DROSS TREATMENT AT ALCAN
To a metallurgist, it’s “dross’ . . . the grey, spongy mixture that forms on the surface of molten aluminum. Others might call it scum. As unpleasant as the stuff sounds, don’t dismiss it as waste. Ap…
1991
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES (August 02, 1991)
Weatherhaven Resources, manufacturers of air-transportable camp installations and shelters, has entered into an agency agreement with Carson Pratt Services of Papua New Guinea to provide local sales a…
CAT’S HUMUNGUS HAULER
It was an awesome and somewhat incongruous sight. Here, in a desert drag race, were two huge Caterpillar mine trucks — the production-proven 195-ton 789 and its latest sibling, the massive 240-ton 79…
COMINCO AND THE ENVIRONMENT
For more than 60 years, Cominco Ltd. has been a leader in the research and development of environmental technology in the mining, smelting and refining industry. The company pioneered environmental co…
CANADA’S TOP 40 MINING COMPANIES
This is the first of what we plan to be an annual round-up of Canada’s Top 40 mineral producers. But what is it that makes a company a leader in its field? Is the leading mining company the one that p…
LONG LIFE FOR LONGYEAR
Longyear Canada of North Bay, Ont. has entered its second century of existence. Last year, it celebrated its centenary with the introduction of several new products. For example, “Thin Kerf” wireline …
ON THE MOVE (August 02, 1991)
Appointments of three general managers have been announced by Atlas Copco. They are: Robert McLeod, general manager, tunnelling and mining equipment (based in Montreal); Alan Weiner, general manager o…
CANMET’S R&D MANDATE
The Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET) is heavily involved in research and development of products and processes that reduce pollution in its many forms. The agency, a sector of …
MINING TO A LATIN BEAT …. but can capitalismo Latin style last?
Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, if folklore is correct, met an especially horrific end. Crossing the Atakama Desert in northern Chile on his way to adding yet another South American colony to …
THE FAIRVIEW FLOW: A gold mine in Eastern Transvaal represents a
The names Pilgrim’s Rest, Barberton and Murchison Range ring down through South African mining history in the same way as do Kirkland Lake and Cadillac in Canada. These were the first significant gold…
CALENDAR (August 02, 1991)
Aug 18-21, Ottawa, Ont. 30th Annual Conference of Metallurgists & 21st Annual Hydrometallurgical Meeting of CIM. Also featuring Copper ’91 (int’l conference on the economics, mineral processing, extra…
PANAMA GOLD: The search for El Dorado has seized Toronto-based
When Freeport-McMoRan Inc. reorganized in 1989 and started selling off $2.15 billion in non-core assets, Greenstone Resources recognized an opportunity. Already familiar with Latin America through its…