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SUMMARY:“Lithium Processing (Hard Rock and Brine)” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:Lithium (and its chemicals) has been a hot commodity over the last couple of years due to new applications of this metal in consumer electronics\, smart grid storage\, lithium ion batteries and electric battery powered vehicles.  Lithium based chemicals are produced either from lithium brines or from lithium bearing minerals.\nLithium projects are not easy to develop and there are examples of project failures due to lack of knowledge and understanding of complexity in impurity removal or temporal component of grade and composition in brine deposits or chemistry issues in hard rock processing.\nIn this course we introduce participants to the basic concepts and operations involved in lithium processing including:\n•	An overview of the mineralogy and geology of lithium bearing ores and genesis and the impact this has on the processing plant.\n•	A comparison between hard rock lithium mining vs. harvesting lithium brines.\n•	The unit operations and equipment used in lithium processing (hard rock and brine).\n•	Typical flowsheets and their application to various lithium ores (coarse vs. fine particle separation).\n•	Metallurgical testwork required to characterise a lithium ore or brine.
URL:https://www.northernminer.com/event/lithium-processing-hard-rock-brine-short-course/
LOCATION:OreVneture\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170604
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SUMMARY:“Lithium Processing (Hard Rock and Brine)” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:Lithium (and its chemicals) has been a hot commodity over the last couple of years due to new applications of this metal in consumer electronics\, smart grid storage\, lithium ion batteries and electric battery powered vehicles.  Lithium based chemicals are produced either from lithium brines or from lithium bearing minerals.\nLithium projects are not easy to develop and there are examples of project failures due to lack of knowledge and understanding of complexity in impurity removal or temporal component of grade and composition in brine deposits or chemistry issues in hard rock processing.\nIn this course we introduce participants to the basic concepts and operations involved in lithium processing including:\n•	An overview of the mineralogy and geology of lithium bearing ores and genesis and the impact this has on the processing plant.\n•	A comparison between hard rock lithium mining vs. harvesting lithium brines.\n•	The unit operations and equipment used in lithium processing (hard rock and brine).\n•	Typical flowsheets and their application to various lithium ores (coarse vs. fine particle separation).\n•	Metallurgical testwork required to characterise a lithium ore or brine.
URL:https://www.northernminer.com/event/lithium-processing-hard-rock-brine-short-course-2/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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SUMMARY:Rock Mass Characterization for Mine Design
DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this course is to provide mine staff the tools required to effectively gather geotechnical data for rock mass classification and rock mechanics design calculations. The majority of rock falls in mine operations are structurally controlled. Design is largely controlled by existing structure. It is critical that site characterization be performed so as to identify the structural factors that would affect rock slope angles\, drill and blast design\, support requirements\, resultant dilution and span design\, etc. A good understanding of rock mass structure forms the basis of rock mass classification which is used in the majority of rock mechanics design methods. \nUpon completion of the course the participants will be able to gather geotechnical data\, either from rock cuts\, drifts or core\, and process the information for subsequent analysis. The focus of the course is towards gathering information for purposes of analysis and design. The goal is to use effective mapping techniques to obtain data that can be used as input for any of the established rock classification systems. All of the commonly used classification values such as Barton’s Q and Q’ systems\, Bieniawski’s RMR\, Laubscher’s MRMR and Hoek’s GSI systems will be covered. \nThis course will include a half-day underground mapping and rock classification tour at Britannia Mine\, and a half-day surface mapping and rock classification field trip on the outskirts of Vancouver. \nPeople interested in this course may also want to register for Empirical Design Methods For Underground Mines\, scheduled to run in the same week.
URL:https://www.northernminer.com/event/rock-mass-characterization-mine-design/
LOCATION:EduMine\, 580 Hornby Street\, Vancouver\, B.C.\, V6C 3B6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170615T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170616T170000
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SUMMARY:Empirical Design Methods For Underground Mines
DESCRIPTION:The ultimate objective of the course is to assist the mine operator in making decisions employing sound geotechnical input with reference to case histories for relevance to safety\, weak rock mass assessment\, reduction in dilution\, and backfill. \nThis course provides the operators of underground mines with the tools required to make on site pillar and opening stability assessments in order to ensure a safe and cost effective mine operation. Tools for assessing opening stability are provided. Empirical methods for considering the complex interaction of stress\, opening geometry\, structure\, and rock mass are provided. Ample time is given for solving stability problems and participants are strongly encouraged to bring case histories or questions from their own operations. \nCase history data brought to class should include stope or pillar geometry\, depth\, and estimated stress levels as well a description of the rock mass and photos as possible. \nParticipants will learn how to: \nmake decisions on site stability assessments of openings and pillars;\ndevelop an understanding of the critical field data required for stability assessment;\njudge the influence of rock mechanics on the stability of planned openings; and\nunderstand the influence of rock mechanics on overall mine design.\nFor details of topics covered see the course schedule. \nOver four hundred participants throughout North America\, South America\, Africa\, Europe\, Asia and Australia have taken this course over the last twenty years; it is recognized by mining operations in North America as providing “common core” training for onsite personnel in the field of rock mechanics. \nPeople interested in this course may also want to register for Rock Mass Characterization for Mine Design\, scheduled to run in the same week.
URL:https://www.northernminer.com/event/empirical-design-methods-underground-mines/
LOCATION:EduMine\, 580 Hornby Street\, Vancouver\, B.C.\, V6C 3B6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170628
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SUMMARY:“Advanced Excel VBA for Engineers and Scientists” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:More than 90% of quantitative professionals (inclusive of Engineers\, scientists and analysts) use Excel at a basic level. Yet possibly less than 10% would have received any guidance on how to use Excel effectively. Hence many professionals use Excel in a manner that much of their work is not shared effectively with their colleagues leading to a significant loss in productivity.\nIndeed there are ‘Horror stories’ where poor Excel management has lead to millions of dollars in direct losses through wholesale loss of data and models.\nThe course focuses on providing a strategy to ensure that Excel is used efficiently.  At the end of the course participants will be invited to estimate the efficiency gain that is provided by using the strategies of the course.
URL:https://www.northernminer.com/event/advanced-excel-vba-engineers-scientists-short-course/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170630
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SUMMARY:“Advanced Mass Balancing and Inference” Short Course
DESCRIPTION:In order to optimize a mineral processing plant there are nine steps required:\n1.	Collect data (measurement)\n2.	Collate data (into a database)\n3.	Flowsheeting\n4.	Mass Balance\n5.	Inference\n6.	Determine Operational Parameter\n7.	Model fit\n8.	Simulate\n9.	Optimise\nMass balancing is often taught using least squares minimization. Inference is generally not taught and in the absence of inference\, model fitting is rendered very difficult\, which is why mineral processing simulation is generally much more difficult than it should be.\nIn this course we focus on mass balancing and inference. Whilst mass balancing is taught initially from a conventional least squares minimization approach\, the course then discusses a probabilistic or information theory approach. Information theory is a relatively new area of mathematics which is only available to participants through this course. By using information theory one can infer ore properties at each stream in great depth (i.e. multi-mineral particle distributions); thereby providing the basis for later steps (particularly modelfitting).
URL:https://www.northernminer.com/event/advanced-mass-balancing-inference-short-course/
LOCATION:OreVenture\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Course,Short Courses
ORGANIZER;CN="OreVenture":MAILTO:info@oreventure.com
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