NEWS IN BRIEF Falconbridge Ltd.
Falconbridge Ltd. (FL:TSE), in Onaping, Ont., is to develop a computer system which may improve productivity and efficiency in underground mines. Under a $158,000 contract with CANMET, Falconbridge is…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Spot prices at a glance (October 08, 1990)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $389.85 — $11.90 Silver* $4.69 — $0.14 Platinum* $444.00 — $7.85 Nickel** $4.34 — $0.52 Lead** $0.34 — $0.02 Copper- $1.28 + $0.01 Zinc– $0.61 — $0.04 Courtesy of…
Editorial Within our means
No one, it seems, likes Brian Mulroney. But like him or not, some of his Tory government’s policies are working. Fiscal responsibility, for example, has been one of the government’s strongest suits an…
Athena, Placer make Talapoosa deal
It has taken longer than expected, but Athena Gold (VSE) finally has a definitive joint venture agreement with a unit of Placer Dome (TSE) for further exploration and development of its 19-square-mile…
EDITORIAL Exploration is heading south
The climate for mineral exploration in Canada has become so oppressive that a great many companies are now looking beyond our borders for opportunities. The following quotation, taken from the 1990 an…
Teeshin seeks partner for Dome Mountain
Teeshin Resources (VSE) is seeking a partner to help fund its Dome Mountain through to production in return for an interest in the gold project. The company said discussions with one party fell throug…
Lytton to buy more Tagish shares
The Toronto and Vancouver Stock exchanges have accepted the filing of an agreement that will allow Lytton Minerals (TSE) to increase its holding in Tagish Resources to one-half the outstanding shares …
IOCC GOLD OPTIONS (October 08, 1990)
Options Open Series Volume Last Interest Nov. 400 C 324 11.00 2,113 Nov. 410 C 145 7.30 2,728 Nov. 420 C 366 5.50 3,123 Nov. 440 C 458 3.80 4,362 Nov. 460 C 449 1.50 2,457 Feb. 390 C 232 25.00 859 Feb…
THE SUDBURY BASIN: Back to the classroom
Paul Parker was faced with an alarming prospect. The vice-president for human resources and administration at Inco’s Ontario Division realized his firm was poised at a historic and disagreeable waters…
Construction Equipment
The long hours and hot weather of summer are the ultimate tes equipment. Maintenance managers with the best springtime preparation stand the greatest chance of making it through the summer season with…
Corporate Downsizing
In recent times, downsizing has become an intrinsic managemen strategy as organizations strive to optimize opportunities and conserve limited resouuces in the 1990s — a decade that will be characteri…
FOLLOWING THE FAULT: The gold mines of northeastern Ontario and
AMERICAN BARRICK When American Barrick’s Holt-McDermott mine came into the public eye in the late 1980s, the reserve was estimated at about 3.3 million tons grading nearly 0.19 oz. gold per ton (three…