Magnesium plants in startup phase
Two new Canadian magnesium plants are in the startup phase. Norsk Hydro began a small-scale test operation toward the end of last year at its Becancour, Que., facility; full capacity of 40,000 tons pe…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Holt-McDermott first min in Barrick group to unionize
Representatives of about 177 hourly wage employees at American Barrick Resources’ (TSE) Holt-McDermott gold mine near Kirkland Lake, Ont., will meet this month to negotiate their first contract as a u…
Toronto Stock Exchange Gold recovers slightly, but investors still
An already nervous investment community was dealt a severe blow for the week ended March 27 when the gold price fell US$29 per oz. to a low of $362. While the yellow metal rebounded to US$372 on the s…
Muscocho mines deal fair to shareholders, firm says
An independent valuation and fairness opinion of a deal involving three Muscocho group companies, two new producing gold mines in northern Ontario and Echo Bay Mines (TSE) concludes the proposed trans…
Westray awaits needed funding
A Wall Street bankruptcy could slow financing for a Nova Scotia coal project. Drexel Burnham Lambert, a New York brokerage was in the process of floating a “junk bond” issue for Curragh Resources of T…
Flow-through shares should be treated like other capital
If you attended the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention in Toronto recently, no doubt you will have noticed that many of the 3,000 or so delegates were wearing a badge…
RETOOLING MOTHER INCO; INCO employs far fewer Sudburians than a
Inco is taking an innovative approach to contracting work on a $500-million mill rationalization and flash smelting construction project approved by the company in 1988. By putting small contracts out…
St. Genevieve, Bay drilling extends zone at Fourax
St. Genevieve Resources (TSE) and 81% owned subsidiary Bay Resources & Services (ASE) recently received some encouraging results from winter drilling at the Fourax gold property in Malartic, Que. Situ…
Noront trims down Grubline holdings
The 6,800-claim Grubline joint venture of Noront Resources (VSE) and Noranda (TSE) in central Newfoundland is being reduced in size by nearly 50% as the partners narrow their focus to concentrate on t…
Abermin bankruptcy unavoidable
Cash-strapped Abermin (TSE) recently announced bankruptcy under provisions of the Bankruptcy Act with Deloitte & Touche appointed as trustees. Company management had attempted for some time to refinan…
The Anhydrite Alternative
Current research at the Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS) Mining Engineering Dept. will soon determine the potential of anhydrite, the dehydrated form of gypsum, for use as an alternative bin…
THE MOVE TO DECENTRALIZE; Ontario’s southern explorationists are
In July, 1986, Ontario Premier David Peterson announced that the Toronto offices of the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, with the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) in tow, was to be boxed and…