Articles by Northern Miner Staff

ARTIFICIAL OPERATORS Who’s already automated

Many of Canada’s mills are small and old. With workforces of only two or three operators, there would be very little advantage in reducing operating costs through automation. So it seems safe to say t…


BIG IS BEAUTIFUL

Gold miners in the nation’s biggest gold camp might be mining some pretty lean ore over the next 2-3 years. Instead of mining ore that averages no less than 0.065 oz gold per ton, as they do today, mi…


COMPUTERS Software by CanTung

The world’s largest producer of tungsten ore, Canada Tungsten Mining Corp., has turned out a software program, as yet unnamed, to help run its worldwide operations and affiliates. CanTung is part of t…



SUPER CONDUCTORS

Denison Mines of Toronto has found itself in a happy situation thanks to some new technology. An efficient extraction method called solvent extraction and a revolution in solid-state physics could boo…





HORIZONS The Metalore gold discovery

Metalore Resources’ Gold Discovery, formerly known as the Brookbank occurrence, is in northern Ontario on an all-weather road about eight miles northeast of the town of Beardmore. Mineralization occur…


CROSS-CUTS The royal shaft

Investors around the world have been renewing their love affair with gold during the past year, and Canadian gold stocks have all been performing exceptionally well as a result. In fact the market val…


MAINTENANCE The worker’s life

Maintenance workers are among mining’s most talented employees. They are highly adaptable and can improvise quickly. They ply their trade everywhere there is a plant and equipment — from the smallest…



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