Mineral Processing Lab

加拿大采矿业目前在勘探和开发、采矿和采石、采矿支持服务和矿物加工方面雇用了近23.5万名工人。到2023年，加拿大采矿业的招聘需求预计将至少为145,800人(或超过劳动力的一半)或高达199,000人。确保有足够的合格候选人来满足选矿行业的劳动力需求将尤其具有挑战性(矿业人力资源委员会，2013)。选矿行业占员工总数的25%以上，约59,000人。作为其正在进行的支持该部门的战略的一部分，该学院正在积极寻求与该省矿业公司合作的机会，以期加强相关的应用研发能力，并扩大正在进行的研究举措，特别是在矿物加工领域。因此，该学院申请了142,400.00美元的应用研究工具和仪器赠款，以支持在其Corner Brook校区建立一个矿物加工实验室。该实验室将促进学生和教师研究人员积极参与与浮选工艺相关的应用研究，浮选工艺通常用于该省遇到的硫化矿石。该设施还将提供合同培训和工程文凭课程，从而支持合格人才的发展，预计未来十年采矿业对这些人才的需求很大。

The Canadian mining industry currently employs nearly 235,000 workers in exploration and development, mining and quarrying, support services for mining, and mineral processing. Hiring requirements in the Canadian mining industry are expected to be at least 145,800 (or over half the workforce) or as high as 199,000 by 2023. Ensuring that there is a sufficient pool of qualified candidates available to meet the workforce demands of the mineral processing segment, which accounts for over 25% or about 59,000 workers of the total workforce, will be especially challenging (Mining Industry Human Resources Council, 2013). As part of its ongoing strategy in support of the sector, the college is actively pursuing opportunities for collaboration with mining companies in the Province with a view to building on related applied R&D capacity and extending ongoing research initiatives, particularly in the area of mineral processing. Accordingly, the college is requesting an Applied Research Tools and Instruments grant of $142,400.00 to support establishment of a mineral processing lab at its Corner Brook campus. The lab will facilitate the active engagement of student and Faculty researchers in applied R&D related to the flotation processes typically used for the sulphide ores encountered in the Province. This facility will also enable delivery of contract training and engineering diploma program offerings, thereby supporting the development of the qualified personnel that are expected to be in great demand in the mining sector over the next decade.