705-897-4955 mobileparts.com

New Brunswick Trade & Export Development

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Metso

BOOTH 815

4000 Town Center Boulevard Suite 400 Canonsburg, PA, 15317, USA T. 412-269-5298 metso.com

MineSense Technologies Ltd.

BOOTH 601

122-1857 West 4th Avenue Vancouver, BC, V6J 1M4 Canada T. 604-987-9999 minesense.com

MTU

Met-Solve

BOOTH 143

BOOTH 600

20120 102nd Avenue Langley, BC, V1M 4B4 Canada T. 604-888-0875, x1105 met-solvelabs.com

MiniBulk Inc.

Mullen Trucking LP

601 Manitou Road SE Calgary, AB, T2G 4C2 Canada T. 403-228-9555 minibulk.com

1 Maple Leaf Road Aldersyde, AB, T0L 0A0 Canada T. 403-652-8875 mullentrucking.com

Michelin North America Inc.

BOOTH 1334-1337

BOOTH 704

One Parkway South Greenville, SC, 29602-9001, USA T. 864-458-5242 michelinearthmover.com

Mining Media Inc.

Multicrete Systems Inc.

8751 East Hampden Avenue Suite B-1 Denver, CO, 80231, USA T. 303-916-9022 mining-media.com

360-555 Hervo Street Winnipeg, MB, R3T 3L6 Canada T. 204-262-5900 multicretesystems.com

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Mintec Inc.

Multi-Power Products Ltd.

3544 East Fort Lowell Road Tucson, AZ, 85716, USA T. 520-795-3891 minesight.com

975 Crowley Avenue Kelowna, BC, V1Y 9R6 Canada T. 250-860-6969 multipowerproducts.com

39525 MacKenzie Drive Novi, MI, 48377, USA T. 248-560-8614 mtu-online.com

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Mincon Mining Equipment 9669-201 Street Langley, BC, V1M 3E7 Canada T. 604-881-4476 minconmining.com BOOTH 635

Mine Cable Services Corp

BOOTH 1826

7731-16 Street NW Edmonton, AB, T6P 1M1 Canada T. 780-439-1113 minecableservices.ca

Mitsubishi Materials U.S.A. Corporation

BOOTH 1106

2690 Salisbury Highway Statesville, NC, 28677, USA T. 800-423-1358 mmus.com

15841-116 Avenue Edmonton, AB, T5M 3W1 Canada T. 780-433-8825 multotec.com

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Multotec Canada Ltd

580 Booth Street Ottawa, ON, K1A 0E4 Canada T. 613-947-4556 nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/canmetmmsl

675 King Street PO Box 6000 Fredericton, NB, E3B 1E9 Canada T. 506-444-5973 gnb.ca BOOTH 447

New Concept Mining 109 Adcock Ingram Road Johannesburg, GT, 2013 South Africa T. +27-11-494-6000 ncm.co.za BOOTH 711

Newalta Corporation 1100 Burloak Drive 5th Floor Burlington, ON, L7L 6B2 Canada T. 905-315-2247 newalta.com BOOTH 1124

Newtrax Technologies 3674, rue St-Hubert Montreal, QC, H2L 4A2 Canada T. 514-994-0633 newtrax.com BOOTH 428

Nicolas Industrie S.A.S RN 6 BP 3 Champs-sur-Yonne, Bourgogne, 89290, France T. +33 (0) 386-53-52-00 nicolas.fr

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Nidec Industrial Solutions

Nordex Explosives Ltd.

Ollerhead & Associates Ltd.

7555 East Pleasant Valley Road Building 100 Independance, OH, 44131 USA T. 216-642-1230, x1221 nidec-avtron.com

1191 Lansing Avenue Unit 1 Sudbury, ON, P3A 4C4 Canada T. 705-885-1257 nordexexplosives.com

North Fringe Industrial Technologies Inc. PO Box 1540 Nipawin, SK, S0E 1E0 Canada T. 306-862-5900 northfringe.com

BOOTH 344

17 Coronation Drive Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N8 Canada T. 867-873-9690 ollerhead.ca BOOTH 1415

Nilex Inc.

BOOTH 1147

BOOTH 720

Orica Canada Inc.

9304-39 Avenue NW Edmonton, AB, T6E 5T9 Canada T. 780-463-9535 nilex.com

Nordmin Engineering Ltd.

Northern Light Technologies

160 Logan Avenue Thunder Bay, ON, P7A 6R1 Canada T. 807-683-1730 nordmin.com

33 Laird Drive Toronto, ON, M4G 3S9 Canada T. 905-287-3552 nltinc.com

33101 East Quincy Avenue Watkins, CO, 80137, USA T. 303-268-5057 oricaminingservices.com

Ningbo Wozom Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.

BOOTH 625

BOOTH JF12

Normet Canada Ltd.

