COATS (over-the-counter) Windy extends zone
Drilling results from Windy Mountain Explorations’ MacLeod Lake property near Chibougamau, Que., indicate that the low-grade copper deposit extends past a block of previously outlined reserves. Result…
1990
Montreal Exchange Hot zone for VSM
The latest results from the drilling program at zone 97 of the Grevet zinc prospect southeast of Matagami, Que., have VSM Exploration and project partner Serem-Quebec excited. Indications are the zone…
Practices in partnership
If a practice is so common within an industry that it is expe and widely accepted, it can be recognized by the courts as a custom of the trade and, in appropriate circumstances, enforced by the courts…
Letters (November 02, 1990)
Duport Your article “The Refractory Riddle” was excellent, but contained some omissions: You did not mention that the Duport autoclave and cyanide leach plant would be located on the mainland, outside…
Calendar (November 02, 1990)
Jan 14-15 or 17-18, Reno, Nev. Short Course on Fire Assaying. Contact Mining, Division of Continuing Education MS 048, University of Nevada, Reno, Nev. 89557-0024. Phone (702) 784-4046. Jan 14-16, Ren…
Metals in review
Metals prices have had a pretty good run since the end of the recession. Nickel, for example, touching the US$10.80 mark. Copper edging US$1.69 per lb. But what now? The 1982-83 recession isn’t distan…
Internal responsibility
If you have been rubbing elbows recently with your counterparts in the mining industry, you may have heard the buzz term “IRS” being bandied about. No, they haven’t run afoul of the U.S. Internal Reve…
Mining goes metropolitan
It is a rare sight — a 2-boom jumbo, longhole drills, and a tube-shaped electromagnetic device brightly clad in yellow sitting there at street level in downtown Toronto, dwarfed by a 50-storey office…
Suppliers’ notes (November 02, 1990)
The administration and accounting operations of El-Equip Inc. have been moved to the company’s head office in Sudbury, Ont. The new address is 1078 Kelly Lake Rd., Sudbury, Ont. P3E 5P4. (Phone: 705-6…
Automated Equipment
Automatic Lubricators A new system of single-point automatic lubricators may help mine operators save money. Perma Distributors describes its product as less costly than central automatic lubrication …
Northern alliance; Cominco’s Red Dog mine, in northwestern Alaska,
The Red Dog project in northwestern Alaska is something of an anomaly. It’s more than just one of the richest base metal mines in the world — it’s a socio-economic alliance between the native people …
Gaining control
The trend to high-technology monitoring and control in minera processing has been heating up over the past few years. In fact, in a recent Statistics Canada survey, nearly 250 mines said they had adop…