One of the first questions of visitors to the radium laboratory is: “What does radium look like?” Imagine a small glass tube, the size of a match, partly filled with a gray powder; that is the picture…
Deep indignation, and talk of reprisals, has been aroused in Ontario over Bill No. 5 which has received its third reading in the Quebec legislature and which may be proclaimed law on Friday of this we…
Inco’s Crean Hill mine is using the latest in mining technology minus the diesel equipment. It could become Canada’s safest, most efficient operation when it resumes full production in 1989. By Patri…
The possibility of strikes at northern Ontario mines was definitely minimized by leading mine managers who were interviewed this week by The Northern Miner in the course of a survey of the situation a…
As a person with some interest in the Canadian mining industry it is not unusual to read accounts of the history of different mining areas. I refer to the article “Focus on Val d’Or” in the January is…
Keith Bowley is a Toronto-based maintenance management consultant. This is ** the first of a 2-part article. ** Miners could be described as people in the business of producing and pr…
Western Canadian Mining Corp. — J. Douglas Little appointed president.
Signet Resources has changed its name to New Signet Resources Inc. on a basis of 1 new for 4 old shares.
In the March 16th issue we erroneously said that mining contractor Patrick Harrison was honored at the Operator’s Conference in Elliot Lake last month. That report should have said J. C. MacIsaac, not…
Why invest in platinum? According to Johnson Matthey Ltd., a Canadian refiner and assayer of precious metals, there are plenty of reasons. Platinum is the rarest and most precious of metals. Eight ton…
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 62.50 cents -64.00 cents per lb. (Mar 5, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.10-$1.14 per lb. (Mar 12, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $2.50-$2.70 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987). CADM…
Low grade gold values are being encountered over a large area controlled by Mountain Lake Resources. Located near Kenora, Ont., the Mountain Lake ground, the company believes, has potential for hostin…
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