ON THE MOVE FREEPORT MINING CO.
Robin Hickson is the new vice-president of Freeport Mining Co., a subsidiary of Freeport Minerals Co. He will be relocating to the Freeport-McMoRan Inc. headquarters in New Orleans, La., where he wi…
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ON THE MOVE IRD MECHANALYSIS
IRD Mechanalysis of Stoney Creek (Hamilton), Ont., has appointed Robert Taylor as district manager of the Montreal North territory and Douglas MacMillan as consulting service technician covering Quebe…
Profile The Luck of a Low-Grader
Dennis MacLeod has this thing about ore grades. He likes to find ways of making money at grades so low that most of the mining fraternity would turn its nose up at it. It’s no wonder he was attracted …
WHAT’S NEW The Tools of Automation Hydraulic Hammer
Allied Steel & Tractor Products of Solon, Ohio, has introduced a new hydraulic rock hammer. Called the 780 Hy-Ram, it can deliver 450 to 900 blows per minute with an energy of 5000 ft-lb. Blow frequen…
ON THE MOVE MINERAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Calvin Cramer has been named manager of customer services for Mineral Processing Systems. He joined the York, Pa., company in 1971 and most recently was manager of design and applications engineering….
ON THE MOVE ARMCO UNION WIRE ROPE
Armco’s Union Wire Rope has promoted Steve Ornduff to technical services engineer. Previously Ornduff was a mechanical engineer in Armco’s plant engineering dept. Union Wire Rope is based in Kansas Ci…
ON THE MOVE CANADIAN EXPLOSIVES DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION
Roy McNeil is the new president of the Canadian Explosives Distributors Association for the 1986-87 term. McNeil, who is president of Industrial Trucking of Moncton, N.B., has served on the cedec boar…
ON THE MOVE M.A. HANNA COMPANY
Martin Walker has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of M. A. Hanna Company, based in Cleveland, Ohio. He succeeds Robert Anderson who will continue as a director and chairman of Hanna…
ON THE MOVE DIAMOND CHAIN CO.
Diamond Chain Co. of Indianapolis, Ind., has appointed Michael Brewer as field representative. Brewer’s background is in power transmission with an emphasis on distribution.
ON THE MOVE MINER ENTERPRISES
Ronald Sprainis has been named vice-president of engineering of the W. H. Miner Division of Miner Enterprises, based in Geneva, Ill. Sprainis joined Miner in 1974 and recently served as vice-president…
ON THE MOVE INSTANTEL INC.
Brian Martin has been appointed vice-president and general manager of Instantel Inc., based in Kanata, Ont. He will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s operations including new product dev…
Suppliers’ Notes BATTELLE
The R&D firm Battelle (Columbus, Ohio, division) has called for the continuation of a 6-year-old program of coal utilization technology. The international program will cover coal-handling technologies…