CROSS-CUTS ONTARIO’S ACCIDENTS LOWEST EVER
The Mines Accident Prevention Association of Ontario says 1986 saw the lowest accident frequency rate ever recorded in the history of Ontario’s mining industry. During the year the lost- time injury f…
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ON THE MOVE Association of Professional Geologists and
The new president of the Association of Professional Geologists and Geophysicists of Quebec (apggq) is France Goupil. An engineer and geophysicist, Goupil won the Dominique-Rollin Award of Excellence…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES Deister Concentrator Co.
The Deister Concentrator Co., of Fort Wayne, Ind., has completed two agreements with Sala International AB, of Sala, Sweden, for manufacturing and marketing of Deister’s Flotaire Flotation Cell in wor…
TECH CORP. New LIfe for Lamaque
For 50 years the Lamaque mine in northwestern Quebec turned out enough gold — more than 4.5 million oz — to make it Quebec’s biggest gold producer. Today, little more than a year since the decision …
TECK CORP. Tie Breaker
When Teck Corp. put together an international consortium to buy a controlling interest in Cominco Ltd., it was not so much a story of David toppling Goliath as one of David simply looking out for his …
TECK CORP Model Miner
By just about any measure, Teck Corp. is the model mining company of the 1980s. The foundation of the com pany’s future is its low-cost, long-life orebodies. They are the envy of the mining world, di…
TECH CORP Peace in the Valley
British Columbia’s Highland Valley area was one of the worst-hit mining districts in the country when the recession of the early 1980s brought lower metal prices. However, a restructuring of the three…
Teck Corp. Off and Running
The euphoria, though less feverish than in the early 1980s, is still with us. You can feel it in the office towers on Bay Street and you can almost taste it in the booming towns of northwestern Ontar…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Gold stocks took a tumble
There’s nothing quite like the force of gravity to settle down a market. Proving once again that what goes up always comes down. Vancouver gold stocks tumbled sharply during the week reflecting profit…
$1 million program set for Southlands
Southlands Mining plans to spend at least $1 million this year on Eureka Resources’ Frasergold project, 62 miles east of Williams Lake, B.C. The program will be partly financed by a flow-through share…
Copper more cost-competitive, Phelps Dodge president says
The next eight years (to 1995) should be a time of consolidation and opportunity for the copper industry, says the chairman of the board and president of Phelps Dodge in the United States. “Although w…
Exploration funds for Que. company
An agreement worth $2.5 million has been signed by Exploration Miniere Ligneris for its 1987 exploration program with Oberon, President Benoit Violette announced at the company’s recent annual meeting…