On Tuesday came the announcement that the copper production restriction agreement had been abandoned. This means producers in Africa, Chile and other countries, which are parties to the agreement, wil…
The first of the 1937 crop of gold producers in Canada made its bow on January 10 with the turning over of the new mill at the Leitch Gold Mines property, pioneer operator of the new Beardmore-Sand Ri…
During the last few years i have had the opportunity to work with a number of young geologists from whom I have learned that geological mapping or core-logging is an illusion — an illusion in the sen…
Wajax Industries is marketing the newest front-end loader from Marathon LeTourneau. Labelled the L-1100, the 1,050-hp loader has a breakout force of 188,000 lb and a payload capacity of 33 tons in a 2…
EOTec Corp. of West Haven, Conn., has developed an asynchronous fibre optic data link that allows different data formats to be selected at each end of the link, providing automatic format conversion. …
The following remarks were heard from people who attended the Mining Automation Symposium, in Sudbury, Ont., Oct 15-16, 1986. We think they provide a good illustration of the diversity of opinion in t…
Dresser Construction & Mining Equipment’s new vice-president, marketing, for mining machinery products is William Graessle. He will be responsible for product management, field sales and market suppor…
The following remarks were heard from people who attended the Mining Automation Symposium, in Sudbury, Ont., Oct 15-16, 1986. We think they provide a good illustration of the diversity of opinion in t…
A new generation of programmable controllers has been introduced by Asea Inc. of Saint-Laurent, Que. The MasterPiece 100 family of controllers includes adaptive and pid controllers; logic control; seq…
Caterpillar has beefed up its Cat 225 hydraulic excavator. Using a direct- injection Cat 3208 diesel engine rated at 108 kW, engine power has been increased 7%. The additions of a 3.9-tonne counterwei…
In view of the improved market for copper, preparations are being hastened for the resumption of operations at the Granby Consolidated M.S. & P. Co.’s Copper Mountain mine and 2,500-ton concentrator a…
Bromac Industrial Controls (Downsview, Ont.) has begun marketing computer terminals designed and manufactured by Gamma Products. Sealed in a non-ventilated cast aluminum case, these terminals can be h…
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