Mine waste pilot program
A graduate program on mine waste issues is now available at Montana Tech in Butte, Mont. The program is designed to train students to identify and test technologies for mineral waste cleanup.
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Pilot project completed at Cigar Lake project
A test phase of mining has been completed by Cigar Lake Mining at its Cigar Lake uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan. The pilot project demonstrated that the high-grade orebody can be safely mine…
WGM to market Russian expertise
Toronto-based consulting firm Watts, Griffis and McOuat (WGM) has reached a joint venture agreement with Almazy Rossia-Sakha of Russia to provide exclusive diamond exploration and mining services to t…
Granges settles Oxford suit
A suit dating back to 1989 over a 9.167% interest in the Trout Lake polymetallic mine in Manitoba is now settled. Granges (TSE) acquired the interest from Outokumpu on March 22, 1989, prompting Oxford…
More drilling planned for Sulphurets properties
Exploration programs totalling $1.6 million were approved for the 1993 field season on two Sulphurets properties in northwestern British Columbia. About $1.1 million will be spent on the Bruceside pro…
Nunavut staking rush yields a microdiamond
Staking activity sprouted in a new area of the Northwest Territories recently, and one of the principal landholders has already found a tiny diamond. Focusing on a large area known to host lamproite p…
Inco reports its first loss since 1984
Citing a 12% decline in nickel prices, Inco (TSE) reported a net loss of US$17.6 million (21 cents per share) for 1992 compared with 1991 earnings of US$82.6 million (74 cents per share). Inco’s avera…
KWG cuts wide intersections
Recent drilling by partners KWG Resources (ME) and SEG Exploration (ME) on their Granada property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., has returned greater widths and better continuity of mineralization than pre…
Vior continues Douay drilling
Low-grade assays are reported by Societe d’Exploration Miniere Vior (ME) from drill work during January at the Douay gold property near Joutel, Que. Ten holes were completed and another one started. A…
COMMENTARY — Copper in the 1990s
Copper is an investment idea for the 1990s. For the past 70 years, world copper consumption has mirrored industrial production. Industrial production is now increasing dramatically because various reg…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Northern lands and northerners
I have been a subscriber to The Northern Miner for more than 30 years (and my late brother Nial was a subscriber before that). Personally, I have been engaged in prospecting and mining and am now acti…
Blind River wins safety award
Without a lost-time accident in three years, Cameco Corp.’s Blind River refinery has just set a company safety record. Its staff was recently given the Mary-Jean Mitchell Green memorial trophy for saf…