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1250-3500 de Maisonneuve Blvd. WestWestmount, QC, CanadaH3Z 3C1 May 14, 2020, Montréal, Québec. The celebration and recognition of excellence within the mining and minerals industry is a tradition of which CIM is extremely proud. The CIM Caterpillar Celebration of Excellence is an occasion the mini...

March 24, 2020, Montréal, Québec. In accordance with and respect to the recent announcement by the Québec provincial government regarding the closure of all non-essential businesses, the CIM National office is closed effective 5:00 PM today, March 24, 2020.  As of early last week, we have provided ...

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1250-3500 de Maisonneuve Blvd. WestWestmount, QC, CanadaH3Z 3C1 March 13, 2020, Montréal, Québec. Due to the current circumstances, and in the best interest of the minerals and metals community, the CIM Convention and Exhibition 2020, scheduled to take place from May 3 to 6, 2020, is cancelled. The...

1250-3500 de Maisonneuve Blvd. WestWestmount, QC, CanadaH3Z 3C1 To the CIM Community: Our annual signature event, the CIM Convention & Expo is set to begin on May 2, 2020, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Rest assured that the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)...

The Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) will be held in Room 206 of 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC, V6C 0C3, on Sunday, May 3, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. 1) Consider and approve the minutes of the previous Annual General Me...

1250-3500 de Maisonneuve Blvd. WestWestmount, QC, CanadaH3Z 3C1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2020, Montréal, Québec. One of the strategic goals of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) is to expand awareness of the essential contribution mining makes to society. To...

CIM has partnered with Science North to develop a mineral literacy program to increase awareness of the vauable contribution our industry makes to society By Michele Beacom Mining has an essential role in a greener and sustainable future, yet most Canadians don’t realize that. There is a widesprea...

1250-3500 de Maisonneuve Blvd. WestWestmount, QC, CanadaH3Z 3C1 Deborah McCombe deborah.mccombe@rpacan.com Garth Kirkham garth.kirkham@crirsco.com For Immediate Release 2019 Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Best Practice Guidelines Adopted by CIM Council February 3, 2020, Montreal, Quebec...

1250-3500 de Maisonneuve Blvd. WestWestmount, QC, CanadaH3Z 3C1 --> For Immediate Release CIM and Science North Collaborate on a Nationwide Program to Increase Mineral Literacy for Canadians MONTRÉAL, December 19, 2019 – The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM) has part...

SUDBURY, December 9, 2019 – The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), a trusted voice for leading industry expertise in Canada for the past 121 years, is pleased to announce its partnership with Beyond Digital Transformation 2020 (BDT2020), to be held in Sudbury on February 5...

1250-3500 de Maisonneuve Blvd. WestWestmount, QC, CanadaH3Z 3C1 William Roscoe william.roscoe@rpacan.com416-947-0907 Keith Spence knspence@globalmining.ca416-362-0007 For Immediate Release 2019 CIMVAL Code for the Valuation of Mineral Properties Adopted by CIM December 16, 2019, Montreal, Quebe...

After two successful years connecting mining industry challenges with the right people, process and technology solutions, the third annual Beyond Digital Transformation (BDT2020) held in Sudbury on February 5-6, 2020, will expand its digital reach to connect with the true “future” of mining. This ye...

Submitted by Irene Gosende-Seeney and Michael Sue, Rocks & Stocks Co-chairs The topics at this year's annual Rocks & Stocks in Toronto were right off the front pages; Tailings and M&A.  The 6th annual edition of this professional development day was presented through the joint effort of...

The CIM Montreal branch welcomed its latest speaker, John Jentz, to the city with a packed house, during its most recent networking and education event. Fifty people showed up at the Bier Markt restaurant to listen to Jentz, who is vice-president corporate development and investor relations at Sema...

CIM Toronto Branch uses corporate sponsorship dollars to foster future miners with a student mine tour What happens when a CIM branch has a strong corporate sponsorship base? They use those sponsorship funds to foster the next generation of miners. Last spring CIM Toronto Branch put out a general c...

