23 December 2025

CIM Webinars 2025: Sharing Knowledge, Strengthening the Industry

Throughout 2025, CIM webinars played a vital role in extending learning beyond conferences, providing accessible, timely knowledge to professionals across the mining and minerals sector. CIM’s Knowledge Exchange Webinars are live, virtual presentations from experts that become available to CIM members anytime on CIM Academy.  These sessions addressed emerging challenges, practical solutions, and strategic thinking, helping the industry adapt to rapid change while maintaining technical excellence, sustainable operations, and strong leadership. Each webinar contributed meaningful insights that support better decision-making and a more resilient mining industry.

Scope 3 Emissions in the Mining Sector

This webinar tackled complex and rapidly evolving aspects of environmental reporting: scope 3 emissions. As these indirect emissions often represent the majority of a mining company’s carbon footprint, the session provided much-needed clarity on how to identify, collect, and communicate this data effectively.

By focusing on practical approaches rather than theory alone, the webinar helped demystify emissions disclosure and empowered organizations to strengthen transparency, meet regulatory expectations, and advance credible climate strategies which is an essential step toward long-term sustainability and stakeholder trust.

AI in Mining: Transforming Data into Decisions

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how mining decisions are made, and this webinar offered a grounded, practical view of AI’s real-world applications. Experts explored how purpose-built machine learning models are already improving exploration, production efficiency, and sustainability outcomes.

By addressing common misconceptions, particularly the fear that AI replaces people, the session reinforced AI’s role as a decision-support tool that enhances safety and human judgment. The discussion on data readiness and organizational culture underscored the importance of building strong foundations to unlock AI’s full value for the industry.

Digging Deeper with Clean Power: EFOY Fuel Cells for Sustainable Mining

Reliable power in remote environments is a persistent challenge for mining operations, and this webinar highlighted how EFOY fuel cell technology is providing cleaner, more resilient alternatives to diesel generation.

Real-world deployments in harsh Canadian conditions demonstrated tangible benefits, including reduced emissions, higher uptime, and lower maintenance requirements. By showcasing innovative off-grid power solutions, the session contributed valuable insights into how mines can strengthen energy resilience while supporting decarbonization goals.

Revolutionizing Tailings Management: Practical Strategies for Sustainable Mining Operations

Tailings management remains a critical focus for safety, environmental protection, and regulatory compliance. This webinar delivered practical strategies that are reshaping tailings practices, from dewatering and filtration to dry stacking and paste tailings technologies.

Case studies illustrated how innovative approaches can reduce water use, lower risk, and improve long-term sustainability. By also exploring circular economy opportunities and real-time monitoring aligned with GISTM principles, the session reinforced how modern tailings management can transform operational challenges into value-driven outcomes.

How to Drive Efficiency and Resilience in the Midst of Economic Turbulence

Economic uncertainty and workforce challenges are testing mining organizations worldwide. This webinar addressed how leading companies are responding with smarter asset strategies, targeted workforce training, and digital transformation.

The focus on practical, mining-specific actions helped participants understand how efficiency and resilience are built through deliberate planning and capability development. The knowledge shared supported organizations in navigating volatility while maintaining productivity and competitiveness.

Vulcan from Maptek: Underground Stope Optimization

Precision in underground mine planning is essential for maximizing value, and this technical webinar provided a detailed walkthrough of stope optimization using Vulcan. Participants gained insight into best practices for data validation, block model preparation, and economic evaluation, supported by a real-world narrow vein case study.

By translating advanced software capabilities into practical workflows, the session strengthened technical competency and supported better design decisions across underground operations.

How to Optimize Your Underground Mine Planning Process with Deswik’s Software

As planning scenarios evolve rapidly, adaptability is critical. This webinar showcased how Deswik’s integrated optimization tools support dynamic underground mine planning, from automated design and sequencing to NPV optimization and risk analysis.

By demonstrating how each component fits into a cohesive planning process, the session equipped professionals with knowledge to improve responsiveness, efficiency, and value generation in complex operating environments.

The Big Decisions: Leadership in Volatile Times — Vital Insights for Today’s Markets

Leadership under uncertainty was the focus of this timely webinar, which brought together seasoned industry voices to discuss decision-making in volatile markets. Drawing on decades of global experience, Mark Cutifani and Doris Hiam-Galvez explored investment strategy, diversification, and navigating political and economic risk.

The session reinforced the importance of clarity, courage, and long-term thinking in leadership, insights that are essential as the industry faces increasingly complex global dynamics.

The Business of Flotation

Closing the year, this webinar introduced The Business of Flotation as a new way of thinking about flotation, not just as a metallurgical process, but as a strategic business decision.

By linking flotation fundamentals with asset management, operational diagnostics, and plant-scale decision-making, the session provided a multidisciplinary framework for closing performance gaps in concentrators. As mineralogical complexity increases, this perspective adds critical value by helping operations align technical decisions with business outcomes, strengthening both recovery and profitability.

Looking Forward

CIM’s 2025 webinars demonstrated the power of accessible knowledge-sharing to drive progress across the mining industry. By addressing technical, environmental, digital, and leadership challenges, these sessions helped professionals stay informed, adaptable, and connected, reinforcing CIM’s role as a trusted source of insight and a catalyst for continuous improvement. Did you miss one? You can access all CIM’s 2025 webinars now on

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