Canadian Mineral Processors

What Canadian Mineral Processors does

Canadian Mineral Processors (CMP) is a non-profit technical society and division of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), serving as a member-driven professional forum for mineral processing operators, engineers, suppliers, academics, consultants, executives, and government representatives across Canada. Founded on the operator-oriented principle of "Cost plus tails" and traceable in award records back to 1963, CMP runs an Annual Operators Conference each January in Ottawa (58th edition held January 20–22, 2026; 59th scheduled for January 19–21, 2027), supplemented by roughly 10–20 regional meetings per year across ten Canadian regions and short courses offered the Monday before the conference.

Its product surface consists of the three-day Annual Conference (registration $1,000 for CIM/AIME/TMS members, $1,215 for non-members, $45 for students), tiered sponsorship packages ranging from $2,500 to $18,000, half-day ($500) and full-day ($850) short courses, a publication storefront selling the Canadian Milling Practice reference volume ($120–$225) and 50+ years of CMP proceedings ($10–$25 per PDF, USB archive), and a student opportunities program featuring the $5,000 André Laplante Memorial Scholarship, the $5,000 Byron Knelson Memorial Scholarship, and the Lucky Amaratunga Technical Report Competition.

The underlying technology is a conventional web stack — WordPress (Salient Child theme) with a WooCommerce publications storefront, the X-CD Abstract Management Portal for conference submissions and registration, Eventbrite for regional event ticketing, and a contact-form/email infrastructure — supplemented by the CIM bookstore portal for alternate distribution. CMP has no paid employees disclosed; operations are run by a six-person volunteer executive (Chair, Past-Chair, 1st and 2nd Vice-Chairs, Secretary, Treasurer) plus ten regional representatives and committee chairs, with the Secretary and Treasurer based at NRCan/CanmetMINING in Ottawa. Revenue is generated from registrations, sponsorships, short-course fees, publication sales, and CIM-bundled membership dues; total annual operating revenue is not disclosed but is estimated in the low single-digit millions of Canadian dollars.

Name

Canadian Mineral Processors

Legal name

Canadian Mineral Processors Society

Website

https://cmpsoc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Canadian Mineral Processors (CMP) is a non-profit Technical Society of CIM that runs the Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Operators Conference in Ottawa each January, serving mineral processing operators, engineers, suppliers, students, and academics across Canada through events, awards, scholarships, and reference publications.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Conference registration fees: Annual Operators Conference registration priced at $1,000 for CIM/AIME/TMS members and $1,215 for non-members (non-member rate includes one-year CIM membership). Registration includes three-day meeting, proceedings, coffee breaks, luncheons, and social receptions.
2. Conference sponsorships: Tiered event sponsorship packages: Student Sponsor $2,500, Community Sponsor $7,500, Premium Sponsor $12,500, Leader Sponsor $18,000; plus targeted sponsorships for Photobooth ($5,000), Student Mixer ($7,500), Post-Gala Reception ($10,000), Pre-Panel Reception ($2,500).
3. Short course fees: Half-day short courses priced at $500 and full-day short courses priced at $850, offered each year on the Monday preceding the Annual Conference.
4. Publication sales: Sale of Canadian Milling Practice volumes and CMP proceedings via online storefront. Hardcover volumes $175, Hardcover+PDF combo $225, Digital PDF $120, individual conference proceedings PDFs $10–$25, 50th Anniversary book $40, USB archive not priced publicly. All prices include 13% H.S.T.
5. Membership dues: Members join via parent organization CIM (Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum); CMP membership is bundled with CIM. Non-member conference rate includes a one-year CIM membership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Canadian Mineral Processors (CMP) is a non-profit Technical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) that runs an annual three-day operators conference in Ottawa, a year-round schedule of regional technical meetings across ten Canadian regions, short courses on mineral processing fundamentals, an awards program, student scholarships, and a publications line including the Canadian Milling Practice reference book and decades of archived conference proceedings. Membership is bundled with CIM, and the society also runs sponsored student programs and a community recognition framework for the Canadian mineral processing industry.

