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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

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