Norwest Corporation

Nan'ao, Baidu, Xiwu Industry Area Fenghua Economic Development Zone Ningbo, 315558, China T. +86-574-885-467-88 wozom.com

1 Columbus Court PO Box 4361 Lively, ON, P3Y 1N3 Canada T. 705-692-2800, x205 normet.com

2700-411 1st Street SE Calgary, AB, T2G 4Y5 Canada T. 403-237-7763 norwestcorp.com

BOOTH 402

BOOTH 805

OSIsoft (Canada) ULC

BOOTH 828

Norseman Structures 3815 Wanuskewin Road Saskatoon, SK, S7P 1A4 Canada T. 306-385-2742 norsemanstructures.com

1155, rue University Suite 612 Montreal, QC, H3B 3A7 Canada T. 514-493-8393 OSIsoft.com BOOTH 1501

BOOTH 138

Outotec (Canada) Ltd.

NSL Engineering Pte Ltd.

1551 Corporate Drive Burlington, ON, L7L 6M3 Canada T. 905-335-0952, x3261 outotec.com

26 Tanjong Kling Road 628051, Singapore T. +65-68-673-380 ramspreaders.com

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BOOTH 435

BOOTH 449

BOOTH 1500

BOOTH 1707

Pacific Bit of Canada Inc.

Parts Headquarters Inc.

Petro-Canada Lubricants

9485-189 Street Unit 204 Surrey (Port Kells), BC, V4N 5L8 Canada T. 604-513-4292 pacific-bit.com

1175 Appleby Line Unit C2 Burlington, ON, L7L 5H9 Canada T. 905-332-3271 partshq.com

2310 Lakeshore Road West Mississauga, ON, L5J 1K2 Canada T. 905-804-3631 lubricants.petro-canada.ca

Phoenix Process Equipment Co.

BOOTH 520

BOOTH 1828

Pacific Blasting & Demolition Ltd. 3183 Norland Avenue Burnaby, BC, V5B 3A9 Canada T. 604-291-1255 pacificblasting.com

2402 Watterson Trail Louisville, KY, 40299, USA T. 502-499-6198, x168 dewater.com

BOOTH 546

BOOTH 1319

PBE

Pex Industrial Piping Solutions

PhotoSat

394 Highway 47 Goodwood, ON, L0C 1A0 Canada T. 905-640-1839 mineradio.com

9627 - 41 Avenue Edmonmton, AB, T6E 5X7 Canada T. 780-450-1155 qisupply.com

1188 West Georgia Street Suite 580 Vancouver, BC, V6E 4A2 Canada T. 604-681-9770 photosat.ca

BOOTH 226

BOOTH 1507

BOOTH 825

BOOTH 1739

PCI

Pioneer Performance

Parker

12201 Magnolia Avenue Riverside, CA, 92503, USA T. 800-309-8935, x251 pcigases.com

Phoenix Conveyor Belt Systems - Alternative Belting

160 Chisholm Drive Milton, ON, L9T 3G9 Canada T. 905-693-4804 parker.com

19762-98th Avenue Langley, BC, V1M 2X5 Canada T. 604-513-2368 phoenix-conveyorbelts.com

401 Packham Place Second Floor Saskatoon, SK, S7N 6Z7 Canada T. 306-526-4165 pioneerperformance.ne

The Image Commission

SOCIAL PROGRAM | PROGRAMME SOCIAL OPENING CEREMONY & WELCOME RECEPTION This grand networking event is sponsored by SMS Equipment & Komatsu. Year after year, participants gather at the opening reception of the CIM Convention for an evening of guest speakers and live entertainment. You will be treated to hors d’oeuvres and buffet stations in the exhibition. TIME: 16:00 TO 20:00 | LOCATION: THE EXPO! IN EXHIBIT HALL B & C | COST: INCLUDED IN THE DELEGATE REGISTRATION FEE

MONDAY, MAY 12 & TUESDAY, MAY 13 CIM NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES Lunch and cocktail receptions in the Expo! are being held on Monday and Tuesday, 12:00 to 14:00 and 15:30 to 17:00. Lunch and one drink ticket per day are included with each delegate registration.

SUNDAY, MAY 11 CIM SURFACE & UNDERGROUND MINING SOCIETIES RECEPTION

MONDAY, MAY 12 CIM AWARDS GALA

Mix and mingle at the CIM Surface Mining & Underground Mining Societies Reception. Come enjoy the entertainment and have a drink on us. Gifts are up for grabs so be sure to bring extra business cards to enter the draws.

The CIM Awards Gala celebrates the true leaders of the Canadian mining industry – both past and present. This year’s headline entertainment features Canadian comedian and impressionist extraordinaire André-Philippe Gagnon. A sumptuous dinner will be served.

