Ian Bedard

Mr. Ian Bedard

3 articles
Canada CanmetMINING

Biography

Ian Bedard is a Senior Ground Control Technologist and Quality System Manager at CanmetMINING, a Branch within the Lands and Minerals Sector of Natural Resources Canada. He is the laboratory supervisor for CanmetMINING’s Sudbury facility, responsible for the lab activities including ground support assessments, diesel particulate matter analysis, battery electric vehicle research, and more. Ian holds a mining engineering technology diploma from Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, in 2001.

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Effects of bioleached high-pyrrhotite content tailings on mine backfill performance
Ian Bedard CanmetMINING
Kristie Tarr CanmetMINING, NRCan
Technical Session Attachment
Backfill Properties
Minefill 2024
Bioleaching R&D to Recover Nickel and Cobalt from Mill Tailings, with the Added Benefit of Increased Underground Tailings Disposal
Ian Bedard CanmetMINING
Kristie Tarr CanmetMINING, NRCan
Innovation in Critical Minerals Technical Session Attachment
Lithium Recovery, Bioleaching, and Rock Strength
CIM Connect 2024 Vancouver
Transforming mine waste from environmental hazard to economic opportunity, through effective re-purposing of bioleached high-pyrrhotite content tailings
Ian Bedard CanmetMINING
Kristie Tarr CanmetMINING, NRCan
Technical Session Paper Attachment
Innovation and Best Practice in Tailings Managements: Circular Approaches to Improving Backfill
CIM CONNECT 2025 Montréal