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Employees at Equity Silver Mines are enjoying an excellent safety record but this wasn’t always the case. In 1981, 14 lost-time injuries were recorded and eight the following year. As a result, manage…

Optiscan Data Conversions is offering a custom service converting text libraries and files to computer data, using “intelligent” Optical Recognition equipment. This scanning equipment converts mechan…

Three raises have been completed as part of the extensive surface and underground exploration program at the Magnacon project in the Mishibishu Lake area of northern Ontario, Jack McAdam, president of…

Atlas Copco AB of Stockholm has signed an agreement to buy the assets of Chicago Pneumatic from the parent company Danaher Corp. of Washington D.C. for $85.5 mi llion(US). The purchase unites the two …

China will be using technology from Peoria, Ill. -based Caterpillar Inc. to manu facture models of track-type tractors, wheel- loaders, log-skidders and engines. Also, the Caterpillar World Trading C…

SEW-Eurodrive Co. of Canada has named Fred Arcon as president. Prior to the appo intment, Arcon held the position of vice-president. He will now be responsible f or the marketing, sales, production an…

This prediction can be made: within a year the Quebec government will be on it s knees pleading to Ontario mining men to please, please come back. It will be lucky if it does not find them too busy el…

Geological ore reserves on the Carbonate Hill property in Colorado, in the Cripple Creek mining district, have been calculated to be 14 million tons grading 0.031 oz gold per ton, Levon Resources repo…

Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne Date July 28 July 27 July 24 July 23 July 22 Copper 1075-1076 N/A 1068-1069 1066.5-1067.5 1063-1065 Lead 390-391 N/…

Inco Ltd. scratched back into the black during the second quarter ended June 30. For the period, the giant nickel producer earned $13.8 million or 11 cents per share compared to a loss of $5 million …

Acquisition hungry Granges Exploration has taken an equity position in International Curator Resources which could lead to full control within a year. The latter has a number of impressive gold proper…

Last year even the president of Imperial Metals admitted his company was “somewhat of an enigma,” arguing in the process that it wasn’t as difficult to understand on a “sector- by-sector basis.” Since…