Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The recent merger mania among mine equipment manufacturers in North A merica can largely be attributed to some pretty stiff competition from off- shore. Manufacturers, particularly in Scandinavia with…

Actual Forecast 1983 1984 1985 1986* 1987 1990 (000 tonnes K2O) Capacity 9,165 9,315 9,775 10,575 11,070 1…

Vme Americas is the new name for Clark Michigan. The new company will continue to market its products under the familiar names of Volvo, Michigan, Euclid and Ranger. Five new additions have been made …

Although the local stock market gave little sign of it, in world circles the uneasiness over gold subsided somewhat. Amounts of dishoarded gold offering upon the London market were smaller, showing gr…

An agreement has been worked out between Louvem Inc. and Perron Mines whereby Perron will acquire a 50% interest in the Pascalis-North property and part of the Beaufort property by spending $7 million…

Filtra-Systems (Farmington Hills, Minn.) is marketing a fully automatic, high-pressure filtration system which, the company says, has operating costs 25%-50% lower than other filter systems available …

Brunner Canada has an image problem. Not long ago the company’s drill steel and bits were considered to be of less than the highest quality — similar to stuff your local garageman could churn out but…

Dr Peter Kaiser has been appointed to the Research Chair in Rock Mechanics and Ground Control, at Sudbury’s Laurentian University. He is currently a professor of engineering at the University of Alber…

Pity poor Saskatchewan. Blessed with prime farmland, plentiful oil and gas reserves, huge deposits of uranium and enough potash to last a thousand years, it’s nevertheless having trouble making ends m…

“There is no better place to look for ore than right in your own back yard,” says Paul Penna, who is arranging $3.5-$4 million in new financing for a new underground program at the Cobalt area silver …

Encouraging results have been had in the extensive drilling campaign underway at the Rouyn, Que., property of Senator-Rouyn Ltd., according to W. A. Gamble who is in charge of operations. Interesting …

Dr Owen White, of the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has been elected to a 4-year term as president of the International Association of Engineering Geology. The iaeg is an associat…