Cassiar mine running on new feed
Although block caving operations at the Cassiar asbestos mine in northern British Columbia have encountered some problems with oversize material, the average ore grade has been considerably higher tha…
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Startup problems at Oracle Ridge
Problems with the installation of the ball mill are continuing to delay startup at the Oracle Ridge project near Tucson, Ariz. Oracle Ridge is a partnership between South Atlantic Ventures (VSE) with …
EDITORIAL PAGE Push button markets
What’s with the price of gold today? The Berlin Wall tumbles, the Soviet Union tries to turn a new page, oil jumps to US$40 per barrel (for a brief period, anyway) and war breaks out in the Persian Gu…
Tougher times ahead for metals markets
It wasn’t the best of years in 1990 for metals prices, but it wasn’t the worst, either. After the heady times of the late 1980s, precious and base metals began feeling the effects of a softening econo…
Placer Dome interests extend to Papua New Guinea
Although Placer Dome (TSE) recently made two major North American acquisitions that promise to greatly increase its future gold production — the Mount Milligan property and a 45% interest in Stikine …
Mining industry addresses environmental concerns
The mining industry in Ontario continues to demonstrate its leadership in the area of environmental protection, the Ontario Mining Association (OMA) says. While providing the products demanded by soci…
INSIDE Top strategy
The Goldstrike gold project in Nevada is expected to keep American Barrick Resources in the black for a long time to come. A favorite of investors, the Toronto-based mining company has been the top-pe…
Stock performance keeps Barrick a front-runner
Staying ahead of the pack in a bear market isn’t an easy task, but Toronto-based gold producer American Barrick Resources (TSE) has been remarkably good at it. “Our stock performance has been better t…
Global economy subject to winds of change
The past 12 months will figure prominently in history books. The momentous changes that have swept through Europe will alter the political face of the world as much as Saddam Hussein’s brazen invasion…
SPECIAL – OUTLOOK 1991; Companies learn to cope withall of the
When mining executives look ahead to 1991 they do so having experienced one of the most tumultuous decades in recent history. Uncertainty is now a basic assumption. Increasing volatility — of commodi…
INSIDE Stormy days
Turbulence is forecast for the nickel market this year but for the rest of the decade, demand should help sustain a healthy price. It was in 1988 that the nickel price went wild, topping US$10 per lb….
INSIDE Papua output
A major factor in the near- term growth of international gold producer Placer Dome is an interest in two large mines, Porgera and Misima, in Papua New Guinea. Total production at Porgera is expected t…