The 1987 Coal Review BYRON CREEK
Byron Creek Collieries, a unit of Esso Resources Canada, operates the Coal Mountain mine in southeast- ern British Columbia. The mine, about 32 km south of Sparwood, B.C., supplies bituminous coal to …
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Two views of free trade from two sides of the border
Noranda Inc. had sales of approximately $6.2 billion in 1986. Although Noranda sells many different kinds of products to many countries around the world, the biggest customer for its goods is the Unit…
THE 1987 COAL REVIEW
More and more, it would seem, Canada’s coal industry is in a period of major transition. The world shortage of coal in the late-1970s and early-1980s has been replaced with difficult years of oversupp…
The 1987 Coal Review LUSCAR
With a history of more than 75 years of continuous operations, Luscar Ltd. is one of western Canada’s best-established and most diversified coal companies. It operates five modern surface mines to pr…
FUTURES PRICES Metal Prices (February 01, 1988)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Feb — — 110.80 — Mar 103.80 …
What’s New ELECTRONIC BLASTER’S GUIDE
A new, pocket-size, full-featured electronic blaster’s guide is now available from Du Pont Canada’s Applied Technology & Blasting Services group. It is a programmable 16K computer that contains nine s…
50 Years Ago FEBRUARY, 1938 HAVE WE MADE THE MOST OF $35 GOLD?
Fifty-seven per cent of our gold mines have developed out of properties which had been abandoned or became otherwise dormant. Only 36 1/2 % have been de veloped directly and con tinuously from the ori…
Huldra stockpiling ore at Treasure Mtn.
An initial bulk sample from Huldra Silver’s Treasure Mountain property east of Hope, B.C., has netted the company $344,265. The 407-ton sample, obtained from surface mining of the C vein, was processe…
Suppliers’ Notes (February 01, 1988)
A new 480-page occupational safety and health catalogue is available from Toronto, Ont.-based Safety House of Canada. Safety House, one of Canada’s major suppliers of safety equipment, medical supplie…
Coal Association, Canmet fund new research study
A new study to jointly recommend new coal research and development plans will be funded by the Coal Association of Canada, and the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, (canmet). A joint an…
Westmin to operate Premier gold mine
When the Granduc Copper mine closed al most four years ago followed by Scottie Gold the town of Stewart prepared for the worst. But the last thing anybody should do is write off an historic mining tow…
Queries Dealer says buying gold is easy matter
I’ve read how easy it is to buy gold from a bank or trust company such as Guardian Trust. But how do you go about selling it? Is it easy to do? Do you have to pay any fees? J.K., Scarborough, Ont. Ac…