Katary is one of the 2019 CIM-Bedford Canadian Young Mining Leaders Award winners Shannon Katary is a storyteller, and she puts those skills to use by shedding light on deep mining practices in her role as Director of Marketing and Communications for Maestro Digital Mine. “When I started working i...

Dr. Elizabeth Cannon and Dr. Claire Deschênes, engineers featured in the Women of Innovation book, were announced as two of the 83 new appointees to the Order of Canada on June 27, 2019.  The book, published in 2017 by CIM and the Metallurgy and Materials Society of CIM (MetSoc), provides a unique o...

At the CIM Special General Meeting in April 2019, which followed the CIM Annual General Meeting, proposed changes to the CIM By-Law that have taken place since the last ratification in 2017 were voted on and passed unanimously. CIM National has created an electronic voting tool to enable CIM member...

CIM's Environmental and Social Responsibility Society is supporting a research project being undertaken by the University of British Columbia examining stakeholder engagement strategies for mine design. The objective is to assess which engagement strategies yield mutually beneficial outcomes for com...

Draft CIM Estimation of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Best Practice Guidelines document available for industry comment For the past twelve months, a subcommittee of the CIM Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (MRMR) Committee has been working diligently on an update of the CIM Estimatio...

Roy Slack formally assumed the role of CIM President for the year 2019-2020 at the end of the CIM Convention on May 1, 2019. Slack is a professional engineer, the founder and past president of Cementation Canada, and is a director of Cementation Americas, a mine contracting and engineering firm tha...

Artificial intelligence (AI) experts and researchers from within and outside the industry descended on Montreal Wednesday morning to attend the Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) AI in Mining Forum at the 2019 CIM Convention. University researchers from the Montreal AI ecosystem presented alongsid...

On Tuesday morning, the CIM Convention 2019 in Montreal hosted two keynote speeches on the subject of resource management. The first, given by Green Mining I nnovation director and CIM president 2018-2019 Janice Zinck, focused on the natural resources and how mines can become more sustainable. The s...

Congratulations to this year's poster prize winners! From left to right: Hamed Rafezi, McGill UniversityEvolution of resource revenue sharing in resource-rich countries: characteristics and implementation Ilkay Cevik, Queen's UniversityKnowledge discovery from geochemical data and sensitivities o...

Acheson, AB, April 15, 2019 – This month, SMS Equipment deployed the Komatsu 980E-4AT - the largest autonomous Komatsu truck in commercial operations in the world - into production in Canada. The Komatsu 980E-4AT is modeled after the proven work horse 930E series. This 400 ton capacity truck has man...

To kick off the second day of the CIM Convention 2019, crowds packed into the ballroom to take part in the Opening Plenary, which focused on “The Changing Face of Mining.” The panelists – Atlantic Gold president and COO Maryse Belanger, Newtrax president and CEO Alexandre Cervinka, Torex Gold presid...

CIM is proud to announce the Incoming President Elect for the year 2021-2022 will be Pierre Julien, an Executive Vice President with DRA Global and President of DRA Americas. Julien is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in the global mining industry. He is the founder of Lincoln ...

Mining professionals honoured at CIM Convention 2019 Awards Gala Montreal, QC, April 30, 2019: It is an evening the mining community highly anticipates each year – the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Caterpillar Celebration of Excellence, which recognizes the exceptiona...

John Dutrizac, MetSoc Past President (1983-1984), passed peacefully with family present on Monday, April 1, 2019, after a battle with cancer. John had an outstanding career with achievements in research and developments as a metallurgist, receiving numerous national and international awards for his ...

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released the second edition of its Developing an Operation, Maintenance and Surveillance Manual for Tailings and Water Management Facilities (the OMS Guide) on March 5, 2019. The OMS Guide was first released in 2003. The revised OMS Guide provides strengthened...

Janice Zinck, CIM President, made a $3,000 charitable contribution to the CIM Foundation with proceeds directed to Science North, on behalf of PACE. The proceeds are from Ms. Zinck’s presentation at the Beyond Digital Transformation (BDT) conference in Sudbury, Ontario, on Thursday, February 7, 2019...

