Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A new smelter featuring continuous copper processing technology is being planned for Texas by Mitsubishi Metal. The smelter, with the capacity to produce 200,000 tonnes per year, is on the drawing boa…

Hisway Mining Corp. has merged with Hisway Resources Corp. (HIS:VSE) under the latter name. Hisway Mining shareholders receive one new share for two old shares; Hisway Resources shareholders receive o…

Recently raising $3.5 million in two separate private placements was Nova-Cogesco Resources (TSE). One placement, which raised $1 million, was completed with Aur Resources (TSE) which purchased flow-t…

In the declining years of an orebody, it is tempting to starve the mine as early as possible of capital improvements and thus “maximize,” “optimize” and otherwise milk the mine’s cash flow. But the to…

In the coming decade, senior operations people will have to mine and mill more product at less cost and do so without additional harm to the environment. No surprise there for operating personnel. The…

Trackless haulage is as ancient as mining itself. The original trackless hauler was that infamous biped known as man. More recently, diesel-powered, rubber-tired haulers have satisfied the need for mo…

Everyone involved with mining in Canada is well aware of the importance of improving productivity and lowering costs in order to preserve our international competitiveness. One way to achieve this is …

About 2800 million years ago, the North American craton was forming and stabilizing. Gradually, pulses of activity deep below the surface formed the greenstone belts which contain a large proportion o…

Environment and health issues are at the top of the public agenda. National opinion polls consistently report that a majority of Canadians identify the environment as their most important concern. Thi…

Charles Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest caused an uproar in the genteel Victorian society of his time. More than a century later, this principle can be applied to the evolution of northwest…

Tydac Technologies of Ottawa will release a new version of its geographic information system (GIS) called spans, in January, 1990. Enhancements have been facilitated by an operating system (called OS…

Geologist Peter Gummer of Claude Resources and two of his colleagues have garnered some academic interest with their suggestion that kimberlite volcanism should be seriously researched as the kind of …