Undergraduate courses
MIME 200. Introduction to the Minerals Industry.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Economic importance of the minerals industry. Mining: legislation, regulations, criteria for exploiting an ore: mining methods, equipment. Extractive metallurgy: mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy. Environmental protection.
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MIME 290. Industrial Work Period 1.
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Credits: 2
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description
A four-month work period in the mineral industry, to expose the student to an industrial environment. Candidates will receive basic industrial training. A complete report must be submitted at the end of the term.
- This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to McGill students.
- Prerequisites: MIME 200 and MIME 203
- All students registering in this course are subject to an additional course fee of $600.70 to defray the costs of administering
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MIME 291. Industrial Work Period 2.
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Credits: 2
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description
A four-month industrial work period in a mining company, research laboratory or government agency. The student will receive formal industrial training in a technical position. A complete report must be submitted at the end of the term.
- Prerequisite: MIME 290
- This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to McGill students.
- All students registering in this course are subject to an additional course fee of $600.70 to defray the costs of administering the stage.
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MIME 392. Industrial Work Period 3.
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Credits: 2
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description
A four-month industrial work period in a mining company, research laboratory or government agency. Based on the experience gained during the first two work periods, the student may be asked to undertake more challenging technical tasks. A complete report must be submitted at the end of the term.
- This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to McGill students.
- Prerequisite: 75 credits including MIME 291
- All students registering in this course are subject to an additional course fee of $600.70 to defray the costs of administering the stage.
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MIME 426. Mine Design and Prefeasibility Study.
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Credits: 6
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A case study design exercise. Design and selection of the facilities required to start production. Use of design criteria dictated by mining plans, geography, geology and government regulations. Professional appraisal of the technical and economic prefeasibility of developing a mineral deposit. Students prepare a professional-level report and seminar presentation.
- Prerequisite(s): MIME 333, MIME 325, and MIME 421 or MPMC 321.
- (3-3-12)
- Prerequisite(s): MIME 422 and (MIME 421 or MPMC 321) and (MIME 424 or MPMC 421)
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MIME 484. Mining Project.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description
A mining research project to be completed during one semester. The project must be approved by an academic advisor. A comprehensive report and a seminar presentation are required for the project.
- This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to McGill students.
- Corequisites: MIME 419, MIME 426
- (0-0-9)
- Prerequisite(s): 85 credits completed (non-CEGEP students) or 60 credits completed (students from a CEGEP background).
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MIME 494. Industrial Work Period 4.
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Credits: 2
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms Offered: Summer 2025
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Description
A four-month industrial work period after which the student must submit a report.
- This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to McGill students.
- Prerequisites: MIME 419, MPMC 328 and MPMC 421
- All students registering in this course are subject to an additional course fee of $585.25 to defray the costs of administering the stage.
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Graduate courses
MIME 520. Stability of Rock Slopes.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Properties of structural discontinuities. Influence of geological structures on slope stability. Kinematic analysis. Limit equilibrium methods. Empirical methods. Numerical modelling. Slope stabilization and monitoring. Case studies.
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
- This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to McGill students.
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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MIME 620. Rock Mechanics 1.
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Credits: 4
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the effects of rock properties and ground stresses on problems in mine design.
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MIME 621. Rock Mechanics 2.
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Credits: 4
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The application of the principles of strength of materials to the analysis of problems in ground control.
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MIME 635. Finite Element Method - Rock Mechanics.
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Credits: 4
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Overview of numerical methods; elasticity relations; element assembly process; formulative procedures; planar elements; convergence and accuracy; isoparametric formulation; rock joint and rock support elements; dynamic analysis; material and geometric nonlinearities. XFEM. Applications in mining and geotechnical engineering.
- Prerequisites: MIME 521 and/or permission of instructor
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