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The Centre for Environmental Research in Minerals, Metals, and Materials
The University of British Columbia
Department of Mining Engineering
6350 Stores Road, Vancouver,
V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
Tel: (604) 822-6217 Fax: (604) 822-5599
Email: cerm3@mining.ubc.ca

 
  


Organizations Collaborating with CERM3

September, 2002.
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The Millennium

Plug

 

 

 

Bacteriophage for

ARD

 

 

 

Magnetic Levitation

Hoisting

 

 

 

Codisposal of

Tailings and Waste

Rock

 

 

 

Mercury

Detoxification

 

 

 

Growing Metals

 

 

 

Energy Efficiency

 

 

 

Bioindicators of

Pollution

 

 

 

Keeping the Roof

from Falling

 

 

 

Geothermal Energy

in Canada

 

 

 

Industrial Growth

from Pollution

 

 

 

Robotics

 

 

 

Island Copper's

Pit Lake

 

 

 

Sulfate Reducing

Bacteria for

Mitigating ARD

 

 

 

Sustainable

Communities

 

 

 

Soils Research

 

 

 

PCIGR

 

 

 

Education of the

Sustainable

Engineer

 

 

 

Human Resources -

Training the Miner

of the 21st Century

 

 

 

Sustainable

Mining?

 

 

 

Integration of

Engineering and

Health Care

 

 

 

ISM - a new

NCE Program

in Canada

 

 

 

CERM3 Collaborations

 

 

 

 

Since 1999, CERM3 has established formal and informal links with the following organizations:

 

NRCan CANMET, 

Ottawa, Ontario

collaborating on research at Britannia Beach and 

held a joint  workshop on environmental research 

at the CIM-AGM in May  2002. (J. Meech, M. Scoble)

 

CSIRO - Minerals

Lucas Heights, Australia

collaborating on a joint research project to examine

energy use in grinding circuits with Dr. Steve Spencer.

(J. Meech, D. Tromans)

 

Tohoku University, 

Sendai, Japan

collaborating with First-Principles modeling studies on 

fine-particle comminution using the TeraFLOPS super-

computer in the Institute for Materials Research under 

Dr. Yoshi Kawazoe. (J. Meech, D. Tromans, M. Ghomshei)

 

Massey University, 

Palmerston North, New Zealand

collaborating on phyto-reclamation and phyto-mining 

research with Dr. Chris Anderson. 

(J. Hinton, M. Veiga, J. Meech)

 

Britannia Mines & Reclamation Corporation, Britannia Beach, BC

collaborating on the installation of the Millennium Plug at 

the 2200 Level of the Britannia Mine. (B. Lang, J. Meech, 

R. Pakalnis)

 

Highland Valley Copper, 

Logan Lake, B.C.

collaborating on on-line wear monitoring of the primary 

gyratory crusher. (R. Hall)

 

Sustainable Minerals Institute, 

University of Queensland, Australia

 

collaborating on educational technologies using the 

Internet. (B. Klein, J. Meech, M. Scoble)

University of Chile

Santiago, Chile

 

collaborating on Block Caving research. (M. Scoble)

Laurentian University

Sudbury, Ontario

 

collaborating on mine automation research with

Dr. Greg Baiden. (R. Hall, M. Scoble, J. Meech, M. Morin)

Goldcorp, 

Balmerton, Ontario

 

collaborating on rock burst prediction research. (R. Pakalnis)

Syncrude-Canada, 

Fort McMurray, Alberta

 

collaborating on Ant Colony optimization of 

shovel-truck scheduling. (S. Dunbar)

North Pacific Geopower Corp.

Vancouver, BC

 

collaborating on research into geothermal energy. 

(M. Ghomshei, J. Meech)

BC Museum of Mining,

Britannia Beach, BC

 

collaborating on the exhibition of information to the 

public on Acid-Rock-Drainage and related topics.

(all CERM3 personnel)

  

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Email: cerm3@mining.ubc.ca

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Revised: September 28, 2002.