Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Two new hydraulic excavators, with increased power ratings and lift capacities have been introduced by Caterpillar to replace two older models. Powered by an 86-kW engine, the 215c lc excavator replac…

Jadcan Equipment of Bolton, Ont. has built and delivered two impact crushers, new to the Canadian market. The company imported the technology from Kleeman Reiner of Germany and built the impact crushe…

From David Tait, Victoria, secretary for Nootka Zeballos Gold Mines, The ** Northern Miner has a letter which gives details of the Privateer Mine, ** operated by his company. Mr Tait’s letter tells it…

No one can be happier about the remarkably strong copper prices we’re seeing than miners in British Columbia, the largest copper-producing province in Canada. British Columbia alone ranks sixth among …

It is easy to discuss (in the cold terms of international economics) job losses and dislocations Icaused by the introduction into our mines and mills of cost-cutting technology. It is less easy to mak…

Soviet scientists have developed a new method of extracting a 95% copper concentrate from Udokan ores found in remote eastern Siberia. The method has been successfully tested in experimental laborator…

In metal mining circles in Canada, there is a quite widely held opinion that base metal prices are due for a rally toward the first of the year. Some quarters believe that the upturn will be well sust…

Dallas, Tex.-based Dresser Industries has acquired Pleuger Unterwasserpumpen G.m.b.H. Both companies have manufacturing plants in Canada. The Pleuger ** organization will be integrated with the world…

Mississauga, Ont.-based Peacock Inc. is opening a new addition to its Toronto Service Building. The company is a rebuilder of mechanical equipment, including pumps, turbines, compressors, mine hoists …

Since November, 1986, the mining and investment industries have been awaiting the Ontario Court of Appeal judgment in the case involving Lac Minerals and International Corona Resources. Well, it is he…

Drifting to date on the No. 1 shoot east on the 425-ft level at Straw Lake Beach Mines shows it to be of considerably higher grade than the same shoot on the 300-ft horizon where it showed an average …

Copper was one of the last metals to recover from the economic recession. But whether today’s higher prices will continue is a big question. Even so, the red metal is finally attracting some attention…