Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Komatsu Canada (Mississauga, Ont., and Richmond, B.C.) has added four new wheel loaders to its existing line of small-size loaders. The new units have capacities of 1.2, 1.5, 1.8 and 2.1 cu m. All mod…

High pressure pumping systems capable of delivering pressures up to 20,000 lb per sq in at flow rates up to 20 gal per min are available from National Liquid Blasting of Wixom, Mich. The latest unit f…

Three agreements concerning Quebec properties with gold- bearing potential have been entered into by Lyon Lake Mines. In consideration of a lump sum, Lyon has acquired a 100% interest in 158 claims in…

Steep Rock Resources reports net earnings of $83,600 in the first quarter this year, compared with net of $133,600 for the similar period in 1986. The earnings drop, the company says, is attributable …

The third annual Pennsylvania Blasting Conference and Exhibit will take place Nov 12 and 13 at the Keller Conference Centre on the Penn State campus in the U.S. Papers will be presented on current dev…

The oil and gas division at Westmin Resources has been its most profitable in recent years, eclipsing all other sources of income by a wi de margin. But even though crude oil production was at record …

Another mineralized zone has been discovered by partners Chevron Minerals and Stroud Resources on their Hislop gold property southeast of Timmins, Ont. The latest showing comes 1,300 ft northwest alon…

J. Larocque Drill Supplies of Laval, Que., is distributing two diamond drills which are new to the Canadian market. The two drills, called onram and toram, are manufactured in Sweden by Hagby Bruk ab….

Sullair Corp. of Michigan City, Mich., has introduced two new portable rotary screw air-compressors. Called the 175Q and 185Q, the two new units deliver 175 cu ft and 185 cu ft of air per min. They fe…

Following completion of a geophysical program on a Mazarin Twp., Que., property owned by O’Leary-Malartic Mines, the company allowed its claims to lapse, O’Leary-Malartic says in its report to shareho…

Despite a drop in international oil prices which reduced the company’s revenues from $589,745 or 20 cents per share in 1985, to $215,598 or 7 cents per share during fiscal 1986, McChip Resources plan…

Production this year from the three open pit gold mines in Nevada operated by Rayrock Yellowknife Resources could decline slightly from last year, President David Crombie said following the annual mee…