Down the Drain
Back in July, 1985, the Alberta Oil Sands Technology Research Authority (aostra) invited tenders to design and manufacture an underground drill rig to test a proposed method of recovering bitumen from…
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Suppliers’ Notes QUANTECH CONSULTING
A new company, Quantech Consulting, opened its Toronto headquarters in June, 1986, to fill the need for geophysical contracting and consulting on a worldwide basis. Services include underground minin…
50 Years Ago –JANUARY, 1937– ATHABASCA GOLD FINDS APPEAR HIGHLY
What appears to be important new gold discoveries have been made on Norite Bay, Lake Athabasca. The finds were made just before freeze-up, but sufficient information has already been secured to indica…
50 Years Ago –JANUARY 1937– BASE METAL PRICES SOAR AGAIN ON
On Tuesday came the announcement that the copper production restriction agreement had been abandoned. This means producers in Africa, Chile and other countries, which are parties to the agreement, wil…
50 Years Ago –JANUARY, 1937– LEITCH GOLD MOVES INTO PRODUCTION
The first of the 1937 crop of gold producers in Canada made its bow on January 10 with the turning over of the new mill at the Leitch Gold Mines property, pioneer operator of the new Beardmore-Sand Ri…
CROSS CUTS An Outsider’s View
The following remarks were heard from people who attended the Mining Automation Symposium, in Sudbury, Ont., Oct 15-16, 1986. We think they provide a good illustration of the diversity of opinion in t…
WHAT’S NEW The Tools of Automation Programmable Controllers
A new generation of programmable controllers has been introduced by Asea Inc. of Saint-Laurent, Que. The MasterPiece 100 family of controllers includes adaptive and pid controllers; logic control; seq…
WHAT’S NEW The Tools of Automation Beefed Up Excavator
Caterpillar has beefed up its Cat 225 hydraulic excavator. Using a direct- injection Cat 3208 diesel engine rated at 108 kW, engine power has been increased 7%. The additions of a 3.9-tonne counterwei…
Suppliers’ Notes AUTOCLAVE ENGINEERS
Pennsylvania-based Autoclave Engineers is to become the exclusive North American distributor of Maximator hydraulic pumps and gas compressors. Maximator products are used in the mining and petrochemic…
WHAT’S NEW The Tools of Automation Economical Excavator
Komatsu Canada (Mississauga, Ont. and Richmond, B.C.) is marketing a 5.9-cu-yd hydraulic excavator equipped with a 404-hp diesel engine. The company’s unique, open- centre, load-sensing system automat…
CROSS CUTS Heroes and Leaders
The following remarks were heard from people who attended the Mining Automation Symposium, in Sudbury, Ont., Oct 15-16, 1986. We think they provide a good illustration of the diversity of opinion in t…
ON THE MOVE NORCAST INC.
The Calgary-based mining equipment manufacturer Norcast Inc. has appointed Mark Pipke to regional sales manager. Pipke has held senior positions in the beneficiation area as well as special project w…