TIME: 14:00 TO 16:00 | LOCATION: VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE | COST: INCLUDED IN THE DELEGATE AND EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION

RECEPTION: 18:00 TO 19:00 | DINNER: 19:00 TO 23:00 | LOCATION: VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE | COST: $175

BOOTH 816

BOOTH 234

BOOTH 814

BOOTH 238

Piteau Associates

Polycorp Ltd.

PR Engineering Limited

Precision Pulley & Idler

788 Copping Street Suite 300 North Vancouver, BC, V7M 3G6 Canada T. 604-986-8551, x237 piteau.com

33 York Street Elora, ON, N0B 1S0 Canada T. 519-846-2075 poly-corp.com

249 Toronto Avenue Oshawa, ON, L1H 3C2 Canada T. 905-579-9721 prengineering.com

300 14th Street SE PO Box 287 Pella, IA, 50219, USA T. 641-628-3115 ppipella.com

BOOTH 1123

BOOTH 1104

BOOTH 1726

BOOTH 611

Polydeck Screen Corporation

ProcessBarron

Placer Gold Design

1790 Dewberry Road Spartanburg, SC, 29307, USA T. 864-579-4594, x171 polydeckscreen.com

Praetorian Construction Management

702-602 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC, V6B 1P2 Canada T. 604-531-3149 placergolddesign.com

BOOTH 1009

201-10441 178 Street Edmonton, AB, T5S 1R5 Canada T. 780-989-0289 praetoriancm.com

Pompaction Inc. BOOTH 1601

Polar Mobility Research Ltd. 7860 62nd Street SE Calgary, AB, T2C 5K2 Canada T. 403-279-3633 polarmobility.com

119 Hymus Boulevard Pointe-Claire, QC, H9R 1E5 Canada T. 514-697-8600, x237 pompaction.com

2770 Welborn Street Pelham, AL, 35124, USA T. 514-500-1991 processbarron.com BOOTH 724

Procon Mining & Tunneling BOOTH 1636

Praher Valves GmbH Poneggenstrasse 5 Schwertberg, 4311, Austria T. +43-72-62-61-179 praher-valves.com

108-4664 Lougheed Highway Burnaby, BC, V5C 5T5 Canada T. 604-291-8292 procongroup.net

TUESDAY, MAY 13 This luncheon has proven to be the perfect opportunity for students to meet industry leaders and establish indispensable contacts. Stars of the ever-popular “Rick and Larry Show” – Rick Hutson and Larry Smith – will provide relevant information on networking, resumé writing, creating effective business cards, and other useful career-building tips and hints. You do not want to miss it! TIME: 12:00 TO 14:00 | LOCATION: VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE | COST: INCLUDED IN THE STUDENT REGISTRATION FEE

The Image Commission

STUDENT-INDUSTRY LUNCHEON

JOY GLOBAL GALA WOMEN IN MINING RECEPTION Join us for a drink, appetizers and a chance to win one of many door prizes at the Women in Mining & VIP Reception. This year, Women in Mining Vancouver is partnering with the CIM 2014 Convention to host our annual event. Come meet and network with a rich and diverse group of industry professionals. Keynote speaker: Anna Tudela, VicePresident, Regulatory Affairs & Corporate Secretary, Goldcorp Inc. TIME: 17:00 TO 19:00 | LOCATION: VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE | COST: $35

Get ready for an evening of non-stop entertainment. The Joy Global Gala features live music, delectable finger foods and refreshments. This event closes the social program with a bang – literally! TIME: 20:00 TO MIDNIGHT | LOCATION: VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE | COST: INCLUDED IN THE DELEGATE AND EXHIBITOR REGISTRATIONS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 CLOSING LUNCHEON

Senior industry leaders and contributors, and invited guests will gather for a high-powered networking session.

The CIM Closing Luncheon will be held in conjunction with the Vancouver Board of Trade. Luncheon speaker Karina Briño, president & CEO of the Mining Association of B.C., will present “Mining builds communities.”

TIME: 17:00 TO 19:00 | LOCATION: VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE | BY INVITATION ONLY

TIME: 12:00 TO 14:00 LOCATION: VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE COST: $75

VIP RECEPTION

BOOTH 1642

BOOTH 140

BOOTH 526

BOOTH 918

Procon Systems Inc.

Remote Helicopters Ltd.

