Profile The Luck of a Low-Grader
Dennis MacLeod has this thing about ore grades. He likes to find ways of making money at grades so low that most of the mining fraternity would turn its nose up at it. It’s no wonder he was attracted …
News
ON THE MOVE PALL INDUSTRIAL HYDRAULICS CORP.
John Kuzina has been appointed vice-president of industrial sales for Pall Industrial Hydraulics Corp., based in East Hills, N.Y. He joined Pall Corp. in 1983 as market sales specialist and recently s…
Suppliers’ Notes NCR CORP.
A 3-year agreement has been signed, naming NCR Corp. as the nationally authorized hardware service vendor for Jonas & Erickson’s end-users operating on IBM hardware as well as other peripheral equipme…
CROSS CUTS An Ocean of Gold
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…
I, Robot
Standing in the yard of Tamrock’s expanding manufacturing plant in Tampere, Finland, James McCormack, a project mine engineer for Placer Development rolls his eyes at a computerized jumbo being demons…
Letters Seeing Things
During the last few years i have had the opportunity to work with a number of young geologists from whom I have learned that geological mapping or core-logging is an illusion — an illusion in the sen…
CROSS CUTS Keep it Simple
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…
CORE SHACK The Ketza River Property
Ketza River, a “pipe and manto” deposit consisting of both primary sulphide and secondary oxide ores, is in central Yukon, about 50 miles south of Ross River and 180 miles north-northeast of Whitehors…
WHAT’S NEW The tools of Automation Tough Computer Terminals
Bromac Industrial Controls (Downsview, Ont.) has begun marketing computer terminals designed and manufactured by Gamma Products. Sealed in a non-ventilated cast aluminum case, these terminals can be h…
WHAT’S NEW The Tools of Automation A Speedy Loader
Wajax Industries is marketing the newest front-end loader from Marathon LeTourneau. Labelled the L-1100, the 1,050-hp loader has a breakout force of 188,000 lb and a payload capacity of 33 tons in a 2…
Suppliers’ Notes ARMCO CANADA
Armco Canada and Stelco Inc. have announced the construction of a new manufacturing plant in Kamloops, B.C. — MOLY-COP Canada. Designed to produce forged, heat-treated grinding balls up to five inch…
Suppliers’ Notes INGERSOLL-RAND CANADA
Ingersoll-Rand Canada of Montreal, Que., has appointed Wajax Industries as its authorized distributor for underground drilling equipment throughout Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.