WHAT’S NEW: HOSE ASSEMBLY MADE EASY
Aeroquip (Canada) Inc. has introduced MatchMate Plus, a trademarked crimp hose assembly system that includes a new one-piece global fitting and other enhancements to its popular Match Mate system. The…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
EL INDIO: PRODUCTIVITY IS PRIORITY ONE; An underground and open
The El Indio mine sprawls across several peaks of the Chilean Andes some 4,000 m above sea level. A collection of profitable underground and open-pit mines, the complex lies approximately 190 km east …
BRED IN THE BONE: Appropriately, LAC’s chief of operations was
Decentralized control and mine managers who are fully responsible for each of their mines. Thats the philosophy of LAC Minerals, a million-ounce producer with an empire in both the Americas overseen o…
LAC MINES THE AMERICAS
Modern-day LAC Minerals rests on four pillars — the Doyon mine (featured in the Fall Issue of The Northern Miner Magazine), the Bousquet complex, Bullfrog in Nevada and the El Indio complex in the wi…
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT
Arsenic has been the bugbear at El Indio since its inception. Currently, 93% of the arsenic is captured before it goes out the roaster stacks. LAC is working to increase the gas capture to 98%. Accord…
MINE EXPLORATION
The El Indio complex has reserves that will last for at least another 10 years. At the 3700 level, the deepest mine access, the San Paulo drift is being extended to confirm mineralization and to set u…
FUTURES PRICES (November 25, 1991)
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Nov 104.90 103.80 104.25 – 1.55 Dec 104.55 103.20 103.75 – 0.85 Jan 103.50 103.40 103.15 – 0.75 SILVER (in US cen…
Timmins warrants
Timmins Nickel (TSE) reports that all five million special warrants issued during the summer in a private placement have been exercised and exchanged for five million common shares. The warrants sold …
Agnico president active in market
Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) recently reported the discovery of a new gold-bearing zone 300 ft. north of the main production area at its LaRonde gold mine at Cadillac Twp., Que. President Paul Penna bough…
Synthetic industrial minerals studied
An industrial mineral background paper exploring the development potential for manufacturing synthetic industrial minerals in Ontario was recently released by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Developm…
Funds available for Rabbit Lake review
Participants in the review of Saskatchewan’s Rabbit Lake uranium project are eligible for funding from the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office (FEARO). A fund of up to $125,000 is available…
EDITORIAL PAGE (November 25, 1991)
“Natural resources account for one dollar in every five of the wealth generated by primary and secondary industries in this country. When we consider productivity of workers in Canada’s manufacturing …