Indigenous communities continue to be excluded from the mainstream economy due to a lack of successful partnerships with non-Indigenous businesses. In this project, we will conduct ‘partnership benchmarking’ with resource companies and Indigenous communities establishing the organizational competencies and capacities needed to accelerate economic development. This project will conduct research resulting in Indigenous communities and […]

The efficient utilization of automation systems necessitates a clear understanding of the interaction of the human operator, the automation system and any automated routines being run. Precision Drilling is installing the newest generation of drilling automation control systems on their fleet of rigs and wishes to understand both the interaction of the human driller with […]

The physicochemical character of the hydrological regime that formed Carlin-type Au-deposits (CTGDs) are poorly understood and represents a critical knowledge gap relating to their genesis. We are undertaking an integrated geological and geochemical study of the Nadaleen trend of CTGDs in the Yukon to better define the hydrological regime that controlled their formation. The proposed […]

The goal of this project is to develop instrumentation and software that will enable more efficient and safe mining practices. We will focus on the development of (1) vision-based instrumentation; (2) methods to increase situational awareness; and (3) techniques for automated data acquisition. This research will result in the design of a prototype vision system […]

Goldcorp recently announced a new initiative referred to as H2zero with the goal of reducing water usage in their mining operations by 80 to 100%. Mineral processing and specifically comminution and mineral separation are the main consumers of water. This research focuses on dry comminution technologies and represents a first step towards advancing dry comminution […]

Copper and palladium (Cu-Pd) mineralization at the Marathon Deposit are associated with gabbro rocks. It is fundamentally important to be able to distinguish among the different types of gabbros, because only those of the Marathon Series are host to mineralization. This is accomplished through logging drill core, whole rock geochemistry and mineralogy. Mineralization at the […]

Aluminium smelter are energy intensive and not particularly energy efficient, as most of the energy required to produce aluminium is lost along the production line. This is the reason why it is mandatory to perform a detailed analysis of the thermal wastes produced in these factories. The main objective of this project is to investigate […]

For many mobile heavy oil reserves in Western Canada, thermal-based enhanced oil recovery methods are not economically applicable due to the thin payzone thickness. Alkaline flooding, one of chemical recovery methods, has great potential for enhancing oil recovery. In this process, alkali-containing fluid is injected into the heavy oil reservoir and reacted with the saponifiable […]

Sudbury represents the site of a meteorite impact structure originally greater than 200 km in diameter and that formed 1.85 billion years ago. Despite the proven and potential economic benefits of resource development at Sudbury, there are still major outstanding questions concerning our understanding of the structure and its ore deposits. A series of objectives […]

Une grande partie des rejets produits par l’industrie minière est souvent entreposée en surface. En contact avec l’oxygène atmosphérique et l’eau, les minéraux sulfureux contenus dans ces rejets s’oxydent et génèrent un drainage minier acide (DMA) comportant des contaminants préjudiciables pour l’environnement. Une des techniques utilisées pour contrôler ce phénomène est les recouvrements à plusieurs […]

Natural gas is one of the cleanest fuels for heat and power generation. But in China, coal is still the dominant fuel but burning coal has caused severe and damaging air pollutions. The partner organization of this project, Seven Generations Energy Ltd., is a significant Canadian producer of natural gas. This project will comprehensively assess […]

The objective of this project is to use optimization to improve metallic yield (the percentage of raw material that ends up as usable product) in an ArcelorMittal Steel Rolling Plant. The metallic yield of the rolling operations depends upon the length of billets from which the final product is manufactured. Ideally, a single customer order […]