The first commercial production of refined antimony in Canada will take place within the next few months. The metal will be produced by Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. of Canada in its antimony ref…
At first glance, Greg has it made. He has a good job in his chosen field and makes lots of money. He has a wife and family and lives in a nice house, which is almost paid for. He has what virtually e…
Exploration on Audrey Resources’ Mobrun deposit started with a big splash — a public announcement in late 1985 that Audrey and Corporation Falconbridge Copper (since renamed Minnova Inc.) would spend…
One of the first new mines to come into production last year was D’Or Val Mines’ Beacon mine, east of Val D’Or, Que. It cost this Hughes-Lang company $35 million to bring the mine into production last…
The Star Lake gold mine represents the first such mine in Saskatchewan in more than 40 years. Although small in both reserves and milling rate, the high grade operation combined with relatively simple…
Ontario’s first zinc mine since the Kidd Creek operation came into production in the 1960s should be in full production by the end of the first quarter. Minnova decided late in 1986, shortly after the…
Production is slated for August, 1988, at Les Mines Casa Berardi, the name given to the first new gold mine in this camp, which opened up only seven years ago. That’s when Inco and Golden Knight disco…
Gold’s dominance as the preferred target of exploration and development over the past few years has resulted in a sharp increase in gold production for many countries outside of South Africa. This is …
Canada’s third tailings re-treatment project is scheduled to start up in Yellowknife this May. Between June 15 and Aug 28 last year, owner Giant Yellowknife Mines ran a pilot plant operation to find t…
That Canamax Resources is bringing yet another mine into production hardly rates as news anymore. True news would be that this aggressive producer/explorer isn’t cutting the ceremonial ribbon on anoth…
Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting has adopted what President Lloyd Nilsen calls a “black-earth” exploration policy, which means all anomalies that turn up during airborne geophysical work will be tested by…
A visual inspection tool designed to provide accurate diagnosis of problems inside engines, transmissions and final drives on a variety of mining equipment is now available from Lenox Instrument of Tr…
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