Rock-Tech

RungePincockMinarco

6138 Crescent Drive Delta, BC , V4K 4B7 Canada T. 604-940-8757 proconsystems.com

Hangar 15, Airport Road PO Box 1340 Slave Lake, AB, T0G 2A0 Canada T. 780-849-2222 remotehelicopters.com

87 Magill Steet Lively, ON, P3Y 1K6 Canada T. 705-692-7625 rock-tech.net

304-Atrium Square, 4014 MacLeod Trail SW Calgary, AB, T2G 2R7 Canada T. 403-217-4981 runge.com

BOOTH 1522

BOOTH 1509

ProMinent Fluid Controls

BOOTH 1841

Rockwell Automation

BOOTH 1839

490 Southgate Drive Guelph, ON, N1G 4P5 Canada T. 888-709-9933, x300 prominent.ca

Reutech Radar Systems

360 Holiday Inn Drive Cambridge, ON, N3C 3Z9 Canada T. 519-244-5321 rockwellautomation.com

Russell Mineral Equipment

35 Elektron Avenue Stellenbosch, 7599 South Africa T. +27-21-880-1150 reutechmining.com

BOOTH 1634

149 Hursley Road Toowoomba, QLD, 4350, Australia T. +46-98-91-00 rmeGlobal.com

BOOTH 124

Provix

BOOTH 132

Roevin

BOOTH 125

6436 Highway 89 East Alliston, ON, L9R 1V2 Canada T. 705-434-0253 provix.net

Rexnord Canada Limited

Ruukki Canada Inc.

201-2497 Clearbrook Road Abbotsford, BC, V2T 2Y3 Canada T. 604-852-9545 rexnord.com

10 Bay Street Suite 330 Toronto, ON, M5J 2R8 Canada T. 416-646-3322, x5449 roevin.ca

QinetiQ Ltd.

BOOTH 1640

BOOTH 114

S.Huot

12501-12565 Research Parkway Orlando, FL, 32826, USA T. +44-7747-101-067 qinetiq.com

Rhewum GmbH

Rossi North America

Rosentalstrasse 24 Postfach 12 05 63 Remschied, D-42899 Germany T. +49-2191-5767-0 rhewum.com

805 Satellite Boulevard Suwanee, GA, 30024, USA T. 678-288-3611 rossi-group.com

1000, rue Raoul-Jobin Quebec, QC, G1N 4N3 Canada T. 418-681-0291 shuot.com

BOOTH 1236

BOOTH 429

Suolakivenkatu 1 Helsinki, 810, Finland T. +35-850-314-3592 ruukki.us BOOTH 725

BOOTH 1814

BOOTH 122

Goodwin Hall, 25 Union Street Room 354 Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6 Canada T. 613-533-2230 mine.queensu.ca

BOOTH 1540

Rousseau Metal

Safety Whips

Richwood Industries Inc. 707 7th Street West Huntington, WV, 25704, USA T. 304-525-5436 richwood.com

105, ouest avenue de GaspĂŠ St-Jean-Port-Joli, QC, G0R 3G0 Canada T. 866-463-4270 rousseaumetal.com

2115 West Mountain View Road Phoenix, AZ, 85021, USA T. 604-560-5080 safetywhips.com

BOOTH 1141

BOOTH 909

BOOTH 1545

Sandale Utility Products

R.A.S. Industries Ltd.

Rimex Supply Ltd.

8020-128th Street Surrey, BC, V3W 4E9 Canada T. 604-590-0404, x204 RASpulleys.com

9726 186th Street Surrey, BC, V4N 3N7 Canada T. 604-888-0025 rimex.com

Royal Danish Consulate General

39 Eagle Drive Winnipeg, MB, R2R 1V4 Canada T. 204-697-6110 sandale.ca

BOOTH 1135

BOOTH 1704

R.D.H. Mining Equipment

Ritchie Bros.

BOOTH 1702

904 Highway 64 Alban, ON, P0M 1A0 Canada T. 705-857-2154 rdhminingequipment.com

9500 Glenlyon Parkway Burnaby, BC, V5J 0C6 Canada T. 778-331-5500 rbauction.com

RST Instruments Ltd.

BOOTH 1041

BOOTH 1542

Rajant Corporation

RNE Pumps Americas Inc.

BOOTH 939

400 King Street E Malvern, PA, 19355, USA T. 484-595-0233 rajant.com

12-60 Thornhill Drive Dartmouth, NS, B3B 1S1 Canada T. 902-817-6011 rneamericas.com

RubberSource Inc.

Queen's University

BOOTH 641

BOOTH 522

Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. 5940 Macleod Trail SW Suite 500 Calgary, AB, T2H 2G4 Canada T. 587-952-5053 ReinforcedEarth.ca

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2 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON, M4W 3E2 Canada T. 416-962-5661 Canada.um.dk

BOOTH 1129

Sandvik Mining 11545 Kingston Street Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 0Z5 Canada T. 604-540-1100 rstinstruments.com

100 Magill Street Lively, ON, P3Y 1K7 Canada T. 905-816-4908 mining.sandvik.com BOOTH 431

Santasalo 11-1195 Franklin Boulevard Cambridge, ON, N1R 7R7 Canada T. 519-620-4440 rubbersource.ca

BOOTH 543

1615 Bishop Street North PO Box 20101 Cambridge, ON, N1R 8C9 Canada T. 418-651-1414 Santasalo.com BOOTH 818

Rock Construction & Mining Inc.

