General News & Comment Forum on gold
The Randol Gold Forum 88 is scheduled to take place in Yuma, Ariz., on Jan 23-24, 1988. The conference is the fifth on the subject by Randol International, and celebrates the 10th anniversary of the c…
News
Cove options Nelson mines
Cove Energy Corp. recently announced several corporate developments including options on two former precious metals producers near Nelson, B.C., a private placement with a European financial instituti…
Dumping on potash
With half the world’s potash reserves on tap, enough to supply the world’s needs for the next few millenia, you’d think Canada’s potash industry would be able to sit back and take the long view. Inste…
WHAT’S NEW MILLING EQUIPMENT En Masse Conveyor
Gerber Industries of Minnetonka, Minn., has designed a conveyor that it says simplifies maintenance and improves ease-of-operation. The en masse conveyor features reduced noise, dust, maintenance and …
WHAT’S NEW Open pit equipment Automatic Excavators
When you look for trends in an industry, the lea ders are often the b ig guys. Well, by far the biggest open pit mining operations in this country are Alberta’s oil sands operations north of Fort McM…
Dumping on potash A Flood of problems
Relief from the crushing supply situation facing Canadian potash producers could come this year in the form of an “Act of God.” While the 6.7 million tonnes produced in Canada last year exasperated wo…
WHAT’S NEW UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT Mining Software
Tony Clark Consulting (Vancouver, B.C.) has acquired the rights to market techbase, a database software system developed by Minesoft of Denver, Colo. The agreement covers British Columbia and “adjacen…
WHAT’S NEW UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT Management Software
Conspec Controls (Buffalo, N.Y.) is marketing a computerized mine management system capable of scheduling mine equipment maintenance and monitoring various environmental factors such as over- and unde…
Base metal reactivation a success for Brenda
The reactivation of Brenda Mines’ base metal operation near Peachland, B.C., is proving to be quite a success story. Net earnings for 1986 totalled $1.84 million or 40 cents per share and the situati…
Cliff to acquire Reno gold mine
Cliff Resources will acquire the Olinghouse gold mine northeast of Reno, Nev., the Toronto based company announced recently. According to Chairman Gary Last, the open pit mine will resume operations i…
RESEARCH PGM deposits: A new model
Before writing off that long-ignored nickel-copper-platinum prospect, consider a re-examination of the property in light of a new genetic model devised by Prof David Watkinson of Carleton University, …
WHAT’S NEW Underground Equipment A manless truck
Four years ago, at about the Fsame time it decided to market continuous mucking machine, Inco Ltd. laid plans to develop a rapid truck haulage system to keep up with these high production rates. The m…