Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Not long ago, the larger Canadian gold mining companies were content to report two to three year’s worth of reserves at their individual mines. The practice, I was recently told by a mining veteran, b…

In March, 1989, a miner was killed at Noranda’s Lyon Lake mine in Ontario when a load-haul-dump machine (LHD), controlled by a radio frequency remote control, scooped him up and drove over a 24-metre …

For most of his working life, Macassa’s mill superintendent, Len Robinson, worked with Merrill-Crowe gold recovery systems. He was a stranger to carbon-in-pulp (cip) technology when it was incorporate…

The 04 break (in underground Tnomenclature) or Kirkland Lake Main break (as it’s more widely known) has been the source of gold ore for Macassa for the past 57 years. It is the same break that nurture…

The Boy Scouts’ motto, “Be prepared,” is equally applicable to today’s mining industry as more and more companies struggle to adapt to new trends. Four years ago, the industry began a shift toward so-…

A disquieting number of rock bursts and the usual creaks and groans of a deep mine once were the daily fare for miners at lac Mineral’s Macassa mine, near Kirkland Lake, Ont. They still contend with r…

A contract has been awarded by the International Magnesium Association to the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET) for a 4-year project to study the fundamental aspects of the corr…

The decline continued on the ME, with the market portfolio down more than 61 points and the mining and minerals index off by more than 92 points for the week ended April 24. Daily trading volumes were…

Shares of Windy Mountain Explorations responded positively to confirmation of a large, low- grade copper discovery on the MacLeod Lake property north of Chibougamau, Que., jumping 50 cents to close at…

An after-tax profit of $3.5 million reported recently by Franco- Nevada Mining (TSE) was attributed by the company to a royalty held on American Barrick Resources’ (TSE) Goldstrike gold mine in Nevada…

Paul Girard has resigned as president and chief executive officer of Cheni Gold Mines (TSE), a Vancouver-based junior that owns and operates the profitable Lawyers gold mine in the Toodoggone district…

A group of 48 claims about 10 miles northwest of the recent Inco- Vior-Cambior gold discovery in Douay Twp. will be optioned to Goldbelt Mines (VSE) by Jascan Resources (TSE). Goldbelt has the option …