BOOTH 1339

Rulmeca Canada

Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy

734-2 Laval Crescent Kamloops, BC, V2C 5P3 Canada T. 250-828-1946 rcmi.ca

75 Mason Street Wallaceburg, ON, N8A 4L7 Canada T. 519-627-2277 rulmeca.ca

500-2103 11th Avenue Regina, SK, S4P 3Z8 Canada T. 306-787-5578 economy.gov.sk.ca

BOOTH 822

BOOTH 821

BOOTH 428

BOOTH 1710

Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC)

Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority

Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

Otto-Rettenmaier-Str. 15 Pfedelbach, 74629, Germany T. +49 (0) 7941-691-2 scheuerle.com

2350 NE Hopkins Court Pullman, WA, 99163, USA T. 509-336-7038 selinc.com

BOOTH 1429

BOOTH 1304

Schneider-Electric

Schwing Bioset Inc.

825, rue Bancroft Pointe-Claire, QC, H9R 4L6 Canada T. 514-697-4790 schneider-electric.com

350 SMC Drive Somerset, WI, 54025, USA T. 715-406-4679 schwingbioset.com

125-15 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon, SK, S7N 2X8 Canada T. 306-933-5400 src.sk.ca

103-202 4th Avenue North Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0K1 Canada T. 306-664-0706 sreda.com

BOOTH 826

Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership 320-1801 Hamilton Street PO Box 1787 Regina, SK, S4P 3Y6 Canada T. 306-787-7928 sasktrade.sk.ca

BOOTH 120

Scantech International Pty Ltd. PO Box 1485 Underwood, QLD, 4119, Australia T. +61-7-3710-8403 scantech.com.au

BOOTH 1539 BOOTH 545

Schurco Slurry

Senett Controls (Gessmann Group)

9410 Florida Mining Boulevard East Jacksonville, FL, 32257, USA T. 904-356-6840 schurcoslurry.com

225 Admiral Boulevard Mississauga, ON, L5T 2T3 Canada T. 905-564-0167 senett.ca

Tourism Vancouver/ Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC)

GUEST PROGRAM | PROGRAMME DES INVITÉS

SUNDAY, MAY 11 NATURE AND ART BOAT CRUISE

MONDAY, MAY 12 WALKING TOUR OF GRANVILLE STREET Come take a walk along historical Granville Street. Hear stories about when the area was home to Vancouver’s Vaudeville Theatre, as seen through the eyes of Lord Fothrington-Appleby. The tour will last close to two hours, so wear comfortable walking shoes. Join us for an afternoon of humor and history. TIME: 13:00 TO 15:00 COST: $35 DEPARTURE: THE HOSPITALITY SUITE AT THE VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE

TUESDAY, MAY 13

Enjoy the panoramic views of the city skyline, the surrounding Coastal Mountain Range and many of Vancouver’s most famous landmarks on an afternoon cruise with one of Canada’s top naturalists, Rob Butler, managing director of The Nature Trust of British Columbia. The three-hour cruise will take you past Granite Falls Marine Park, to Bishop’s Creek and on to Silver Falls. Local Canadian artists from the Artists for Conservation will also be onboard to exhibit and sell their work. Lunch will be served.

Join us on a private tour of the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of British Columbia. The museum houses one of the world’s finest displays of First Nations art in a spectacular building overlooking the mountains and the sea. A 90-minute tour will be followed by lunch and free time to explore the museum or browse the MOA shop. Transportation will be provided from the convention centre.

TIME: 11:30 TO 15:00 COST: $150 DEPARTURE: THE HARBOUR NEAR THE VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE

TIME: 10:00 TO 15:00 COST: $65 DEPARTURE: THE HOSPITALITY SUITE AT THE VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE

MORNING AT THE MUSEUM

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BOOTH 1825

BOOTH 410

BOOTH 644

BOOTH 623

Sepro Mineral Systems Corp

Shijiazhuang Zhongmei Coal Mine Equipment

Six Safety Systems Inc.

Southwire Canada

34 Griffin Industrial Point East Unit 1 Cochrane, AB, T4C 0A3 Canada T. 403-932-7955 sixsafetysystems.com

5705 Cancross Court Suite 100 Mississauga, ON, L5R 3E9 Canada T. 289-777-7557 southwire.ca

BOOTH 1548

BOOTH 621

Skako Vibration

SPI

384, boulevard De I'Ile Pincourt, QC, J7V 9Y3 Canada T. 514-646-0636 skako.com

60, rue Gaston-Dumoulin Blainville, QC, J7C 0A3 Canada T. 450-420-2012, x4362 spi-s.com

BOOTH 349

BOOTH 1246

SmartRiver Industrial Ltd.

Split Engineering, LLC.

