Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The only commercially available preparation available for skin burns caused by hydrofluoric acid is being marketed by Pharmascience Inc. of Montreal, Que. H-F Antidote Gel is a calcium gluconate gel t…

In the regular column headed “Suggestion Box” in your June, 1989, issue, Normand Champigny quite rightly points out that ore reserve calculations should be done by a team of professionals, but unfortu…

If the existing rate of gold output is maintained for the last six months of 1939, Canada’s gold production should pass the 5-million- oz mark for the year, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports. …

A positive displacement pump designed for longer life when pumping abrasive, high-viscosity fluids is offered by Robbins & Myers Canada. Called the R&M 1000, the pump’s processing cavity design has no…

I wish to comment on Kerry Knoll’s review of several largely unsuccessful new mines, as published in your June, 1989, issue (see “And Now the Bad News”). I have had no professional association with an…

It isn’t always easy distinguishing between government-planned northern development in Canada and the fruits of mining in those areas. Many believe the mining industry has, for all intents and purpose…

“Welcome to Fantasy Island,” says the neatly- lettered sign on the road from the Colomac airstrip to the bustling site near Steeves Lake in the Northwest Territories. And skeptics believe this really …

A novel man-cooling system has been introduced to the mining industry by Vortec Corp. of Cincinnati, Ohio. The system consists of a helmet with attached cape for body, a vest which distributes cool ai…

Mineral Processing engineers attending the International Conference on Autogenous and Semi-Autogenous Grinding (sag) in Vancouver this month will no doubt be interested in speaking with a representati…

These days only the most promising exploration projects capture the interest of investors or catch the eye of cash-rich major mining companies looking for joint-venture opportunities. A country-wide s…

This is the second of a 2-part article on computerized process control. Part 2 begins where last month’s instalment ended — with a discussion of grinding. The example to be discussed in this sectio…

The continued efforts of the Hon. Onesime Gagnon, Quebec minister of mines and fisheries, toward the development of the Gaspe peninsula will again bear fruit this summer. He was recently advised by th…