Two Washington state-based environmental consulting, Hart Crowser and Pentec Environmental, are expected to merge in early January for an undisclosed sum.
Hart Crowser, which offers mining consulting through subsidiary Pincock, Allen & Holt (acquired in 1993), will add Pentec’s Edmonds office to it stable of 10 North American offices, one of which is in Vancouver. No jobs will be lost at the private firms as a result of the merger, and new positions will be available.
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting to expand its zinc plant in Flin Flon, Man.
The work is expected to cost up to $100 million and boost production at the plant by 15% to 114,000 tonnes of cast metal per year. The expansion program, expected to last two years, will include the replacement of the electrolytic tankhouse and modifications to the pressure leach and purification sections and the casting facilities.
The company has also been hired by TVX Gold to build a mine at the Toronto-based miner’s Olympias gold deposit in Greece. Construction of the US$250-million operation will include an underground conveyor and portal, a concentrator and a plant that processes ore through bio-oxidation and pressure oxidation. The deal is worth $30 million for SNC, and work is expected to be completed in 2002.
Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar has received an award from an industry organization for its efforts in promoting mining.
The Prazen Award was given to the company by The National Mining Hall of Fame for its Common Ground educational video, distributed so far to more than 30,000 U.S. teachers. The company estimates that 13 million people have seen the video since its release in 1992.
The award is named after Gary Prazen, a Utah sculptor known for his mining related works.
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