Stillwater runs deep
Last year platinum prices reached $682(US) and demand hit a record hi gh of 2.4 million oz. The result? A handful of Canadian entrepreneurs scrambling to get a foothold on the many geological terrains…
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ON THE MOVE CANAMAX RESOURCES
At Canamax Resources, recent appointments include James Smith as vice- president, mining, and Udo von Doehren as treasurer.
ON THE MOVE ICAN MINERALS
Guenter Liedtke of Calgary has been appointed president of Ican Minerals, to succeed Dieter Peter of Vancouver. Mr Peter has resigned as president and a director to pursue managerial commitments with …
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES STARTCO ENGINEERING
Startco Engineering, of Saskatoon, Sask., is setting up distributors across Canada for its ground-fault and motor protection units. They include: Universal Sales, Dixon Electric, WESCO, EECOL Electric…
RESEARCH Pautomation
Imagine this: a potash mine in which the operator of a large continuous-mining machine is seated at a remote console contained in a climate-controlled, ergonomically-designed, mobile control pod conne…
INNOVATIONS Revolutionary Reamer
Most mine engineers have heard, one way or another, about the development in Quebec of a new way to drive raises in underground mines. Tests have shown the method is faster and less expensive than con…
WHAT’S NEW Walking on water
Exploration companies are discovering they don’t have to wait until freeze-up to perform induced polarization (ip) surveys over lakes. This past summer, on the waters of Red Lake, Ont., the rubber boa…
WHAT’S NEW Hydraulic excavator
Hitachi Construction Machinery of Toronto has launched a new hydraulic excavator, the ex1800, equipped with a 10.3-cu-m bucket. Based on the design of the uh801, the new unit is powered by a 686-kw en…
WHAT’S NEW Articulated truck underground
An articulated truck, manufactured by Kiruna Truck ab, has been installed in an underground limestone mine in Finland. The truck, a Combi-60 with a load capacity of 60 tonnes, is being operated in con…
50 YEARS AGO –OCTOBER, 1937– Gold Eagle Mill starting soon
Good progress is being made in mill construction at Gold Eagle Gold Mines, The Northern Miner learned on a recent visit to the property in the Red Lake area. Expectations are that the mill should be r…
50 YEARS AGO –OCTOBER, 1937– Canada will have 141 gold mines by
Canada now has 128 gold mills in operation with 13 additional plants under construction and eight proposed. There are also 23 properties equipped with idle mills. Ontario leads the way with 55 produce…
CROSS-CUTS Homage paid to past prospectors
When the city of Timmins held its 75th birthday party the first three days in August, the weather was perfect — except for the day the Porcupine branch of the Prospectors and Developers Association h…