WHAT’S NEW Processor-controlled detector
A tramp-metal detector which features a microprocessor control system has been built by Goriong Kerr Canada. Goring Kerr’s model gkd-101 consists of an inspection coil assembly mounted above and below…
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WHAT’S NEW Articulated Dumper Milestone
Vme Group has delivered its 14,000th articulated dumper — which is more than those of all other manufacturers in the world combined, the company says. Vme’s Volvo bm articulated dumper line was first…
WHAT’S NEW Underground Scaler
A new, low-profile scaling machine has been introduced by Teledyne Canada Mining Products. The ds-25 Scaler it consists of a Teledyne hydraulic breaker mounted on a single 6-m hydraulic boom which is …
WHAT’S NEW A first for linear screens
A linear screen, manufactured by Ore Sorters (North America) of Colorado, has been installed in a Newmont gold mine in the U.S. The Newmont plant is the first on this continent to use the screen, acco…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES KAISER ENGINEERS
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Engineers has signed a licensing agreement to serve as the exclusive supplier of new technology to dry sub-bituminous coals. The process reduces the internal moisture in t…
Metal Prices FUTURES PRICES (September 28, 1987)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Sept. 82.55 81.20 81.70 + 0.40 Dec. 81.00 79.70 80.20 + 1….
Adams to drill
Drilling is set to start on the precious metal massive sulphide prospect of Adams Exploration northeast of Kamloops, B.C., the company reports. Adams says current work on the property has outlined a 1…
Ansil to share in mine earnings
A Toronto-based mining company figures to share in the profits when Minnova Inc.’s rich Ansil copper mine in northwestern Quebec goes into production (N.M., Sept 14/87) at the end of 1988 or beginning…
Belmoral completes exchange of units
The exchange of previously issued units into 4.3 million common shares and 4.3 million common share purchase warrants has been completed, Belmoral Mines reports. The units were purchased July 15 by Mc…
Sunmist to drill Cobalt area bet
Sunmist Energy ’86 Inc. reports it will carry out a diamond drill program on its newly-acquired Keeley- Frontier property in South Lorrain Twp., near Cobalt, Ont. Sunmist says it purchased the propert…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Neutral mood prevails
The overall market trend in Vancouver is decidedly neutral. Sharp losses in New York and Toronto were not duplicated here, probably because Vancouver is so heavily gold oriented. And the yellow metal …
Delbridge find visible gold at DeSantis bet
Robert Onotsky, president of coats-listed Delbridge Mines is quite enthused and excited over sightings of visible gold on the company’s DeSantis property in Turnbull Twp., near Timmins, Ont. In a phon…