Product overview

Canadian Mineral Processors (CMP) is a Technical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), not a software vendor — its product offering is centered on its flagship Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Operators Conference and a portfolio of associated programs and publications. The Annual Conference is the unifying event (most recently the 58th edition held January 20-22, 2026 in Ottawa, with the 59th edition scheduled January 19-21, 2027), and it is paired with the CMP Short Courses that run the day before. Around this core event sit the CMP Student Opportunities Program (including the André Laplante and Byron Knelson Memorial Scholarships and the Lucky Amaratunga Technical Report Competition), the seven-award CMP Awards Program presented at the Annual Banquet, regional meetings across ten Canadian regions and the CMP-OMQ chapter's standalone events, and a publications line comprising the Canadian Milling Practice reference book, hard-copy and digital CMP Annual Meeting Proceedings (such as the 55th 2023 and 56th 2024 editions), the 50+ Years of CMP Proceedings 1964-2018 USB Key Card, and the 50th Anniversary of the CMP commemorative volume.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Operators Conference Annual three-day technical conference held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa during the third full week of January, featuring technical presentations, awards banquet, social events, and pre-conference short courses for mineral processing operators, engineers, suppliers, academics, consultants, executives, government representatives and retirees in the Canadian mineral processing industry.
• CMP Short Courses Half-day ($500) and full-day ($850) technical training courses offered the Monday before the Annual Operators Conference, covering topics such as clay minerals in mining, slurry pipeline flows, flotation circuit simulation and sizing, metallurgical accounting systems, flowsheet development, bulk solids handling, sensor-based sorting, flotation basics, process mineralogy, lithium/battery metals, and output-based pricing systems. Targeted at mineral processing engineers, operators and metallurgists.
• Canadian Milling Practice Special reference volume published by the Canadian Mining and Petroleum Institute (CIM) since 1957 (most recent 2020 edition), composed of submissions from metallurgists describing technical aspects of Canadian or Canadian company-owned mineral processing operations, including deposit geology, ore mineralogy, processing flowsheets, equipment, KPIs, tailings management, and processing costs for precious metals, iron ores, base metals, diamonds, and industrial minerals. Sold via the CMP WooCommerce storefront and the CIM Bookstore portal.
• 50+ Years of CMP Proceedings 1964-2018 USB Key Card USB flash-drive product containing more than 50 years of CMP Annual Operators Conference proceedings covering 1964 through 2018, distributed via the CMP shop under the Flash Drive product category as an archival reference resource.
• CMP Annual Meeting Proceedings Digital PDFs Digital PDF downloads of CMP Annual Meeting Proceedings (e.g., 56th 2024 at $25; 55th 2023 at $10), sold under the Digital (PDF File) category on the CMP shop.
• 50th Anniversary of the CMP (Hardcover Book) Hard-cover commemorative book marking the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Mineral Processors, sold under the Hard Copy category for $40 (includes 13% H.S.T.).
• CMP Awards Program Annual awards program presented at the Annual Banquet of the CMP, comprising seven awards: Mineral Processor of the Year, A.R. MacPherson Comminution Award, Bill Moore Special Achievement Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, Ray MacDonald Volunteer Award, Janice Zinck Innovation Award, and CMP Best Presentation Award. Open to active CIM members with peer nominations.
• CMP Student Opportunities Program Student engagement program bringing two students from each Canadian university with a mineral processing program to the annual CMP conference, with travel and accommodation funded by CMP industry sponsors. Includes the $45 student conference rate, the Lucky Amaratunga Technical Report Competition, the $5,000 André Laplante Memorial Scholarship, and the $5,000 Byron Knelson Memorial Scholarship. Targets undergraduate and graduate students in Canadian mineral processing programs.
• CMP Regional Meetings and Chapter Events Regional technical meetings held across ten Canadian regions, plus CMP-OMQ (Ottawa-Montreal-Québec) chapter events such as Happy Hours and the Annual OMQ Meeting. Each region hosts one or two technical meetings per year, generally including a mill/mine tour. Targeted at mineral processors distributed across Canada.

Quantifiable outcome

• 58th Annual Operators Conference scheduled January 20-22, 2026; 59th scheduled January 19-21, 2027 — demonstrating continuous annual conference cadence.
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Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