235-6705 Tomken Road Mississauga, ON, L5T 2J6 Canada T. 905-696-0111 smartriver.ca

2555 N Jackrabbit Avenue Tucson, AZ, 85745, USA T. 520-327-3773, x8102 spliteng.com

9850-201 Street Unit 101A Langley, BC, V1M 4A3 Canada T. 604-888-5568, x184 seprosystems.com BOOTH 1222

Services Industriels BEST H2O Inc. 101A Montée de la Rivière des Fèves Saint-Urbain-Premier, QC J0S 1Y0 Canada T. 450-427-1440 best-corp.com

89 Huanghe Road National Hi-Tech Industry Development Zone Shijiazhuang, Heibei, 50035, China T. +86-311-853-235-56 en.sjzzm.com BOOTH 506 Shougang Guiyang Special Steel Co. Ltd. 10 Youhza Sreet Guiyang, Guizhou, 550005, China T. +86-851-550-5094 sggg.com.cn

BOOTH 1301

BOOTH 824

SEW-Eurodrive Co. of Canada Ltd.

Shutout Solutions Inc.

210 Walker Drive Bramelea, ON, L6T 3W1 Canada T. 905-791-1553, x214 sewcan.ca

2815 Lorne Avenue Saskatoon, SK, S7J 0S5 Canada T. 306-683-8888 shutoutsolutions.com BOOTH 1836

BOOTH 925

Siemag Tecberg Inc.

Shaft Drillers International

2969 South Chase Avenue Milwaukee, WI, 53207, USA T. 414-727-5728 siemag-tecberg.com

130 Meadow Ridge Road Mt. Morris, PA, 15349, USA T. 304-599-5900 shaftdrillers.com

BOOTH 444

BOOTH 245

Siemens Canada Limited

Shadong Sinomin Rubber Group Co. Ltd.

7303 Warden Avenue Markham, ON, L3R 5Y6 Canada T. 905-305-1021 siemens.ca

300 Hengdong Road Dezhou, Shandong, China 253022 T. +010-876-041-56 en.sinomin.com BOOTH 415

Shell Canada 1101 Blair Road Burlington, ON, L7M 1T3 Canada T. 905-466-4948 shell.ca/lubricants BOOTH JF15

Sherritt International Corporation 1600-10235 101 Street Edmonton, AB, T5J 3G1 Canada T. 780-420-5834 sherritt.com BOOTH 504

Shijiazhuang Minerals Equipment Co. Ltd. 688 Zhongshan West Road Shijiazhuang, Heibei, 50000, China T. +86-311-666-923-98 slurrypump.co

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BOOTH 1719

Simsmart Technologies 4, Place du Commerce Suite 100 Brossard, QC, J4W 3B3 Canada T. 450-923-0400 simsmart.com BOOTH 1328

Simson Maxwell 5711-80 Avenue SE Calgary, AB, T2C 4S6 Canada T. 403-259-7300 simson-maxwell.com BOOTH 640

Site Monitor Systems Unit 1, Moorbridge Court Moorbridge Road East Bingham Nottingham, NGM, NG13 8GG, United Kingdom T. +44-194-9838, x004 3dlasermapping.com

BOOTH 246 BOOTH 626

SM-Cyclo Canada

Spraying Systems Canada Ltd.

1453 Cornwall Road Oakville, ON, L6J 7T5 Canada T. 905-469-1050 smcyclo.com

108-7198 Vantage Way Delta, BC, V4G 1K7 Canada T. 604-960-2762 spray.com

BOOTH 908

BOOTH 1139

SME - Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration

Sprung Instant Structures Ltd.

8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, CO, 80127, USA T. 303-948-4243 smenet.org

PO Box 62 Aldersyde, AB, T0L 0A0 Canada T. 403-601-2292 sprung.com

BOOTH 1015

SMS Equipment Inc.

BOOTH 1443

53113 Range Road 263A Acheson, AB, T7X 5A5 Canada T. 780-948-2512 smsequip.com

SPX

BOOTH 1225

BOOTH 837

SNC-Lavalin

SSAB

1111 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC, V6E 4M3 Canada T. 604-662-3555, x52159 snclavalin.com

1031 Cliveden Avenue Delta, BC, V3M 5V1 Canada T. 604-526-3700 ssab.com

BOOTH 440

BOOTH 1205

SNF Canada Ltd.

