Editor’s Note A WORLD CONTENDER
No one can be happier about the remarkably strong copper prices we’re seeing than miners in British Columbia, the largest copper-producing province in Canada. British Columbia alone ranks sixth among …
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SUPPLIERS’ NOTES Geotech Ltd.
Geotech Ltd. of Markham, Ont., has acquired the name and assets of McPhar Geophysics. The purchase brings a line of ground geophysical instruments to compliment Geotech’s established airborne electrom…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES Outokumpu Oy
The Outokumpu Equipment division of Outokumpu Oy of Finland has purchased the Sweden- based Wenmec Systems AB, manufacturer of material- handling systems for the non-ferrous refining industry. The di…
50 Years Ago DECEMBER, 1937 DEEPEST LEVELS BIG AT MACASSA
Though the three new Macassa levels below 3,000 ft are far from being fully developed, there is now little doubt that each of them will be at least the equal of the 3,000-ft level that surpassed any h…
Maintenance THE SILENT SERVICE
Have you ever heard of silence being used as a performance standard? Consider lubrication. One result of a lubricant at work is the lack of noise as it minimizes friction between metal surfaces in mot…
Letters GEOLOGY LACKING IN SCHOOLS
William Stanley’s and Bob Holmes’s article “Crisis in Education” (September issue) should be subtitled, “Where will the students come from?” Geology is not offered in most high schools in Ontario. The…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES Dresser Industries (December 01, 1987)
Dallas, Tex.-based Dresser Industries has acquired Pleuger Unterwasserpumpen G.m.b.H. Both companies have manufacturing plants in Canada. The Pleuger ** organization will be integrated with the world…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES Peacock Inc. (December 01, 1987)
Mississauga, Ont.-based Peacock Inc. is opening a new addition to its Toronto Service Building. The company is a rebuilder of mechanical equipment, including pumps, turbines, compressors, mine hoists …
Winston Lake A WINDOW ON THE WORLD OF ZINC
To the people of a tourist town located in a non-mining part of the country, a 10-year mine life doesn’t sound like much — certainly not enough to justify spending $73 million today to scoop 600,000 …
Managing HUMANITY AND AUTOMATION
It is easy to discuss (in the cold terms of international economics) job losses and dislocations Icaused by the introduction into our mines and mills of cost-cutting technology. It is less easy to mak…
CROSS-CUTS NEW TREATMENT, OLD DEPOSIT
Soviet scientists have developed a new method of extracting a 95% copper concentrate from Udokan ores found in remote eastern Siberia. The method has been successfully tested in experimental laborator…
Law HEMLO RULING: ‘MUST READING’
Since November, 1986, the mining and investment industries have been awaiting the Ontario Court of Appeal judgment in the case involving Lac Minerals and International Corona Resources. Well, it is he…