Letters (November 02, 1990)
Duport Your article “The Refractory Riddle” was excellent, but contained some omissions: You did not mention that the Duport autoclave and cyanide leach plant would be located on the mainland, outside…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
On the move (November 02, 1990)
Ralph Denholm has been appointed to the position of service manager for Nordberg Machinery in Guelph, Ont. Denholm has been with Nordberg since 1969, most rcently as materials manager. This newly crea…
Old mines never die…they become garbage dumps
Canadian mining communities have for years pondered, with considerable dread, what would happen when the motherlode runs dry. But the ascendancy of environmental protection as the political issue of t…
Cross-cuts
DOOM AND GLOOM FOR MANY PRECIOUS METALS Apart from gold, not all is well with precious metals. And a good argument can be made that silver, platinum and palladium should continue to disappoint. The re…
Metals in review
Metals prices have had a pretty good run since the end of the recession. Nickel, for example, touching the US$10.80 mark. Copper edging US$1.69 per lb. But what now? The 1982-83 recession isn’t distan…
Automated Equipment
Automatic Lubricators A new system of single-point automatic lubricators may help mine operators save money. Perma Distributors describes its product as less costly than central automatic lubrication …
Internal responsibility
If you have been rubbing elbows recently with your counterparts in the mining industry, you may have heard the buzz term “IRS” being bandied about. No, they haven’t run afoul of the U.S. Internal Reve…
Denison sell-off
Toronto-based Denison Mines (TSE) has put nearly 100 pieces of mobile mining equipment up for sale from its Elliot Lake uranium mine, following a downsizing of operations at the site earlier this year…
U.S. REPORT Crowfoot-Lewis output sets record of 26,200 oz. gold
The Crowfoot-Lewis mine reported record gold production in the 1990 third quarter when the open pit operation turned out 26,200 oz. of gold. This compares to production of 24,000 oz. in the third quar…
Glimmer, Noranda pick up ground near Beatty-Hislop
Joint venture partners Glimmer Resources (VSE) and Noranda (TSE) have acquired another 8.5 claims around their Beatty-Hislop gold discovery near Matheson, Ont. The companies recently added the new cla…
COATS (Over-the-counter) Whisper starts to shout
Little-known Whisper Lake Resources vaulted into the market this week with plans to drill some favorable anomalies on a gold property south of Chibougamau, Que. Whisper gained 15 cents for the week en…
Record production, earnings for Barrick
Record gold production, earnings and revenue were reported by American Barrick Resources (TSE) for the third quarter and first nine months of 1990. Gold output during the quarter totalled 163,366 oz.,…