Mining Engineering
What is Mining Engineering?
Mining is the removal of minerals from the ground to provide the raw materials and energy resources needed to sustain modern civilization.
Mining Engineering is a complex and interdisciplinary field that includes elements of geological, civil, mechanical, and materials engineering. A mining engineer ensures that mining is carried out efficiently and safely while maintaining sustainability and minimal environmental impact.
Mining Engineers design, operate, manage, and reclaim mines and mining facilities for both open pit and underground deposits.
There is a severe shortage of mining engineers worldwide due to growing demand for minerals in developed and developing countries. As a world class producer of many important commodities such as gold, copper, nickel and oil sands, Canada is likely to remain a leader in the foreseeable future. Mining engineering students can look forward to a secure and well-paid career in a dynamic and challenging industry. The mining industry offers career paths that provide the flexibility to work in and move between a diverse range of jobs in mining regions and major cities around the world. For general information about the mining engineering field, click here.
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Why McGill Mining Engineering?
McGill University’s Mining Engineering Program is the oldest in Canada and has traditionally had the highest reputation for excellence. Graduates in this program are found in top management positions of many Canadian mining companies, and have been responsible for many important breakthroughs and innovations witnessed in the industry.
The key to our program is the dedicated staff whose expertise includes rock mechanics and mine planning.
One of the highlights of the undergraduate program includes its co-operative nature, which aims to reshape undergraduate education by offering the students the opportunity to gain industrial work experience during the course of their studies and be exposed to the constantly evolving high-technology mine environment.
Graduate students take advantage of the knowledge, equipment and industrial links that the Faculty has with industry. Their research is highly relevant and groundbreaking. COSMO, a Lab based in McGill Mining which deals with strategic mine planning, and Geo-Mechanics and EMERG labs as well as Mine Design & Numerical Modelling Lab conducting unique and pioneering research in mining technology and mining operation, are excellent examples of the international and intellectual scope of the research in McGill Mining.
Our most recent publications
Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
- Albor, F., Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2010) An algorithmic approach to pushback design based on stochastic programming: Method, application and comparisons. IMM Trans, Mining Technology 119(2):68-83. Mustapha, H., Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2010) High-order stochastic simulations for complex non-Gaussian and non-linear geological patterns. Mathematical Geosciences 42(5):455-473.
- Dimitrakopoulos, R., Mustapha, H., Gloaguen, E. (2010) High-order statistics of spatial random fields: Exploring spatial cumulants for modeling complex, non-Gaussian and non-linear phenomena. Mathematical Geosciences 42(1):65-97. Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2010) Stochastic optimization for strategic mine planning: A decade of developments. J Mining Science 86(2).
- Dimitrakopoulos, R., Li, S. (2010) Quantification of fault uncertainty and risk assessment in longwall coal mining: Stochastic simulation, back analysis, longwall design and reserve risk assessment. IMM Trans, Mining Technology 119(2):59-67.
- Godoy, M., Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2010) A risk quantification framework for strategic risk management in mine design: Method and application at a gold mine. J Mining Science 86(2).
- Abdel Sabour, SA., Dimitrakopoulos, R., (2010) Accounting for joint ore supply, metal price and exchange rate uncertainties in mine design. J Mining Science 86(2).
- Mustapha, H., Dimitrakopoulos, R., Graf, T., Firoozabadi, A. (2010) An efficient method for discretizing 3D fractured fields for subsurface flow and transport simulations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids DOI:10.1002/fld.2383.
- Mustapha, H., Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2010) An algorithm for geological patterns recognition using high-order spatial cumulants. Computers & Geosciences 36(3):313-334.
- Mustapha, H., Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2010) HOSIM: A High-order stochastic simulation algorithm for generating three-dimensional complex geological patterns. Computers & Geosciences DOI:10.1016/j.cageo.2010.09.01.
- Jewbali, A., Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2011) Implementation of conditional simulation by successive residuals. Computers &Geosciences 37:129–142.
- Mustapha, H., Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2010) Generalized Laguerre expansions of multivariate probability densities with moments. Computers & Mathematics with Applications 60(7):2178-2189.
- Meagher, C., Abdel Sabour, SA., Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2010) Pushback design of open pit mines under geological and market uncertainties. Orebody Modelling & Strategic Mine Planning, AusIMM Spectrum Series 17:297-304.
