Industrial coatings and maintenance in Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Induscoat supports mines, concentrators and plants in Abitibi-Témiscamingue from its head office in LaSalle, Montreal: wear-resistant and anti-corrosion coatings, cold repair of equipment, epoxy grouting of machine foundations, wear parts and custom parts. Each job is prepared remotely with the site, then carried out during the planned shutdown. The system is selected for ore abrasion, process water chemistry and the region's cold.
Gold and base metal mines: abrasion, impact and process water
Abitibi-Témiscamingue's geology, along the Cadillac fault, is known first for its gold mines, then for its copper and zinc deposits. Around every mine, the same equipment chain wears in the same way: crushers, transfer chutes, hoppers, screens and conveyors take impact and abrasion from the ore, while mills, slurry pumps, cyclones and tailings lines are eroded by slurry loaded with hard particles.
In the concentrator, chemical attack comes on top of wear: recirculated process water, flotation reagents, leach solutions in gold circuits, and acidic water around tailings facilities. A wear liner that ignores circuit chemistry eventually disbonds; a corrosion coating that ignores abrasion wears through quickly. Selection therefore starts from the dominant failure mode of each piece of equipment, not from a single product for the whole plant.
Extreme cold, distance and planned shutdowns
Winter in Abitibi is long and very cold, and much of the equipment that needs repair sits in partly heated buildings, conveyor galleries or outdoors. Epoxies and polymers have a minimum cure temperature: below it, they stay soft or never reach their properties. The work therefore relies on products formulated for low temperature, local heating of the substrate and temporary shelters, with surface temperature, humidity and dew point measured before every application.
Distance also changes how a job is prepared. From LaSalle, everything that can be settled before mobilization is settled: site surveys and photos, product quantities, surface preparation tools, wear parts to fabricate or order. On-site work then fits inside the shutdown window, with no waiting for material and no last-minute decisions.
Services that matter for the region's mine sites
Against wear, the answer depends on the attack: bonded alumina ceramics or filled coatings for sliding abrasion in chutes, manganese steel or high-chrome iron castings for impact in crushers, resilient polymers for erosion in pumps and cyclones. For worn shafts, bearing housings and casings, cold repair with metal-filled composites often avoids full disassembly and shop welding.
Crushers, mills and pumps sit on concrete foundations whose grout cracks under vibration. Epoxy grouting of machine foundations restores uniform support between the baseplate and the foundation. When a part is no longer in the original manufacturer's catalogue, it can be reproduced as a custom part from the worn one.
Standards called up in mining specifications
Mine site specifications commonly refer to ISO 12944 for structural steel, with a corrosivity category set by the owner, and to ISO 8501-1 or SSPC/AMPP standards for the surface preparation grade. For grouting rotating machinery, API RP 686 is often the reference for foundation preparation, alignment and grout placement. Reagent and process water tanks fall under API 653 when the owner requires it.
We apply the specified system and hand over a complete QC file: ambient conditions, preparation grade, film thickness, adhesion and continuity.
Regions served
- Rouyn-Noranda and the Cadillac fault area
- Val-d'Or and Malartic
- Amos and Abitibi-Ouest
- Témiscamingue — Ville-Marie, Témiscaming
- Access to Nord-du-Québec — Chibougamau, Matagami
Industries served
- Underground and open-pit gold mines
- Copper and zinc mines
- Concentrators and ore processing plants
- Tailings facilities and mine water treatment
- Sawmills and wood processing
- Hydroelectric generation
Services & solutions
- Wear-resistant linings — chutes, hoppers, cyclones
- Crusher and mill wear parts
- Cold repair of shafts, casings and pumps
- Epoxy grouting of machine foundations
- Corrosion protection for structures and tanks
- Custom parts made from a sample
Brands distributed
- Induscoat — own brand (Canada coatings)
Operational mobilization
Mine and concentrator shutdowns are planned well ahead and are short. We prepare mobilization from LaSalle with the equipment list, site surveys and cold-weather products, then work under the permits the operator requires: confined space, lockout, work at height. Cold bonding repairs avoid hot work permits where they are a problem.
Frequently asked questions
Do you work at Abitibi-Témiscamingue mines from Montreal?
Yes. Induscoat has no permanent crew in the region: we work from LaSalle on planned mobilizations, most often for a shutdown. Preparation is done remotely from your photos, surveys and drawings, so on-site work fits the planned window.
Can epoxy be applied in an unheated concentrator in winter?
Yes, provided the product's minimum cure temperature is respected. We use a low-temperature product, heat the substrate locally under a shelter, and measure surface temperature and dew point before applying. Without those conditions, the repair should be postponed.
What should be done with a chute that wears faster than expected?
First identify the wear mode: sliding abrasion, impact from large lumps, or both. Alumina ceramic stands up well to sliding, while wear-resistant steel and castings handle impact better. The chute's geometry, including its direct impact zones, matters as much as the material.
Do you supply crusher wear parts?
Yes: jaw plates, mantles, concaves, blow bars and liners, in an alloy chosen for ore abrasiveness and size. Send the crusher model, the drawing or the worn part, and the feed conditions.
Explore our solutions
A shutdown to prepare in Abitibi-Témiscamingue?
Send the equipment list, photos and shutdown date: we prepare the system, products and logistics from LaSalle.
Induscoat is the Quebec-Ontario subsidiary of Induscoat Group, an industrial group active in Canada and Morocco.
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