Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Asbestos Institute in Montreal has announced that Claude Forget is its new president. Forget, an economist and a partner with the consulting firm of secor Inc. of Montreal, succeeds previous pres…

Commissioner Frazer’s report on Hedley Amalgamated, released May 10 by B.C. Premier Thomas Pattullo, contained positive evidence that diamond drill cores had been salted. William Cox, superintendent, …

World metal markets are at their steadiest so far this year and rather quiet … Rumors are being heard here and there that the American price of copper might advance since the world market price has …

Toronto mining consultant Edward Thompson has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Mingold Resources, a newly formed company based in Toronto. Thompson has served as a senior execut…

Your article on the need for co-operation to improve our chances for success in mining technology (March, 1987) is most timely. We have only to look at some of our competitors such as Sweden with its …

The Bullmoose coal mine is the smaller of two projects which were the basis for British Columbia’s massive $2.5-billion Northeast Coal Project. The relatively smooth startup at Bullmoose contrasted sh…

Noranda, Que.-based Stewart Mining Products has become a partner in Evain, Que.-based Jacques Gelinas which will soon change its name to Gelinas-Stewart Inc. The two companies have joined forces to in…

The cyanide mill under construction at New Golden Rose Mines in the Temagami area is expect to be ready to go into operation by June 1, President J. Bradley Streit told shareholders at the annual meet…

Larry Alexander has been appointed sales manager for Ground Control (Sudbury). He has more than 15 years experience in the mining industry. The new position will offer increased service to support Gr…

Litigation which has been proceeding for more than a year in connection with the Ross Mine, Hislop Twp development of Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines, was brought to an end last week by a decision f…

Teck Corp. holds (subject to a 5% assessable interest by Ranger Oil) 25 coal licences immediately to the east of the Bullmoose property. Elevations range from 1,000 metres above sea level at Bullmoose…

Ask 76-year-old Teck Corp. founder Dr Norman Bell Keevil Sr which mine remains his favorite. The answer is not one of the company’s recent multi-million dollar ventures but his first find in 1954, the…