LAW More straight talk on royalties
What is a royalty? In virtually all cases, it is a right to be paid money. Whether or not a royalty-holder will ever actually receive any payments may be open to question and will depend upon a number…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
WHAT’S NEW DRILLING EQUIPMENT New Lubricants for Pneumatic and
Two lubricants — one that increases diamond drill bit life and one for pneumatic drilling — have been developed by D. A. Stuart Inc. of Scarborough, Ont. Designated Dasco CS-7-J, the new diamond dri…
WHAT’S NEW Underground equipment Oscilloader evolution
Continuous Mining Systems (Sudbury, Ont.) has replaced the steel chain conveyor table on its CL-1000 Oscilloader with a single-ply kevlar conveyor belt. John Kelly, manager of mine research for Inco L…
50 YEARS AGO — JUNE, 1937 — IRON ORE BOUNTY APPROVED
With the passage of enabling legislation by the Ontario government, the way is now clear for the Algoma Steel Corp. to proceed with its plans for bringing the Helen mine, in Michipicoten, into product…
CROSS-CUTS Mining: It’s Like Shovelling Snow
It’s almost embarrassing — and somewhat insulting — how some influential Canadian institutions view the mining industry. The worst gaffe we’ve heard in some time comes from Maclean’s, a magazine tha…
CORE SHACK The Estrades deposit
The Estrades is a 2.68-million- ton mineral inve ntory of base metal- and precious metal- bearing volcanogenic massive sulphides. Located about 150 km north of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., and 26 km east of t…
UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT Multi-user Maintenance Package
A new multi-user version of the micro maint plant maintenance software program has been introduced by Digonal Data Corp. (Lakeland, Fla.). The new version allows one user to enter work orders on one k…
Noranda continues exploration work on Central property
Twenty-nine claims were staked in 1986 on Central Crude’s Mishibishu Lake property in northwestern Ontario, the company reports. The staking, performed to protect the western extension of recently dis…
General News & Comment IAEA plans meet in Saskatchewan
The International Atomic Energy Agency is planning to hold a technical committee meeting on the uranium resources and geology of North America in Saskatoon, Sask. The dates for the meeting, which will…
WHAT’S NEW Milling equipment Competition comes ashore
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…
Dumping on potash Canadian potash, current situation and forecast
Actual Forecast 1983 1984 1985 1986* 1987 1990 (000 tonnes K2O) Capacity 9,165 9,315 9,775 10,575 11,070 1…
WHAT’S NEW Open pit equipment New Loaders & Trucks from VME
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 …