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Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIM is the parent organization of CMP. CMP is a Technical Society of CIM and uses CIM as its membership distribution channel. Conference co-marketing, joint sponsorship of sessions/symposia at CIM Annual General Meetings, and CIM Bulletins are used to notify award recipients. The CMP non-member conference rate includes a one-year CIM membership.
• NRCan / CanmetMINING (Natural Resources Canada)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanmetMINING provides dedicated personnel who train the students invited to the CMP Annual Conference as part of the CMP Sponsored Student Program. The CMP Secretary (Rory Cameron) and Treasurer (Wesley Griffith) are based at NRCan/CanmetMINING. CMP mailing address uses NRCan's 555 Booth Street, Ottawa address.
• Westin Hotel OttawacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorConference venue partner for the Annual Operators Conference held each January in the Confederation Ballrooms (4th Floor). Negotiated special delegate room rates of $251 standard/premium and $301 deluxe including complimentary internet. Hotel block reservation guaranteed until early January each year.
• X-CD (Abstract Management Portal)coreTechnology or IntegrationOnline platform provider for abstract submissions (presentations, student posters) and conference registration for CMP 2025, 2026, and 2027. Authors submit Word abstracts via X-CD before the published deadlines.
• SGS-LakefieldflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the A.R. MacPherson Comminution Award through the Canadian Mineral Processing Society of CIM, honouring Art MacPherson who pioneered autogenous and semi-autogenous grinding circuits. First awarded at the 2001 SAG Conference to Andrew L. Mular.
• MetSoc (Minerals Science and Engineering Section of the Metallurgical Society)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosts the Laplante-Laskowski Symposium on Mineral Processing Fundamentals held the Monday before the CMP Annual Conference; academic and professional researchers present and publish in the conference proceedings (e.g., CMP 2025).
• Canadian Universities with Mineral Processing Programs (Queen's University, McGill, UQAT, Université de Sherbrooke, UBC, and others)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMP invites two students from each university offering a mineral processing program to the Annual Conference each year, paying all travel and accommodation expenses. Universities participate in the Lucky Amaratunga Technical Report Competition, André Laplante and Byron Knelson Memorial Scholarships. Faculty members (e.g., Charlotte Gibson at Queen's, James Finch at McGill) deliver short courses.
• Teck Resources LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMP 2025–2026 Chair Cassandra Spence is from Teck Resources; Cassandra Spence was also 1st Vice Chair CMP 2025 organizing the technical program. Provides leadership, abstract collection coordination, and short course presenters from the Teck organization.
• HatchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMP 2027 1st Vice Chair Thomas Specht is Senior Process Engineer at Hatch and coordinates the CMP 2027 technical program. Stéfanie Vo (Hatch) coordinates the Rideau Canal run at the Annual Conference.
• Terra Nova Technologies Inc. (TNT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMP 2026 1st Vice Chair Adam Hesse is General Manager, Global Sales and Marketing at TNT; coordinates the CMP 2026 technical program and is the primary author liaison.
• CMP-OMQ (Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec Branch)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal branch of CMP organizing regional networking events including happy hours and the Annual OMQ Meeting (e.g., 14th edition November 14, 2024 at Montreal Science Centre). Operates as a regional sub-society.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mining Association of Canada (MAC): National industry association representing Canadian mining producers. Broader in scope than CMP (advocacy and sustainability standards across the full mining value chain), but a comparable Canadian member-supported organization with conferences, publications, and industry working groups.
• International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC): Global congress body organizing the quadrennial International Mineral Processing Congress. Comparable as a higher-level convening organization for mineral processing professionals worldwide, with proceedings and awards, but operating at a multi-national rather than national scale.
• MetSoc (Metallurgical Society of CIM): Metallurgy-focused technical society within CIM that co-hosts the Laplante-Laskowski Symposium with CMP. Comparable as a CIM-affiliated professional society serving overlapping metallurgical and mineral processing audiences with conferences and publications.

Direct peers

• AusIMM (Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy): Peak professional body for mining in Australasia. Closest international analogue to CMP — runs an annual conference, technical publications, awards, and student programs for mineral processing operators; comparable governance, membership economics, and content library model.
• Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM): Parent organization of CMP and Canada's largest mining industry professional body. Directly comparable because CMP operates as a Technical Society of CIM, sharing members, publications, and events; CIM is the umbrella that markets, bills, and distributes for CMP.
• Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM): South Africa-based institute serving mining and metallurgical professionals. Same non-profit professional society structure with annual conferences, technical proceedings, awards, and student engagement focused on mineral processing operators — a comparable model in a different geography.
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME): US-based professional society for mining and mineral processing professionals. Highly comparable operating model: volunteer-led technical society, annual conference, short courses, peer-reviewed proceedings, awards, and student scholarships serving the same mineral-processing operator persona.

Emerging players

• EduMine: Online mining and mineral processing education platform offering professional short courses and webinars. Comparable as a competitor for the continuing-education wallet of mineral processing professionals, but in a digital/on-demand format rather than CMP's in-person short courses.

Others

• GeoScienceWorld: Earth sciences aggregator serving mining-adjacent research libraries. Related as a complementary distribution channel for geological and mineral processing technical content (proceedings, journals) — an enabling ecosystem participant rather than a competing society.

Regional players

• PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada): Canadian mining association best known for the annual PDAC Convention in Toronto. Comparable as a Canadian mining professional body running a flagship annual conference with sponsorships and student programs, though focused on exploration/mining finance rather than mineral processing operators.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

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