Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The officers of the newly- formed company Heath & Sherwood Drilling (1986) are: James Savage, president, John Halsall, secretary-treasurer, Francis Aimone and Edward Marinigh, directors.

Komatsu Canada (Mississauga, Ont. and Richmond, B.C.) is marketing a 5.9-cu-yd hydraulic excavator equipped with a 404-hp diesel engine. The company’s unique, open- centre, load-sensing system automat…

Wisconsin-based Northwest Engineering Co. has signed a letter of intent with General Motors Corp. to acquire TEREX Corp. of Ohio and TEREX Equipment of Scotland. Terex is to be operated as an independ…

With reference to your article on zinc (“Outshining Other Major Metals”) in the November issue, I wish to inform you that the Black Angel mine is not closed. It is operated by Boliden, the Swedish min…

The Insley Manufacturing Co., formerly of Indianapolis, Ind., has been bought by Badger Construction Equipment Co. of Winona, Min. In addition to producing the Insley family of hydraulic backhoes, the…

Remarkably rich ore is being found in the K zone on the new 11th and 12th levels of Siscoe Mines. Results indicate the possibility that it may become the best gold orebody opened up in a Quebec mine t…

Ralph Anctil has established a consulting firm, Ralph J. Anctil & Associates, to act as geological, economic and engineering consultants for the, mining, chemical and metallurgical industries in both …

The following remarks were heard from people who attended the Mining Automation Symposium, in Sudbury, Ont., Oct 15-16, 1986. We think they provide a good illustration of the diversity of opinion in t…

Robin Hickson is the new vice-president of Freeport Mining Co., a subsidiary of Freeport Minerals Co. He will be relocating to the Freeport-McMoRan Inc. headquarters in New Orleans, La., where he wi…

Harnischfeger Corp. of Milwaukee, Wis., has built a heavy hydraulic shovel which runs on a P&H undercarriage. Called the P&H 1200B, the new shovel has a gross operating weight of 400,000 lb and can de…

IRD Mechanalysis of Stoney Creek (Hamilton), Ont., has appointed Robert Taylor as district manager of the Montreal North territory and Douglas MacMillan as consulting service technician covering Quebe…

Dennis MacLeod has this thing about ore grades. He likes to find ways of making money at grades so low that most of the mining fraternity would turn its nose up at it. It’s no wonder he was attracted …