TECH CORP. An Eye for the Bottom Line
Although Teck Corp.’s financial reports carry tidy, organized s naps hots of the company and its investments in exploration companies, it’s clear that Teck has no textbook formula in acquiring or deal…
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TECH CORP David vs. Goliath
Try to imagine an orebody containing a metal which, as an alloy, makes steel lighter without sacrificing strength. There is only one other significant producer of the metal, but its deposit is 10 time…
ON THE MOVE Lincoln
Terry French has been promoted to automotive product manager for Lincoln, a St. Louis, Mo.-based lubrication and lifting equipment manufacturer.
ON THE MOVE Lukens Inc.
Maynard Isabell has been named vice-president of marketing of the Michigan- based Simplicity Engineering division of Lukens Inc. He joined the comp any in 1985 after being associated with the Ajax Vib…
50 YEARS AGO — May 1937 — Gurney to Build 125-tonMill
A contract has been awarded to Messrs Shoemaker and Burnham, Toronto, for immediate construction of a 125-ton mill at Curney Gold Mine * * * The property is 12 miles northeast of Cranberry Portage, Ma…
TECH CORP Maverick Management
If there is a style that characterizes Teck’s management, it is one of not bei ng hamstrung by convention. A physicist guards the books, a chartered accountant handles marketing, and mining engineers …
ON THE MOVE Asbestos Institute
The Asbestos Institute in Montreal has announced that Claude Forget is its new president. Forget, an economist and a partner with the consulting firm of secor Inc. of Montreal, succeeds previous pres…
LETTERS Only Surveyors survey
I am writing this letter to point out an error with respect to the caption under the photograph on page 35 of the March, 1987, issue of your magazine (Engineers survey property lines). Contrary to muc…
CROSS-CUTS ONTARIO’S ACCIDENTS LOWEST EVER
The Mines Accident Prevention Association of Ontario says 1986 saw the lowest accident frequency rate ever recorded in the history of Ontario’s mining industry. During the year the lost- time injury f…
CROSS CUTS Ceative Financing
A Chinese project with a couple of Canadian connections is expected to result in the largest coal mine in the world. The Royal Bank of Canada is one of five co-lead banks in a consortium of 33 banks i…
TECH CORP. Yukon Paydirt
Teck Corp. manages the small (4,000-oz-per-year) Granville joint venture, in the Yukon’s famous Klondike district on behalf of Balner Enterprises (40%). Operations are seasonal at the placer gold mine…
CROSS-CUTS TOWERING INFERNO
Mining equipment manufacturers are always on the lookout for areas in which to diversify, and Connellsville Elevator Corp. of Pennsylvania seems to have found a market niche just waiting to be filled….