Founded March 1898 Location Montreal | Dissolved ยท Area served Worldwide | |
Type Professional Organization Method Mining, Conferences, Publications, Training | ||
The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) is a not-for-profit technical society of professionals in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries. CIM has over 14,600 members, convened from industry, academia and government.
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History
In March 1898, the Canadian Mining Institute was founded in Montreal at the second annual meeting of the Federated Canadian Mining Institute, which was dissolved. The Institute was incorporated by Act of Parliament to include all former provincial groups except The Mining Society of Nova Scotia, which remained a separate body.
In 1902, The Institute formed its first Branches in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Kingston, Ontario, and Nelson, British Columbia. In 1918, the Mining Society of Nova Scotia formally became affiliated with the Canadian Mining Institute.
In 1920, Metallurgy was added to the name to recognize the inclusion of this discipline.
In 1942, The Institute made CIM its official abbreviation.
In 1990, recognition of Petroleum was recognized as the institute became the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.
Publications
Awards of excellence
The institute bestows several awards annually to individuals for their outstanding achievements and contributions to their respective fields and to the mining and minerals industries in general.