CA2610124A1 - Systeme mobile d'exploitation de sables bitumineux - Google Patents

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Publication number: CA2610124A1
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: ore; conveyor; mobile; slurry; facility
Prior art date: 2006-11-09
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CA 2610124

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Bradford E. Bjornson

Mario Decrescentis

John S. Little

Paul F. Macdougall

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Suncor Energy Inc

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Suncor Energy Inc

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2006-11-09

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2007-11-09

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2008-05-09

2006-11-09 Priority claimed from CA2567644A external-priority patent/CA2567644C/fr

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2008-05-09 Publication of CA2610124A1 publication Critical patent/CA2610124A1/fr

2008-09-30 Priority to CA2640018A priority patent/CA2640018C/fr

2015-01-13 Application granted granted Critical

2015-01-13 Publication of CA2610124C publication Critical patent/CA2610124C/fr

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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
- E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
- E02F5/22—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for making embankments; for back-filling
- E02F5/223—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for making embankments; for back-filling for back-filling
- E02F5/226—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for making embankments; for back-filling for back-filling with means for processing the soil, e.g. screening belts, separators; Padding machines

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CA2610124A 2006-11-09 2007-11-09 Systeme mobile d'exploitation de sables bitumineux Active CA2610124C (fr)

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
CA2610124A CA2610124C (fr)	2006-11-09	2007-11-09	Systeme mobile d'exploitation de sables bitumineux
CA2640018A CA2640018C (fr)	2007-11-09	2008-09-30	Procede et appareillage de traitement de l'alimentation de minerai calibre

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
CA2,567,644		2006-11-09
CA2567644A CA2567644C (fr)	2005-11-09	2006-11-09	Systeme mobile pour l'extraction du sable bitumineux
CA2610124A CA2610124C (fr)	2006-11-09	2007-11-09	Systeme mobile d'exploitation de sables bitumineux

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