Much of the earlier buying frenzy on Vancouver has dissipated and the market is now see-sawing its way from one day to the next. Trading volume has dropped about a third from recent highs but it’s sti…
New Athona Mines added a dime to 35 cents on news that its northern Saskatchewan gold property has been optioned. Lenora Explorations, a Toronto Stock Exchange-listed junior, has optioned the claims n…
Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) May 62.15 61.60 62.05 — 1.30 July 62.15 61.65 62.05 — 1.10 Sep…
One man’s waste is another man’s gold. A trite expression to be sure, but a true one nonetheless. And it is one that is starting to be given serious consideration in the mining industry. A company tha…
Three veins uncovered by Mimiska Exploration on its Fern Elizabeth property in Atikokan, Ont., have given the Quebec-based company something to smile about. One of the veins, named the Elizabeth, is a…
The Ontario Caterpillar dealer Crothers Ltd. has opened a 35,000-sq-ft expansion. The new branch is at the Walden Industrial Park, in Sudbury. The company hopes the new facilities will expand sales an…
Your article on the need for co-operation to improve our chances for success in mining technology (March, 1987) is most timely. We have only to look at some of our competitors such as Sweden with its …
The Asbestos Institute in Montreal has announced that Claude Forget is its new president. Forget, an economist and a partner with the consulting firm of secor Inc. of Montreal, succeeds previous pres…
Commissioner Frazer’s report on Hedley Amalgamated, released May 10 by B.C. Premier Thomas Pattullo, contained positive evidence that diamond drill cores had been salted. William Cox, superintendent, …
World metal markets are at their steadiest so far this year and rather quiet … Rumors are being heard here and there that the American price of copper might advance since the world market price has …
The sixth edition of the Catalogue of Geophysical and Geochemical Instrumentation is now available from Scintrex Ltd. More than 20 new products, including the highly successful igs Integrated Geophysi…
The Schaft Creek deposit, 100 miles north of Stewart, B.C., ranks as the largest porphyry copper occurrence in Canada (outside of the Highland Valley). Open pit reserves are 1.07 billion tons grading …
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