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November 2020

Cornish Institute of Engineers Online Lecture

November 4, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Video conference

Mount Polley Mine (Canada) Tailings Spill Remediation - Challenges & Successes Dr Lyn Anglin, Anglin & Associates After the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine failed and 25 million cubic metres of water, tailings and embankment materials spilled into the surrounding environment, significant progress has been made into remediating the spill impacts. This talk reviews the clean-up and repair that has taken place since the 2014 failure. Contact:  secretary@thecornishengineer.com for the link Mount Polley Mine Location      

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Sensors in Mining (Microsoft Teams)

November 12, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Video conference

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting Sensors: Gordon Stove of Adrok will give a talk on Low-carbon, Low-cost, Low-risk, High value-adding Technology for Mineral Exploration; Finding subsurface natural resources is getting harder, not easier.  Explorers are having to look deeper under cover to find new resources and reserves.  Coupled with the technical challenges,  safeguarding our environment and natural beauty is also critical to the Explorer.   Adrok has developed a deep ranging radio wave system that can pinpoint natural resources in an environmentally…

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December 2020

The Canadian Mining Education Forum: Perspectives on Mine Health & Safety in Canada

December 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Virtually from Canada

The Canadian Mining Schools Committee of the CIM cordially invites you to this must-attend webinar on mine health and safety. Led by Roy Slack, immediate past president of the CIM, this webinar will feature 3 outstanding keynote speakers with more than 90 years of combined experience in the mining industry. Some of the topics in this webinar will include the latest in safety technologies and innovations, best practices, effective risk management, fostering a culture of safety within the organization, and…

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February 2021

Joint BTS/MinSouth Meeting

February 11, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Video conference

The Joint BTS/MinSouth Meeting will be spotlighting the  North Yorks Polyhalite Project Mineral Transport System Two speakers from Strabag will be presenting work accomplished and planned on this Mineral Transport System.  They are Craig Sewell & Jason Fawcett.  This transport system includes a 37 kilometre segmentally lined tunnel and a 370 metre deep shaft at Lockwood Beck. The Lecture and the Question and Answer session will be broadcast live on YouTube at 18:00 hours GMT on the 11th of February.…

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March 2021

CIM Calgary Webinar – The Mount Polley Tailings Spill: Response & Recovery

March 10, 2021 @ 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm
Virtually

Join Lyn Anglin from Anglin and Associates to hear about the recovery from the tailings dam at the Mount Polley Mine 6 years later About this Event Six years after a glaciolacustrine layer under the tailings dam at the Mount Polley Mine failed, and 25 million cubic metres of water, tailings and embankment materials spilled into the surrounding environment, significant progress has been made in remediating the spill impacts. The company has invested on the order of $70 million on…

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June 2021

Indigenous Culture and Mining: Culture Change: A Bottom-up Approach

June 21, 2021 @ 11:00 pm
Virtually from Canada

On Canada's National Indigenous People's Day (the 21st of June), the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum's Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee will have a webinar from 23:00 until midnight. A summary: Fitting a square peg into a round hole is never an easy task. So why are we as Indigenous people asked to give up a part of ourselves to fit into this corporate culture? Working in the mining industry shouldn’t be at the cost of changing cultural…

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