Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Hindsight, as they say, is always perfect. But a pleasing view from that perspective requires prior foresight. As, for example, the foresight displayed by Les Mines Selbaie in 1984, when in the midst …

Lead prices have been trending upward since 1985 and currently stand at 42 cents (us) per lb. We expect slumping automobile sales and new mine production to bring them back down to 38 cents (us) per …

The battle lines are being drawn Tfor the world tunnel-boring- Tmachine (TBM) market. And in North America, the Canadian hardrock mining industry is a significant part of that market. Using surface di…

A diesel-powered, heavyweight hydraulic mining excavator, with a 11.5-cu-m bucket, has been introduced by Harnischfeger of Milwaukee, Wis. The Model 1550 shovel comes equipped with a Cummins KTTA 38 C…

Running the only tin mine on the continent may sound like a prestigious job. But try making ore out of mineralization that assays as low as 0.12% tin. It can be a very trying experience, especially w…

I was interested by your open query in the August, 1989, issue, as to the longest-operating mine in the world, because I have worked at the Dome mine in northern Ontario and also at two mines in Europ…

In the second paragraph of Norm Avery’s article, “The Thiourea Option” (May, 1989, issue), he states in reference to thiourea, “it is not carcinogenic in man * * .” I am seeking the basis for this rat…

When a joint venture is established, a fiduciary relationship is created among the parties to the joint venture (remember the court case between lac Minerals and Corona Corp. over the Page/ Williams m…

Metals analysts are supposed to be Mseers. In truth, they can only Mpolish the prism through which we see very imperfectly the future. Yet occasionally an analyst is so skilled or lucky that his predi…

In early June, heavy rainfall turned Imuch of Western Australia into a Igiant mud puddle, creating problems for at least two industries in the outback — sheep farming and mining. With fresh water out…

The Ontario government, through the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commission, is making preparations to actively explore and develop and bring into production the lignite beds at Blacksmith…

A discovery of importance — the first brand new surface ore discovery in the Kirkland Lake camp for years — appears indicated on the Amalgamated Kirkland Gold Mines property, adjoining south of Maca…