TECH CORP. Yukon Paydirt
Teck Corp. manages the small (4,000-oz-per-year) Granville joint venture, in the Yukon’s famous Klondike district on behalf of Balner Enterprises (40%). Operations are seasonal at the placer gold mine…
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CROSS-CUTS TOWERING INFERNO
Mining equipment manufacturers are always on the lookout for areas in which to diversify, and Connellsville Elevator Corp. of Pennsylvania seems to have found a market niche just waiting to be filled….
ON THE MOVE Schroeder Brothers Corp.
Albert Fages has been named product manager, filtration products, for Schroeder Brothers Corp., an American manufacturer of diagnostic and filtration products for hydraulic systems.
Editor’s Note Teck’s Future
When we sat down to plan for an issue of The Northern Miner Magazine that would feature Teck Corp., we did so because we felt Teck was an example of the best in Canadian mining. Teck has been an innov…
PROFILE A Practical Academic
Ask 76-year-old Teck Corp. founder Dr Norman Bell Keevil Sr which mine remains his favorite. The answer is not one of the company’s recent multi-million dollar ventures but his first find in 1954, the…
ON THE MOVE Mingold Resources
Toronto mining consultant Edward Thompson has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Mingold Resources, a newly formed company based in Toronto. Thompson has served as a senior execut…
LETTERS Foreign Explorers
We read with great interest the March issue of The Northern Miner Magazine dealing with Exploration ’87. We noticed that the picture which was supposed to illustrate the draft article which we submitt…
TECK CORP Newfoundland Zinc: Ready to Go
With the drop in the price of zinc and declining ore grades, Teck has no immediate plans to re-open the Newfoundland Zinc mine although an improvement in price could trigger a production decision. The…
TECK CORP. A Jackpot in the Arctic
When, in 1968, bush pilot and prospector Bob Baker spotted a mineral-stained creek in northwestern Alaska, he reported the unusual observation to the U.S. Geological Survey. Little did he know he had…
TECK CORP. Hemlo Mine’s Future in Judges’ Hands
By the time you read this, the Ontario Court of Appeal may have handed down one of the most important decisions ever made by a Canadian court concerning the mining industry — Lac Minerals vs. Interna…
TECK CORP. The Biggest and the Best
When Cominco’s new lead smelter at Trail, B.C., opens in early 1989, it will mark substantial completion of a half-billion-dollar modernization of the world’s largest zinc-lead metallurgical complex. …
TECK CORP. 74 Years of Mining
Gold is becoming increasingly important to Teck Corp. bringing the company full circle to its early history as one of Canada’s largest gold mine operators. The “new” Teck emerged in 1963, the golden a…