Hemlo reports lower earnings
While it reported a slight decrease in first-quarter profits recently, Hemlo Gold (TSE) continues to discuss the possibility of purchasing the gold assets of affiliate Noranda (TSE). If Hemlo was to …
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Kingswood bullish on Mattagami bet
Kingswood Exploration (TSE) President Wayne O’Connor is encouraged by results from an 8-hole program on the company’s La Gouchetiere Twp. claims west of Matagami, Que. The Toronto-based company has b…
Uranium mines in Saskatchewan subject to joint environmental review
Proposed uranium mine developments in northern Saskatchewan will be subject to a joint federal-provincial environmental assessment following an agreement between the Saskatchewan and federal governmen…
FALCO GOLD: A GLOBAL PLAYER
Falconbridge Gold Corp., a subsidiary of Falconbridge Ltd., produced 82,018 oz. of gold in 1990. Hoyle Pond, a high-grade producer near Timmins, contributed about 64,500 oz. to the total. The rest cam…
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER: FALCONBRIDGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and A.J. Casson’s painting entitled “The Entrance to Baie Fine” has come to speak volumes about Falconbridge’s commitment to environmental pr…
EXPLORATION HIGHLIGHTED BY QUEBEC RAGLAN PROJECT
Falconbridge is spending $46 million this year on exploration. It will feed another $23 million (of capitalized funds) to the New Quebec Raglan project on the Ungava Peninsula. Most of the other money…
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 …
FALCONBRIDGE AT TIMMINS: KIDD CREEK: DEVELOPMENT AT DEPTH
Despite the mining of 12 million tons of ore and the passage of nearly three years, there has been only one change in mining methods since we reported on Kidd Creek in the July, 1988 issue. On the oth…
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 SUDBURY: SULPHUR REDUCTION AT STRATHCONA
Falconbridge’s first mill on the North Rim was the Hardy (1955), followed by the Fecunis (1957) and finally the Strathcona mill, commissioned in 1968. The earlier mills closed in 1972 and 1975 respect…