Historical Metallurgy Committee

Current Initiatives

METSOC Historical Metallurgy Comics/Graphic Arts Project

About The Project

A primary purpose of the Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee is to promote the recording of Canadian achievements in the mining and metallurgical sector.

The Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee of MetSoc sees value in using Comic (graphic art) format to share some of Canada’s best mining and metallurgy stories with children aged 7-14 years from all regions.

Goal

The goal of the Comic will be to give children aged 7-14 an appreciation of Canada’s leadership and accomplishments in the Mining and Metals industries and raise awareness of the importance of metals and minerals in our daily lives. This will inspire young Canadians to pursue a career in the sector and develop a favourable perception of the metal and minerals sector.

Sponsorship opportunities are available.
Contact us an email at metsoc@cim.org 

Featuring Canadian achievements

The Historical Metallurgy Committee was founded in 1978 during the mandate of the then President Peter Tarassoff and on his initiative, to provide a forum for the Metallurgical Society members interested in the history of metallurgy and to promote the recording of Canadian achievement. At that time Tarassoff was Director of Noranda Technology Center at Pointe Claire, Quebec.

Legacy Project

In January 2015, CIM (Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum), MetSoc (Metallurgy and Materials Society of CIM) & the Canada Science and Technology Museum spearheaded a legacy project promoting the History of ‪‎Metallurgy‬ & ‎Mining‬ in Canada. The Legacy Project will document and preserve contributions of Canadian metallurgy and mining sector to science and technology, and to the development of Canadian society.

Founding of MetSoc
Founding of MetSoc

In 1989 a compilation of selected articles from the first ten years was published as a book under the title All That Glitters: Readings in Historical Metallurgy. The volume of 200 pages contained 26 articles directly related to Canadian metallurgical history and 17 articles of general interest.

History of the Committee

One of the first initiatives of the Committee was to sponsor a section in the CIM Bulletin entitled Historical Metallurgy Notes. In this section original research on the history of Canadian metallurgical installation, anniversaries of certain metallurgical events, history of chemistry and metallurgy in the great empires, biographies and obituaries of distinguished metallurgists and mining engineers, and book reviews, have been published. 

Our projects that have been accomplished so far include:

The work of these projects is free to download.  The project includes a variety of videos as well to share and learn.

Historical Metallurgy Committee

Annual Conference of Metallurgy

The Historical Metallurgy Committee holds its meeting during the Annual Conference of Metallurgy with a luncheon and an invited speaker. Contacts have been established with many organizations involved in the history of technology and metallurgy. For example:

References

Your contribution to the Historical Metallurgy Notes is welcome!

Chair

Engin Ozberk

CIM Fellow

The Historical Metallurgy Chairperson is responsible for the technical papers: to encourage technical paper writing and to solicit papers for the CIM Magazine’s Historical Metallurgy Notes. At the Conference of Metallurgists: to hold the Committee’s Annual Meeting (the Historical Metallurgy Luncheon and to organize a field trip to a historical site, when applicable.

The Historical Metallurgy Committee Members

Chair, METSOC Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee

  • Semi-Retired Senior Management Consultant,
  • Selected Examples of Responsibilities carried out:
    • Cameco, VP Innovation and Technology,
    • Executive Director, International Minerals Innovation Institute
    • Chair of BOD, Canada Mining Innovation Council,
    • Past President of MetSoc, Founding member of Light Metals Section,
    • Chair of Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation Inc., BOD
    • Chair of Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences BOD

Member, METSOC Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee

Director, Technology Development, High Pressure Metallurgy Practice, Hatch Ltd.

Selected examples of current and previous responsibilities:

  • Program Manager, Custom Designed Equipment, Hatch Ltd.
  • Designated Representative and Board Member, Materials Technology Institute (MTI)
  • Member of Advisory Committee, Thermal Spray and Surface Engineering Research Centre (TSSE), Concordia University
  • Industrial Sponsor, Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing (HI-AM 2.0) NSERC Research Consortium, University of Waterloo
  • Industrial Representative, Scientific Committee, Green Surface Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing (Green-SEAM) Network
  • Principal Mechanical Engineer, Autoclave Technology Group, Hatch Ltd. (2003 – 2015)

Member, METSOC Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee

Retired Principal Metallurgist, Tech Metals

Selected Examples of Responsibilities carried out:

  • High School Science Teacher with CUSO on the island of St. Vincent
  • Metallurgist, Kidd Creek Mines Zinc Plant in Timmins, ON
  • Sr. Production Engineer, Teck Metals in Trail, BC
  • Smelter Process Engineer and Acid Plant Supervisor, Glencore Sudbury Smelter, ON
  • Lead Process Engineer, Atkins Realis
  • Served at METSOC Hydrometallurgy Section
  • Proud mother of 4. My 6 grandchildren are the inspiration for supporting the Marvelous Metals initiative.

Member, METSOC Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee
Adjunct Professor, Materials Science an Engineering, University of Toronto 
Selected Examples of Responsibilities carried out

  • VP Base Metals Technology Development, Vale Canada
  • Manager Process Metallurgy Inco (Vale) Sudbury Operations
  • Past President METSOC-CIM

Member, METSOC Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee

Superintendent, Pyrometallurgy, XPS Glencore Canada

Selected Examples of Responsibilities carried out

  • Process Engineer, Vale

Member, METSOC Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee
Vintage Metallurgical Consultant
Selected examples of responsibilities carried out:

  • Senior Research Engineer, Rio Algom Mines
  • VP Mining and Metallurgy, Kilborn Engineering
  • President and Director, Barrick Power Gold Corporation of China
  • Chief Metallurgist, J.R. Goode and Associates
  • Expert to ISO/TC 298, Rare Earths

Member, METSOC Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee

Curator, Natural Resources and Industrial Technologies at Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation

Selected Examples of Responsibilities carried out:

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary
  • Co-Director of the Energy Stories Lab, University of Calgary
  • Adjunct Research Professor, Institute for the Comparative Study of Literature, Arts, and Culture, Carleton University

SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus

Selected Examples of Responsibilities carried out:

  • Professor at State University of New York at Plattsburgh 1971-2007
  • Director SUNY Southern Cone Programs (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay) 1990-2007
  • The 2023 Rodman Paul Award for Outstanding Contributions to Mining History – MHA.
  • Past President of the Mining History Association (MHA)
  • Co-founder Asociación de Historiadores de la Minería Latinoamericana
  • Secretary of the USA International Mining History Association.

Process Hydrometallurgist, Hatch

Member, METSOC Historical Metallurgy Standing Committee

Member, METSOC Finance and Strategy Advisory Committee

Étudiante salariée – Fabrication additive, Poudres métalliques, Transition énergétique et Maintenance

Quebec Metallurgy Center/Centre de métallurgie du Québec

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