LETTERS Foreign Explorers
We read with great interest the March issue of The Northern Miner Magazine dealing with Exploration ’87. We noticed that the picture which was supposed to illustrate the draft article which we submitt…
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TECK CORP Newfoundland Zinc: Ready to Go
With the drop in the price of zinc and declining ore grades, Teck has no immediate plans to re-open the Newfoundland Zinc mine although an improvement in price could trigger a production decision. The…
TECK CORP. Hemlo Mine’s Future in Judges’ Hands
By the time you read this, the Ontario Court of Appeal may have handed down one of the most important decisions ever made by a Canadian court concerning the mining industry — Lac Minerals vs. Interna…
TECK CORP. A Jackpot in the Arctic
When, in 1968, bush pilot and prospector Bob Baker spotted a mineral-stained creek in northwestern Alaska, he reported the unusual observation to the U.S. Geological Survey. Little did he know he had…
TECK CORP. The Biggest and the Best
When Cominco’s new lead smelter at Trail, B.C., opens in early 1989, it will mark substantial completion of a half-billion-dollar modernization of the world’s largest zinc-lead metallurgical complex. …
TECK CORP. Teck’s exploration plans
Teck Explorations will undertake five major programs in 1987 in North America, plus “whatever else comes along,” says President John May. Two of these are former Teck producers (one in Newfoundland, t…
TECH CORP. New LIfe for Lamaque
For 50 years the Lamaque mine in northwestern Quebec turned out enough gold — more than 4.5 million oz — to make it Quebec’s biggest gold producer. Today, little more than a year since the decision …
TECK CORP Model Miner
By just about any measure, Teck Corp. is the model mining company of the 1980s. The foundation of the com pany’s future is its low-cost, long-life orebodies. They are the envy of the mining world, di…
TECH CORP Peace in the Valley
British Columbia’s Highland Valley area was one of the worst-hit mining districts in the country when the recession of the early 1980s brought lower metal prices. However, a restructuring of the three…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES Allis-Chalmers Corp.
Milwaukee, Wis.-based Allis-Chalmers Corp., which has Swedish business interests, plans to realign its worldwide operations into two separate but related companies. Svedala Allis AB, a new multi-natio…
50 YEARS AGO — May 1937 — Canadian Gold’s Decline No Worse than
Canadian gold stocks gave a very good account of themselves in the recent break of world markets, especially when one considers that the dominant influence in the crash of quotations was the scare ove…
50 YEARS AGO — May 1937 — Consolidated Smelting Solves Labor
In setting wage scales it has been considered advisable, first of all, to establish a minimum-wage scale which will take care of the workmen’s cost of living and then to add bonuses acknowledging effi…