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Politically Correct

“The role of new firms in innovation is important not only for its direct contribution but for its implicit threat to older firms, which might not otherwise feel impelled to take the risks of innovati…



Letters: Sherritt Overlooked

The article “the refractory Riddle,” in your August, 1990 issue, was a very comprehensive compilation of information on the subject of recovering gold from arsenopyrite . . . Or was it? One point not …


Porphyry Potential

It’s a good bet armchair critics this year will scrutinize Placer Dome’s Mt. Milligan project, north of Prince George, B.C. It is the country’s biggest potential gold/copper producer, ranking in size …


New Mucking Machine Announced by EIMCO

MUCKING MADE EASIER Eimco Corp. of Salt Lake City, Utah, has developed a mucking machine, the “Tunneloader,” which is not only much larger and more powerful than any of its present models, but also em…


On the Move (February 01, 1991)

Viola MacMillan is among nine new inductees to the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. MacMillan, 88, was renowned as a mine-finder and financier and was instrumental in transforming the Prospectors & Devel…



Inland mining at Toiyabe

After a brief winter shutdown, Inland Gold and Silver (NASDAQ) started mining operations at its Toiyabe project in central Nevada. The modest-sized heap leach operation is expected to produce about 6,…



EDITORIAL PAGE The wasted potential of COATS

The transfer of authority for Ontario’s over-the-counter securities market from the Ontario Securities Commission to The Toronto Stock Exchange dooms unlisted stocks in the province to a feeble market…


Lawsuit against Goldcorp dismissed

A legal action commenced in 1989 in the Massachusetts district court against Toronto-based Goldcorp Investments (TSE) was recently dismissed by the presiding judge for the case. A spokesman for Goldco…


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