STC Footwear

2525, place Léon-Trépanier Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5E1 Canada T. 416-486-7853 snfcanada.com

10100, rue Colbert Anjou, QC, H1J 2J8 Canada T. 888-686-1286 stcfootwear.com

BOOTH 346

BOOTH 748

SNF FloMin Performance Mining Reagents

StonCor Group - Canada

3819 Heather Street Vancouver, BC, V5Z 3l4 Canada T. 778-870-3116 flomin.com

135 Mount Read Boulevard Rochester, NY, 14611, USA T. 585-527-1658 spx.com

95 Sunray Street Whitby, ON, L1N 9C9 Canada T. 905-430-3333, x 3018 stoncor.ca

BOOTH 1701

BOOTH 1215

BOOTH 1749

BOOTH 1318

Strata Worldwide

Technosub Industrial Pumps

Tervita Corporation

8995 Roswell Road Sandy Springs, GA, 30115, USA T. 770-321-2526 strataworldwide.com

1156, avenue LariviĂ¨re Rouyn-Noranda, QC, J9X 4K8 Canada T. 819-797-3300 technosub.net

140-10th Avenue SE Suite 500 Calgary, AB, T2G 0R1 Canada T. 403-233-7565 tervita.com

Thermo Scientific (Thermo Fisher Scientific Group)

BOOTH JF01

501 90th Avenue NW Minneapolis, MN, 55433, USA T. 800-445-3503 thermoscientific.com/ bulkweighing

Suncor Energy Inc.

BOOTH JF17

150 6th Avenue SW Calgary, AB, T2P 3E3 Canada T. 403-296-8945 suncor.com

Teck Resources Ltd.

BOOTH 1310

RR#1, Hwy 3 Central Recruiting Office Sparwood, BC, V0B 2G1 Canada T. 250-425-6305 teck.com

Tetra Tech

BOOTH 914

800-555 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC, V6B 1M1 Canada T. 604-408-3788 tetratech.com

Thunderbird Mining Systems

BOOTH 926

BOOTH 645

Teco-Westinghouse Motors (Canada) Inc.

Texcan - Division of Sonepar Canada Inc.

BOOTH 629

1165 Franklin Boulevard Unit A-C Cambridge, ON, N1R 8E1 Canada T. 519-624-1616, x2072 tecowestinghouse.ca

1420 Derwent Way Delta, BC, V3M 6H9 Canada T. 604-528-3659 texcan.com

BOOTH 1743

Superior Propane 6750 Century Avenue Mississauga, ON, L5N 2V8 Canada T. 905-542-5483 superiorpropane.com BOOTH 1547

Svendborg Brakes A/S Cheminova A/S Jernbanevej 9 Vejstrup, 5882, Denmark T. +45-63-255-255 svendborg-brakes.com BOOTH 1600

Symboticware Incorporated 83 Durham Street Sudbury, ON, P3E 3M5 Canada T. 800-519-5496, x101 symboticware.com BOOTH JF14

Syncrude Canada Ltd. PO Bag 4023 MD 3300 Fort McMurray, AB, T9H 3H5 Canada T. 780-790-6411 syncrude.ca BOOTH 1720

Synergy Engineering Ltd. 135 Glacier Street Coquitlam, BC, V3K 5Z1 Canada T. 604-464-3663 synergy-eng.com

Tega Industries Limited 1305 Kelly Lake Road Unit 1 Sudbury, ON, P3E 5P5 Canada T. 705-523-4158 tegaindustries.com BOOTH 841

Teledyne VariSystems 5304 Hubalta Road SE Calgary, AB, T2B 1T6 Canada T. 403-272-0318 varisystems.com BOOTH 1103

Telsmith, Inc. 10910 Industrial Drive North Mequon, WI, 53092-0539, USA T. 262-242-6600 telsmith.com

Tema Systems Inc.

BOOTH 1625

7806 Redsky Drive Cincinnati, OH, 45249, USA T. 519-584-5773 tema.net

Target Logistics Management, LLC

BOOTH 1239

500 Lincoln street Boston, MA, 2135, USA T. 617-586-1100 TargetLogistics.net BOOTH 947

Techking Tires Limited Bldg 2#, Tianbo Intl Mansion No. 61 Haier Rd Qingdao, Shandong, 266061, China T. +86-532-5558-8888 techking.com

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TF Warren Group 57 Old Onondaga Road West Brantford, ON, N3T 5M1 Canada T. 519-757-3565 tfwarren.com

TGood North America Inc. 105-78 Industrial Avenue West Penticton, BC, V2A 6M2 Canada T. 778-476-5833 tgood.com BOOTH 443

The EIMCO-K.C.P. Ltd. 239 Ramakrishna Buildings Anna Salai Chennai, TN, 600 006, India T. (44) 28518458 ekcp.com

The Mosaic Company 2010 12th Avenue Suite 1700 Regina, SK, S4P 0M3 Canada T. 306-523-2847 mosaicco.com

Tenova Mining and Minerals

BOOTH 710

6929 Royal Oak Avenue Burnaby, BC, V5J 4J3 Canada T. 604-451-7767 tenova.com

The Northern Miner

BOOTH 1235

TerraSource Global PO Box 385 One Freedom Drive Belleville, IL, 62222, USA T. 618-641-6963 terrasource.com

