Articles by Northern Miner Staff

MINER BRIEFS — Aluminum smelter

Joint venture partners SNC-Lavalin of Montreal and Johannesburg-based Engineering Management Services say they will join with Alusaf Ltd. to construct the world’s largest aluminum smelter ever built a…


MINER BRIEFS — Transpacific debt

Transpacific Resources (TSE) says it is carrying out a restructuring under which its approximate $6-million debt will be converted to equity. The company has plans to commercialize its patented techno…


MINER BRIEFS — Goodfellow award

Goodfellow Consultants Inc. of Mississauga, Ont., recently won the Canada Award for Business Excellence in the environmental category. The award recognizes the company for its leading-edge technology …


MINER BRIEFS — Big Quill plant

An employee-owned potassium sulphate plant was recently officially opened near Wynyard, Sask. The owner, Big Quill Resources, expanded the plant, initially a pilot project of the Potash Corp. of Saska…



Study shows shortage of skilled environment workers

A shortage of technically skilled workers and management is threatening the long-term success of Canada’s $6-billion-per-year environment industry, warns Employment and Immigration Canada. A study by …






Call for papers (November 23, 1992)

The Calgary Mineral Exploration Group will be holding its Second Annual Mining Forum March 3-4, 1993, at the Ramada Hotel in downtown Calgary. Interested individuals are invited to submit papers to be…


EDITORIAL PAGE — Moving in the right circles

A reader glancing through early issues of The Northern Miner will no doubt come across the name Hollinger quite frequently in news stories. The reference might be to the spectacular gold mine in the T…


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