The 57th Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Conference was held in Ottawa at the Westin Hotel January 21-23, 2025 in the Confederation Ballrooms (4th Floor). The conference featured presentations on various aspects of mineral processing which included: comminution, flotation, gold and iron ore processing, mineralogy, mill optimization, and process control.
New this year – Special Symposium on Mineral Processing Fundamentals
On Monday, January 20, 2025, the Minerals Science and Engineering Section of MetSoc hosted the Laplante-Laskowski Symposium on Mineral Processing Fundamentals as part of the CMP annual conference. Academic and professional researchers as well as graduate students presented their research in the field of mineral processing.
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The CMP 2025 – Laplante Laskowski Symposium on Minerals Processing Fundamentals was held on January 20, 2025, at the Westin Ottawa Hotel, one day before the official opening of the CMP conference.
This special symposium invite participants to engage in a full day of focused sessions on mineral processing fundamentals, offering valuable insights from leading experts in the field.
Certificate of Attendance
Attendees will also receive a certificate of completion, granting 8 training hours.
Organizers
Charlotte Gibson, Queen’s University and Jean-François Boulanger, UQAT
| Abstract Title | Presenter First Name | Presenter Last Name | Primary Affiliation |
| Estimation of Mineral Liberation Distribution From Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Data | David-Alexandre | Desrosiers | Universite Laval |
| Batch vs. Continuous Flotation: A Comparative Efficiency Analysis of Rare Earth Elements Minerals and Dolomite Separation | Mahya | Mobaraki Moghaddam | Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) |
| Calibrating a Rate-Dependent Breakage Function for Dynamic Simulation of a Grinding Circuit | Thomas | Picard-Beaudoin | Université Laval |
| Effect of Carbon Dioxide and Mild Steel Grinding Media on the Flotation of Pentlandite and Pyrrhotite at Eagle Mine | Kolter | Weaver | Eagle Mine – Lundin Mining and Queen’s University |
| Influence of Ore Oxidation on Pulp Chemistry Variables During Grinding of Cu-Ni Ore | Berke Beste | Aktas Kucukdemir | Queen’s University |
| Flotation Separation of Copper and Nickel Sulfides: Status and Research Needs | Negin | Pourali Manjili | University of Alberta |
| Influence of synthetic plant water on the electrochemistry and flotation response of pyrrhotite superstructures. | Lebogang | Babedi | Queens University |
| Alternative Solutions to High-Density Conditioning in Spodumene Flotation | Brian | Kawenski Cook | Queen’s University / SGS Canada |
| Synchrotron X-ray imaging of a fresh bitumen froth | Lucy | Xia | University of Alberta |
| The Role of Bitumen in Adsorption of an Anionic Polymer on Mature Fine Tailings | Hamid | Alizadeh | The University of British Columbia |
| Using an open database to quantify the potential for critical and strategic co-production from Canadian mineral processing facilities | Amira | Merchichi | Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
