Publicaciones

07 oct 2025
Minería y metalurgia

Powder engineering as a strategic lever in mineral processing
Benoit Desjardins, P.Eng.

Senior Engineer, Operational Readiness and Commissioning
15 jul 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Ten potential pitfalls to avoid when designing a power plant at altitude
- Nicholas Allen, P.Eng.
  
  Engineer - Energy and Air Quality
10 jun 2022
Minería y metalurgia

How to effectively establish static head while sizing centrifugal pumps in mining applications
- Roman Dorfman, P.Eng.
  
  Principal Engineer, Piping
21 abr 2022
Minería y metalurgia

Chute design: what you need to understand and the relevance of the DEM tool
18 abr 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

When is voltage safe?
- Eric Breault, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Electrical - Power Systems, Protection and Control
12 abr 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Bringing data science to wind energy, driving the energy transition forward

Wind energy is among the most promising renewable energy sources today. It’s reliable, renewable and emission-free and is increasingly attracting attention worldwide.1 However, the wind fluctuates enormously, depending on site and field characteristics, and its diurnal and seasonal variations are constantly being felt. Given its intermittent and stochastic nature, it is more challenging to predict wind speed and power.
07 abr 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Collaborative approach: sensible use of 3D models for steel structures
- Patrice Pelletier, P.Eng.
  
  Department Manager, Structural
30 mar 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Successfully digitalizing electrical infrastructures
28 feb 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Application of photogrammetry on rock slope characterization
21 feb 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Migrating a distributed control system: modernizing industrial controllers and I/O boards
14 feb 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Pile design and construction

Piles are structural elements in a foundation that have the function of transferring a combination of vertical and horizontal loads from the superstructure through weak soil strata and terminating them onto a competent dense soil or bedrock.
Masood Meidani, P.Eng., Ph.D.

Senior Engineer, Civil
04 feb 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Advances in the design of geosynthetic reinforced soil (GRS) retaining walls
- Cong Xu, Ph.D., EIT
  
  Geotechnical Engineer
31 ene 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Digital power systems: an influencing tool in asset management
- Lyle Neumann, P.L. Eng., C.E.T., S.C.O.
  
  Department Manager, Industrial and Renewable Power
21 ene 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Managing ICS cybersecurity incident response: going beyond containment, eradication and recovery
- Pierre Janse Van Rensburg, GCIH
  
  Senior Consulting Expert, ICS Cybersecurity
04 ene 2022
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Metal powder production: quality control is crucial
- Benoit Desjardins, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Operational Readiness and Commissioning
13 dic 2021
Minería y metalurgia

Stress-strain analysis of tailings facilities subject to dynamic loads

Numerous mining-related infrastructures have been built and operated across Canada and the world, and it is a common practice to analyze the stability of their tailings facilities. However, it remains challenging to do so when they are subject to dynamic loads, including earthquakes and blasts. Dynamic stability of tailings dams is commonly evaluated by using the pseudo-static method for low-risk regions. Such a simplified method can provide quick and cost-effective inputs. However, based on limit equilibrium analysis, it tends to oversimplify the dynamic response of tailings prone to liquefaction. In August 2020, following several recent catastrophic failures of tailings dams worldwide (e.g., Mount Polley in Canada, and Fundão and Brumadinho in Brazil), an international standard, Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM 2020), was formulated with more stringent seismic design criteria. In this context, BBA offers a more advanced approach, based on stress-strain (i.e., deformation) analysis, to specifically address stability problems for tailings storage facilities (TSF) that are subject to dynamic loads.
07 dic 2021
Minería y metalurgia

Challenges to open pit mining through historic underground workings
- John Henning, P.Eng., Ph.D.
  
  Principal Engineer, Mining and Geology
02 dic 2021
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Metal powder production: OHS risks first!
- Benoit Desjardins, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Operational Readiness and Commissioning
30 nov 2021
Energía eléctrica y renovables

The importance of mechanical BoP systems
- Hugo Careau, P.Eng.
  
  Principal Engineer, Decarbonization
26 nov 2021
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Common pitfalls when mapping a process
23 nov 2021
Otras Industrias

IACS risk assessments are a must!

In this article, we focus on risk assessments as one of the most important components in a cybersecurity risk management program. Cybersecurity risk assessments for industrial control systems (ICS) and industrial automation and control systems (IACS) are used to assess the potential adverse effects to organizational operations, assets, individuals, other organizations or the community that arise from using operation/information systems, tools and processes. This process identifies and analyzes the cybersecurity risks to the organization’s operational environment from various perspectives, such as safety, reliability, availability, confidentiality and integrity.
15 nov 2021
Otras Industrias

Migrating a distributed control system (DCS): upgrading computer-aided HMI
- Steve Berteau, P.Eng.
  
  Senior Engineer, Control Systems Programming
08 nov 2021
Biocombustibles, petróleo y gas

From crude oil refineries to biorefineries – From existing to new business models using hybrid approaches
- Joe Nava, P.Eng.
  
  Director global, combustibles y productos químicos avanzados
03 nov 2021
Energía eléctrica y renovables

Structural concrete condition assessment and repair methodologies
27 oct 2021
Otras Industrias

How an MES can bring instant value to your business
25 oct 2021
Energía eléctrica y renovables

The importance of preliminary interconnection studies
20 oct 2021
Minería y metalurgia

Designing structures to support suspended vibrating screens
30 sept 2021
Otras Industrias

What influences mine effluent toxicity?
21 sept 2021
Otras Industrias

How the Lean Six Sigma approach helps guide digital transformation
16 sept 2021
Minería y metalurgia

9 questions to ensure the success of your artificial intelligence projects
16 sept 2021
Otras Industrias

Migrating a distributed control system (DCS): upgrading the operational infrastructure
Diego Quintero, P.Eng.

Senior Engineer, Operational Technology and Infrastructure