On the Move (February 01, 1990)
James Sackston has been appointed to the position of vice-president, sales and marketing, of Landry Filtration Products. The company is based in Concord, Ont. Joining Dresser’s parts division in Broad…
1990
SUDBURY PHYSICS LESSON
SUDBURY PHYSICS LESSON Miners will soon carve out a 10-storey cavern at the bottom of Inco Ltd.’s Creighton mine in Sudbury, Ont. Into this excavation will be placed a massive 12-metre-diameter acryli…
BLASTHOLE DRILLS
Efficient blasthole drilling can lower the cost of blasting overburden and ore in open pit mines. Low drilling costs mean larger pits and higher strip ratios can be justified. At least eight drill rig…
CONFIDENTIALLY . . .
Confidentiality agreements have been around for a long time, but ever since Mr Justice Holland handed down the trial judgment in the Williams mine case involving LAC Minerals and Corona Corp. and awar…
Calendar (February 01, 1990)
Calendar March 5-6, Phoenix, Ariz. Metals Week’s 3rd Lead-Zinc Conference. At the Pointe at Tapatio Cliffs. Contact Maryann Whalen, Metals Week, 42nd Floor, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y….
THE GOLDEN GIANT MILL; Part 2 — Grinding Circuit Pre-treatment
The following is the conslusion of an article featured in the December, 1989, issue of The Northern Miner Magazine. It ended with a discussion of the “Hemlo treatmen process.” In the original grinding…
LABRADOR LORE
The 1950s were frenetic years for the mining industry. Discovery followed discovery in rapid succession. Brunswick in the Maritimes, Mattagami Lake in Quebec, Ontario’s Geco base metal find and the ur…
ARTICULATED TEREX
Articulated Terex Three articulated dump trucks with payload capacities of up to 40 tons have been introduced by Terex of Hudson, Ohio. They include the 2766 (with a 27.5-ton payload capacity); the 30…
Ventex spending $1 million for Manitoba gold-silver-zinc bet
Ventex Energy (VSE) has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Sylvia gold-silver- zinc property, 75 miles southeast of Flin Flon, Man. The property vendors are Mingold Resources, a pri…
Spot prices at a glance (January 29, 1990)
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $413.75 +$3.15 Silver* $ 5.28 +$0.05 Platinum* $500.10 +$3.85 Nickel** $ 2.78 $0.49 Lead** $ 0.32 Copper $ 1…
Black Hills ban confounds mining community
The sudden and unexpected announcement that minefinders might soon become outcasts in the Black Hills of South Dakota has angered some explorationists. It doesn’t help that operating mining companies …
Custom milling agreement, next step for Stratabound
Finding someone willing to custom mill ore from the CNE zinc- lead-silver property near Bathurst, N.B., appears to be the next logical step for Stratabound Minerals (ASE). After releasing the last bat…