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…
News
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…
Starrex earnings
Earnings for the second quarter ended June 30, totalled $1.1 million or 27 cents per share Starrex Mining Corp (TSE) reports. For the six- month period, profit totalled $1.29 million. Earnings were d…
Stratmin bids to open first graphite mine
Production of graphite concentrate is expected to begin by early November from Stratmin Inc.’s (ME) open pit graphite mine located 22 km south of Mont-Laurier, Que. Known as the Mont-Laurier property,…