2409 Albert Street North Regina, SK, S4P 3E1 Canada T. 306-949-5929 thyssenmining.com

Tiley / MHI PO Box 392 Callander, ON, P1B 8H5 Canada T. 705-495-8587 minehoist.com BOOTH 1243

BOOTH 1611

BOOTH JF13 BOOTH 1307

Thyssen Mining

BOOTH 525 BOOTH 541

BOOTH 534

2635-151st Place NE Redmond, WA, 98052, USA T. 425-869-2727 tbirdpac.com

80 Valleybrook Drive Toronto, ON, M3B 2S9 Canada T. 416-510-6768 northernminer.com

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Pit ponies: real horsepower underground By Alan Jones

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or much of the 19th and 20th the welfare of pit ponies and centuries, pit ponies worked other working horses. In 1910, a underground, hauling ore in member of the defence league coal mines throughout Great Britain wrote to Humanitarian magazine, and Eastern Canada. Small enough explaining that the average pit to walk the narrow passageways but pony was destined to “work forstrong enough to haul tubs of coal, ever in unchanging darkness, the diminutive horses – no more scarred with unhealed, unhealing than 1.4 metres tall, from hoof to the and putrescent wounds; maimed top of their shoulder blades – in limbs to be energized only by worked long hours, living the bulk torture; blind, by malice or acciof their lives in darkness. In the middent; unfed, ill-fed and worked 1800s, pit ponies were a more until they succumbed in utter humane alternative to existing British coal miners with Little Tick, a favourite pit pony, in 1913 exhaustion, or drop dead in their practices and proved to be a useful harness!” innovation, nearly outlasting the dot-com bubble of the 1990s. Eventually, the lives of the horses got better. By the 1940s, In the early 1800s, child labour was common in coal mines they were given short “vacations” above ground. The horses across Britain. Due to their size, children could navigate a had to have their eyes covered before they were brought to the mine’s tight passages, and relaxed labour laws meant they surface, since seeing the sunlight after so much darkness could could be worked for long hours in punishing conditions. send them into a frenzy. Many children employed in coal mines worked as “hurriers.” The end of the use of pit ponies came about as much They would be harnessed to a tub of coal that they had to pull because of the mechanization of mining processes as for the through tiny passageways, sometimes less than a metre high. well-being of the animals. The horses were replaced with Others were “thrusters,” tasked with pushing ore cars from hoisting engines that pulled cars full of ore from the mine face behind. In 1838, 26 children were killed in a well-publicized to the surface on a rope-managed conveyer system. By the incident at a mine near Barnsley, instigating Queen Victoria to early 1960s, the last of the pit ponies in Cape Breton were request a public inquiry on working conditions for children in retired, but in Britain, the horses were used for much longer; the mines. After a Royal Commission reported on the matter, the last two pit ponies were not retired until 1999, from the the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Pant y Gasseg mine in Wales. Tony, the last living pit pony in Collieries Act of 1842, which prohibited boys under 10 years Britain, died in 2011 at the age of 40, after spending its and all females from working in the mines. Pit ponies had remaining years in an animal shelter. played a role in mining prior to 1842, but the new law made People who worked in the mines and especially those the small-statured horses necessary as replacements for the employed in the underground stables often reported strong small-statured hurriers and thrusters. bonds to the horses, and these animals have been honoured in Over the next century, ponies and horses became an inte- many ways. Welsh artist Mick Petts created a 200-metre figugral part of coal mining, with some estimates pegging the rative earth sculpture of a pit pony in Wales. The sculpture is number of pit ponies in British mines in 1913 at 70,000. In so large that it can easily be viewed on Google Earth. As for the Cape Breton, many of the “ponies” were actually small feral pit ponies of Cape Breton, their legacy was enshrined with Pit horses captured from Sable Island. Generally, any horse that Pony by Joyce Barkhouse, an award-winning children’s novel had yet to be tamed was broken above ground before being about the bond between a Sable Island horse and an 11-yeartaken below the surface, where it would spend most of its life old boy working in the mines. The novel was adapted into a in darkness. The horses were stabled underground and often television series by the CBC in the late-1990s. allowed only a few hours of rest a day. A dedicated staff of staPrince mine, the last colliery in Cape Breton, shut its doors blehands tended to the horses while they ate and rested, but in 2001, but Cape Breton’s Miners Museum in Glace Bay honduring the workday, they would be put to work around the ours its long mining history. The museum sits on top of Ocean mine by “drivers,” who were entrusted with the horses’ safety Deeps Colliery, a replica mine, and visitors can still experience and productivity as they transported coal. the darkness and claustrophobia of the life of a 1930s’ miner, Working conditions were harsh. In Britain, the National replete with the neighs and whinnies of an animatronic horse Equine Defence League was formed in 1909 to advocate for kept in an underground stable. CIM