- Mustapha, H., Dimitrakopoulos, R. (2010) Modelling complex mineral deposits through high-order spatial cumulants. Orebody Modelling and Strategic Mine Planning, AusIMM, Spectrum 17:319-326.
Ferri Hassani
- S. A. Ghoreishi Madiseh, M. M. Ghomshei, F. P. Hassani, F. Abbasy, (2012), Sustainable heat extraction from abandoned mine tunnels: A numerical model, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Volume 4, Issue 3.
- Majdi, A. Hassani, F., Nasiri, M.Y. (2012). Prediction of the height of destressed zone above the mined panel roof in longwall coal mining. International Journal of Coal Geology98 (2012),62-72,Elsevier .
- S.A. Ghoreishi-Madiseh, F.P. Hassani, A. Mohammadian & P.H. Radziszewski(2012): A study into extraction of geothermal energy from tailings ponds, International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, OI:10.1080/17480930.2012.697785
- Ghoreishi Madiseh, S.A., Hassani, F., Mohammadian, A. and F. Abbasy, (2011), Numerical modeling of thawing in frozen rocks of underground mines caused by backfilling , Intl. J. Of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences Volume 48, Issue 7, October 2011, Pages 1068-1076.
- Mortazavi, A., Hassani, F. and Shabani, M.(2009) A numerical investigation of rock pillar mechanism in Underground openings. Computers and Geotechnics, volume 36 , pages 691-697.
- St-Pierre, L., Hassani F., Radziszewski, P and Ouellet J (2009) Development of a dynamic model for a cone bolt. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Volume 46, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 107-114.
- F. P. Hassani, S. A. Ghoreishi-Madiseh, P. H. Radziszewski, (2012), Novel technique for extraction of geothermal energy from backfilled mine stopes, 2nd International Seminar on Energy Management in the Mining Industry (ENERMIN) 2012, September 2012, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil,16.
- Rafiei,A.A., Hassani,F., (2012), Modelling of the wind turbine plant by experimental design analysis and RETScreen software, Proceedings of RIED2012, Technology in Sustainable Energy, June 2012, Pages 96-99.
- S. A. Ghoreishi Madiseh, F. Hassani, M. Al-Khawaja, (2012), A novel technique for extraction of geothermal energy from abandoned oil wells, World Renewable Energy Forum 2012, Denver, Colorado, 2012
- Kharseh, M., Hassani, F., Alkhawaja, M., (2012). Ground Source Heat Pump and Energy Saving in Hot Climate. Proceedings of SEEP2012, 05-08 June 2012, DCU, Dublin, Ireland
- F. Kermani, F. P. Hassani, I. Isagon, M. Nokken, S. Haj-Zamani, 2011, Investigation into mechanical and microstructural properties of Gelfill. Proceeding of the 10th International Conference on Mining with Backfill. Cape Town, South Africa. pp. 153-158
- F. Hassani, K. Koufos, S. A. Ghoreishi Madiseh, M. M. Ghomshei (2011), A Study on the Extraction of Low Temperature Geothermal Energy from Mines in Canada”, International Conference of WREC-Asia & SuDBE2011, Chongqing, China, October 2011.
Hani Mitri
- Yun, X., Mitri, H.S., Yang, X., and Wang, Y. (2010) Experimental in investigation into biaxial compressive strength of granite. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Volume 47, pp. 334-341.
- Saad, B. and Mitri, H.S. (2010) Staged construction analysis of surface tailings disposal facilities. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment. Volume 24, No. 1, pp. (in press)
- Musunuri, A. and Mitri, H.S., (2009) Laboratory investigation into rock fracturing with expansive cement. International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering. Volume 1, No. 4, pp.327-345.
- Henning, J.G. and Mitri, H.S. (2008) Assessment and control of ore dilution in long hole mining - case studies. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal. Volume 26, pp. 349-366.
- Zhang, Y. and Mitri, H.S. (2008) Elastoplastic stability analysis of mine haulage drift in the vicinity of mined stopes. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Volume 45, pp. 574–593.
- Saad, B. and Mitri, H.S. (2010) Staged construction analysis of surface tailings disposal facilities. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment. Volume 24, No. 1, pp. (in press)
- Musunuri, A. and Mitri, H.S., (2009) Laboratory investigation into rock fracturing with expansive cement. International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering. Volume 1, No. 4, pp.327-345.
