Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Gold for $88 an oz. at David Bell mine

Low production costs of $88 per oz. at the David Bell mine and $198 at the Williams mine, both in the Hemlo camp of northern Ontario, helped Teck (TSE) maintain first-quarter earnings of more than $20…


Kenora Gold deal

Toronto-based Kenora Gold Occurrences (ASE) has signed a memorandum of agreement to acquire a 49% interest in the 2-claim MWF gold prospect in Matheson Twp., Ont. The deal was made recently with prosp…




Pine Point earnings fall in first quarter

Lower zinc prices in the first quarter of 1990 resulted in a 38% earnings drop for Pine Point Mines (TSE). Net earnings for the quarter totalled $14 million ($3.02 per share), compared with $22.5 mill…




PRODUCER PRICES (May 07, 1990)

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US72.75- 4.75 per lb. (Apr. 26, 1990). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US82-84 per lb. (Apr. 19, 1990). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$4.25-4.35 per lb. (Apr. 26, 1990). CADMIUM: New Y…



WHAT’S NEW: FERROMAGNETIC MONITOR

A Compact PLC Idec Canada is marketing a compact programmable “logic controller” (PLC) manufactured in Japan. The units, ideal for replacing relay and timer circuits, are being distributed in Canada b…


HIGH-TECH OPERATIONS — THE MANLESS MILL

Distributed control systems (DCS) were introduced in the mid-1970s, according to Isabelle Clauzier and Burton Roberts of B.R.I.C. Systems Integrators, who delivered a paper on the subject at an operat…


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