GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Over the nex t few years, Canada’s 70 gold producing mines will be joined by at least 10 major new producers and a handful of smaller ones. If gold prices remain high ($530(C) per oz at presstime), th…
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Editor’s Note
Talk about a notable lack of success. In Canada, we produce tons of by-product silver, enough to rank us fourth in the world, and the Sudbury Basin coughs up sufficient platinum group metals to make C…
Letters THE LOWDOWN ON THE ALPINE LOADER
I was interested to read the article in the June issue of your magazine entitled “High-Speed Mucking” and especially the portion on the Voest Alpine AL-60 loader. Unfortunately, the writer does not ap…
Managing THE NEW ECONOMICS
Is mankind doomed to someday walk the earth alone, save for domesticated animals and mutant insects? Will we turn our once “Garden of Eden” into a living purgatory, or even blow ourselves off the face…
BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
Busy Little Bacteria II: One way to deal with ores which contain gold trapped in the crystal lattice of arsenopyrite is to feed it to microscopic bacteria. These little microbes oxidize the sulphides,…
PGM PERFECT
The six platinum group metals (PGMs) are elements that possess unique chemical and physical characteristics. Members of the group have been in high demand by jewellers since their discovery in ancient…
Maintenance PREDICTING PROBLEMS
Mining companies have been traditionally slow in accepting or adopting new tech nology for predictive maintenance. I helped with the installation of such technology at the first planning and schedulin…
News in Brief (August 29, 1988)
Hudson-Yukon Mining Co. Ltd. has merged by amalgamation into All-North Resources Ltd.. Shareholders of All-North Resources will receive one-new-share for each old share; holders of Hudson-Yukon Mining…
Spot prices at a glance (August 29, 1988)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold (per oz) $432.10 + $ 3.10 Silver (per oz) $ 6.73 Platinum (per oz) $547.00 + $17.00 Copper (per lb) $ 1. $ 0….
Books (August 29, 1988)
Bicentennial Gold ’88 Conference — A 3-volume set of extended abstracts comprising oral and poster papers presented at Australia’s first international conference on the geology of gold deposits, May …
Black Swan ore being replaced
Gold production at Black Swan Gold Mines’ (VSE) Gabanintha project in Western Australia is presently averaging 40,000 oz per year, Arthur T. Fisher, president, said at the company’s annual meeting. On…
Shareholders shuffle Gordex directors, await Cambior deal
Some financial and technical muscle has been added to the board of directors of Gordex Minerals (TSE) of Saint John, N.B., after shareholders voted to replace four existing directors. The company coul…