CIM and Science North are working together to develop a travelling Pan Canadian Mining Exhibit that will be placed for extended stays in various science centres and museums across Canada. The exhibit would be developed, built and managed by Science North with technical support from CIM. The project ...

A collaborative initiative between leading professional minerals organizations seeks to tackle challenges surrounding tailings TORONTO, March 4, 2019 – In light of the global challenges faced around mine waste, particularly tailings, the Global Mineral Professionals Alliance (GMPA) will undertake ...

Students celebrate at the Queen’s Mining 125th anniversary event | Courtesy of Queen's University Department of Mining The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), in collaboration with the OneCIM Steering Committee and the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining at Queen’s Unive...

CIM is seeking volunteers for the 2019 Convention taking place from April 28 to May 1 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. To help ensure the Convention's success, we depend on assistance from students and other volunteers with good English and French language skills. As a volunteer, you will be t...

Even for a convention known for its parties, the 1997 PDAC was a grand affair. The March event in Toronto attracted a record number of participants, cash was flowing into exploration, and Canadian junior Bre-X Minerals was winning awards for finding one of the largest gold deposits in the world. Cha...

The Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) will be held in Room 516C of 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montréal, QC, H2Z 1H5 on Sunday, April 28, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. 1) Consider and approve the minutes of the previous Ann...

2018 Edward Melville (Ed) Patton Scholarship Winner: Gilles Eric Zagre Gilles Eric obtained his Masters degree in Industrial Engineering & Mathematics from École Polytechnique de Montreal with a thesis that involved development of an algorithm to optimize future drilling campaigns using existi...

The CIM Mineral Resources & Mineral Reserves Committee (MRMR) published the revised Mineral Exploration Best Practice Guidelines, a 17-page document meant to assist professional geoscientists and exploration practitioners in planning, supervising and executing exploration programs, on December 6...

An excited group of B.Ed. elementary and secondary school student teachers ready to tour the Nickel Rim South Mine on November 16. Courtesy of the Canadian Ecology Centre (CEC) A group of 20 student teachers from Nipissing University’s Schulich School of Education journeyed to the Nickel Rim South ...

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is teaming up with Goldcorp and the Centre of Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) to find innovators with cleantech solutions in mining, particularly for crushing. The process of crushing and grinding rock consumes the greatest amount of energy throughout the mini...

The Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) announced on November 12 that Roy Slack will be inducted into its Hall of Fame. Slack is the CIM President Elect and will take over as President in May when Janice Zinck’s term ends. He is also the President of Cementation Mining in Nor...

Based on a recommendation by the Governance Committee, CIM Council decided to change the title of CIM’s top position to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from Executive Director (ED) in August. Angela Hamlyn will be the first CEO of CIM. “In line with other not-for-profit organizations, the title of CE...

Andy Lemay has been honoured for his volunteer work with CIM by his alma mater, Laurentian University. The Laurentian University Alumni Association has created a campaign to encourage its members to give back to their communities called One Million Hours of Volunteerism. The objective of this initi...

Congratulations Robert Cloutier! CIM Member Robert Cloutier was awarded the David Gourd Award from the Abitibi Centre Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the 29th “Gala Les Élites” for his contribution to the local economy....

CIM has created a new website to celebrate its 120th anniversary where you can view photos of CIM events, mining equipment and mine sites spanning 12 decades! Watch videos with industry professionals and read about the history of CIM and the Canadian mining industry on this new website. Most import...

Gordon Bogden pasted an exclamation point to the conclusion of this year’s CIM Convention. The Chairman of Black Loon Metals used his presentation at the Management and Finance Day Closing Lunch to give the mining industry a pep talk on occasion of CIM’s 120th anniversary, on the final day of the ev...

The latest developments from operators and technology providers found an eager audience at the CIM 2018 Convention. It was clear the topic of innovation has advanced beyond talk to many examples of novel applications in the field and comprehensive plans to build on those advancements.   On Monday, ...

New this year to the CIM Convention was the Young Mining Professionals’ Breakfast which brought together young industry leaders from various sectors of the industry to discuss innovation in mining Tuesday morning. Moderator Greg Smith, president and director of Equinox Gold Corp, led a panel discus...