Innovating the Electrification of Mines
Electrification of mines is starting to climb the agenda of the CEO and COO as a driver of cost reduction, energy efficiency and social licence to operate stewardship. We will be releasing our global mine electrification survey later this year which identifies the role miners can play in electrical power innovation; the challenges and opportunities […]
PhD Student Vinoth Kumar Wins the Best Student Paper Award
Maria Holuszko’s PhD student Vinoth Kumar was awarded the best student paper award at the “Cleanwater Clean Energy” Conference June 3-8, 2018 for the paper: SIMULTANEOUS EXTRACTION OF CLEAN COAL AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM COAL TAILINGS USING ALKALI-ACID LEACHING PROCESS. View more award winners here!
The Robots Are Here To Help Us – Ilija Miskovic
University of British Columbia (UBC) professor and engineer Ilija Miskovic, who was born in the former Yugoslavia, has an easy way to distinguish the oft-confused domains of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Think of them as Russian dolls, he suggests. Artificial intelligence, a branch of computer science focused on creating intelligent machines that can […]
CIM Distinguished Lecture
Brief biography and lecture description Martin Wacker Marty is Principal Engineer at Cameco Corporation. He is a mechanical engineer with over 30 years of experience in design, project engineering and management in the mining and manufacturing industries. He is recognized for his lead role in developing Cigar Lake’s unique ground freezing and water jet mining […]
Alexa Dumaine is this year’s recipient of the CIM MES-COSMO Scholarship!
We are delighted to announce that the 2017 CIM MES-COSMO Scholarship recipient is Alexa Dumaine who is a 3rd year student within the Bachelor of Applied Science programme at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia. She is currently completing her co-op work term at Albian Sands in […]
UBC Mining Engineering is at the CIM Convention in Montreal, April 30-May 3, 2017
UBC Mining Engineering is at the CIM Convention in Montreal, April 30-May 3, 2017. Our booth is #1624
Daniel Lim and Brandon Johnson recognized for placing 1st and 2nd in the National Society of Petroleum Engineers report competition in APSC
Daniel Lim and Brandon Johnson placed 1st and 2nd respectively in the National Society of Petroleum Engineers report competition held at UBC on March 25.
UBC wins first place at the 27th annual Canadian Mining Games
Scoresheet: 2017_CMG_Results As many of you may have heard, last weekend was the 27th Canadian Mining Games hosted at the University of Toronto. Our UBC Team was excited coming off our win at last year’s Mining Games, even though a majority of our team graduated. And we are excited to announce that despite a young […]
UBC Mining Careers
Two new positions are open to applicants: Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Mineral Process Control & Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Mining Engineering
Bands must prepare for long-term mine impacts, lawyer says
Rural communities must ready themselves — and particularly their young people — for the long-term impacts of mines, a lawyer told a First Nations forum Thursday. Read the full article at http://www.kamloopsnews.ca