In setting wage scales it has been considered advisable, first of all, to establish a minimum-wage scale which will take care of the workmen’s cost of living and then to add bonuses acknowledging effi…
Ore reserves at the Bralorne mine are now greater than ever before, shareholders were informed at the annual meeting, April 29, by managing director R. Bosustow. Exact figures were not given, but it w…
The same excitement and zest for making mineral discoveries that characterizes the juniors is still shared by Teck’s exploration arm. In the comfortable Vancouver office of John May, president of Tec…
Teck Corp. holds 34 coal licences in an area about 40 km to the northwest of the Bullmoose mine. Burnt River coal is ranked as semi-anthracite and 30-40 million tonnes of reserves could be recovered b…
Teck Corp. manages the small (4,000-oz-per-year) Granville joint venture, in the Yukon’s famous Klondike district on behalf of Balner Enterprises (40%). Operations are seasonal at the placer gold mine…
Mining equipment manufacturers are always on the lookout for areas in which to diversify, and Connellsville Elevator Corp. of Pennsylvania seems to have found a market niche just waiting to be filled….
Albert Fages has been named product manager, filtration products, for Schroeder Brothers Corp., an American manufacturer of diagnostic and filtration products for hydraulic systems.
When we sat down to plan for an issue of The Northern Miner Magazine that would feature Teck Corp., we did so because we felt Teck was an example of the best in Canadian mining. Teck has been an innov…
Ask 76-year-old Teck Corp. founder Dr Norman Bell Keevil Sr which mine remains his favorite. The answer is not one of the company’s recent multi-million dollar ventures but his first find in 1954, the…
Toronto mining consultant Edward Thompson has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Mingold Resources, a newly formed company based in Toronto. Thompson has served as a senior execut…
We read with great interest the March issue of The Northern Miner Magazine dealing with Exploration ’87. We noticed that the picture which was supposed to illustrate the draft article which we submitt…
With the drop in the price of zinc and declining ore grades, Teck has no immediate plans to re-open the Newfoundland Zinc mine although an improvement in price could trigger a production decision. The…
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