Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A hose that can endure constant flexing at low temperatures has been introduced by Aeroquip Canada. The FC690 Polyon thermoplastic hose, specially designed for over-the- sheave and general hydraulic s…

The French have a saying: “As false as a diamond from Canada.” The phrase orig inates with a load of “diamonds” the explorer Jacques Cartier uncovered near the St. Lawrence River in 1541 and subsequen…

Bailey Controls of Burlington, Ont., introduces the PI750 intelligent process indicator/monitor. Only two models cover the full range of inputs. An ac model can be ranged from 1 to 600 VAC, while the …

At these prices, it’s a steal. We’re talking about solid gold frying pans. “Pure unalderated gold would make a superb frying pan because it diffuses heat more evenly than iron or copper. Being chemica…

In the picturesque Black Hills of South Dakota, heap leachers are learning at an accelerated pace what mining companies across the continent are discovering: people want action on environmental concer…

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 …