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Everyone involved with mining in Canada is well aware of the importance of improving productivity and lowering costs in order to preserve our international competitiveness. One way to achieve this is …

Environment and health issues are at the top of the public agenda. National opinion polls consistently report that a majority of Canadians identify the environment as their most important concern. Thi…

Shareholders of R. Angus Alberta have announced their intention to sell their shares in R. Angus Alberta and its subsidiary companies to Finning Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C. Based in Alberta, R. Angus is …

At one time, government’s reach into Canadian society was limited to provider and custodian of infrastructure, specifically roads and such. Today, it would be easier and quicker to show where governme…

About 2800 million years ago, the North American craton was forming and stabilizing. Gradually, pulses of activity deep below the surface formed the greenstone belts which contain a large proportion o…

Jan 21-23, Houston, Tex. World of Concrete ’90. Exhibition is scheduled for the Houston Astrodome. Contact Becky Auten at 1-800-323-3550. Jan 24-26, Golden, Colo. Ore Reserve Estimation & Mine-plannin…

Geologist Peter Gummer of Claude Resources and two of his colleagues have garnered some academic interest with their suggestion that kimberlite volcanism should be seriously researched as the kind of …

Hemlo Gold Mines, owns and operates the Golden Giant mine, near Marathon, Ont. The mine is one of three gold operations exploiting the large gold orebody in the Hemlo area. Milling facilities include…

In the declining years of an orebody, it is tempting to starve the mine as early as possible of capital improvements and thus “maximize,” “optimize” and otherwise milk the mine’s cash flow. But the to…

In the coming decade, senior operations people will have to mine and mill more product at less cost and do so without additional harm to the environment. No surprise there for operating personnel. The…

Charles Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest caused an uproar in the genteel Victorian society of his time. More than a century later, this principle can be applied to the evolution of northwest…

Trackless haulage is as ancient as mining itself. The original trackless hauler was that infamous biped known as man. More recently, diesel-powered, rubber-tired haulers have satisfied the need for mo…