PEOPLE TERRATECH RESOURCES
Gerry Curtis appointed president and chief executive officer and director succeeding Hugh Cameron who has resigned but continues as a director; Neil Paget appointed chairman of the board.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
National Research Council trying to improve drills, bits
The National Research Council has been involved in studies which it hopes will prove useful to the diamond drilling industry. The current status of research seeks to refine testing devices for the ass…
Davis optimistic on B.C.’s mining future
Jack Davis, British Columbia’s minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, told members of the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association that B.C.’s mining industry enjoyed a period of “relative pr…
Epp urges miners to voice land-use views
At the 8th annual mineral outlook conference held in Ottawa recently, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Jake Epp advised miners to get involved early in the consultation phase on the issue of la…
B.C. increases grants
Mineral prospectors will get help from British Columbia’s $500,000 Prospector’s Assistance and Training program. “These grants help the prospectors of today search for the mines of tomorrow,” said Min…
New projects mean new challenges for Cominco
The challenges involved in starting several new operations dominated the recent annual meeting of Cominco (TSE). President Robert Hallbauer told shareholders that the company was applying its consider…
PEOPLE INGERSOLL-RAND
Daniel Kletter elected vice-president. He also remains president of the company’s Construction Equipment Group.
PEOPLE ACADEMY RESOURCES
Ted Yardley appointed to the Board of Directors.
Low sales continue to plague Potash Corp.
A substantial drop in sales to the Potash Co. of America as it resumed its own production at the Patience Lake mine was the main factor behind a 84% first-quarter earnings tumble for Potash Corp. of S…
Safety important issue says new CDDA President
C.D. (Bud) MacDonald has been president of the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association for only several weeks, but already he expects that safety will be one of the more important issues to be dealt wit…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Noranda clarifies `tin suit’
For the record, your April 23 issue referred to “Tin suit fails” in which it was indicated that Noranda lost its suit against the federal government over the International Tin Council affair. In fact,…
INSIDE Australian rig a major innovation
Hailed by some as the most exciting and innovative development in the drilling industry since the introduction of the wire-line core system, the multi- purpose drill rig system developed in Australia …