1991

FALCONBRIDGE AT TIMMINS: THE GEOLOGY OF KIDD CREEK

Falconbridge’s Kidd Creek copper-zinc-silver massive sulphide deposit is at the west end of the Archean-age Abitibi greenstone belt, 27 km north of Timmins, Ont. The orebody was discovered by diamond …



SUPPLIERS’ NOTES (May 03, 1991)

The Ontario Mine Contractors Safety Association recently appointed the following to its 1991-1992 executive: (Back row, left to right) Dan Sweeney (MacIsaac Mining & Tunnelling), Ron Dion (J.S. Redpat…


FALCONBRIDGE IN SUDBURY: THE FINE-TUNED SMELTER

Ever since the Falconbridge smelter was completely updated in the late 1970s — the original pelletizing and sintering plants were replaced with slurry-fed, fluidized-bed roasters; the blast furnaces …


A FALCO VETERAN AT THE HELM

Not long ago Frank Pickard, the new president of Falconbridge, calculated the odds were slim that he could land the presidency at the base metal mining company. The owners, Noranda Inc. and Trelleborg…



FALCONBRIDGE IN SUBBURY: SELECTIVE MINING AT CRAIG

Falconbridge’s fifteenth mine in the Sudbury Basin and tenth on the North Rim, the Craig, was drilled during the 1970s, disclosing several zones of good grade nickel-copper ore. Shaft-sinking was star…


FALCONBRIDGE IN SUDBURY: FRASER: STILL A CONTENDER

It has always been the case at the Sudbury operations of Falconbridge that one mine bore the brunt of the production load. It was so in the beginning with the original mine at Falconbridge, where the …



LINDSLEY’S LEGACY

Thayer Lindsley, a lanky New Englander whose second home became Canada, founded Falconbridge Nickel Mines (and ushered into existence a host of others, most prominent among them Sherritt Gordon Mines …


THE FALCONBRIDGE STORY

Falconbridge came into being because of the vision of two great men. The first was Thomas Alva Edison, the well-known inventor. The second was less well known, outside of mining, and far more private….


PEOPLE REDWING RESOURCES

Jefferey Johnson elected president replacing Neil Anderson; Kevin Johnson appointed a director and secretary; Dennis Fitzmaurice appointed a director.


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