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Tue

21

Nov 2023

CMP 2024 Poster Contest

The annual CMP poster session is back for the 2024 Canadian Mineral Processors (CMP) Conference will be occurring January 23rd-25th 2024 in Ottawa. Posters can touch on all aspects of mineral...

Tue

07

Nov 2023

CMP 2024 Technical Program

The technical program for the CMP 2024 coming up in January can be found at this link.

Tue

10

Oct 2023

Registration for CMP 2024 is Now Open!

General Information The 56th Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Conference will be held in Ottawa at the Westin Hotel January 23-25, 2024 in the Confederation Ballrooms (4th Floor).  The conference...

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  Upcoming Events

Wed

15

Nov 23

2023 SK/MB Canadian Mineral Processors Regional Conference

Ticket sales are now live for Nov 15-16, including the...

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Thu

30

Nov 23

2023 BC/Yukon Canadian Mineral Processors Regional Conference

The 2023 conference and AGM of the BC/Yukon Branch...

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Tue

23

Jan 24

2024 Annual Canadian Mineral Processors National Conference

General Information The 56th Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Conference...

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At CMP

Meeting and conferences

In general regional meetings are held in either the spring or fall with the latter being the most active time.

Awards

Each year, the CMP recognize superior accomplishments of CIM members in the field of Mineral Processing at its Annual Banquet.

Student Opportunities

The CMP student program is very successful.  We take great pride, care and concern for our students.

about us

The Canadian Mineral Processors (CMP) is a Technical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and had its beginning as an operator-oriented group called the Canadian Gold Metallurgists. The formation of the Canadian Gold Metallurgists was predicated on the principle of “Cost plus tails”, i.e. obtaining the lowest possible cost per ton of ore milled with the highest recovery possible. This focus on operators and their interests is maintained as a priority today.

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