COMPUTER PROCESS CONTROL Part 1
There is a wide distribution in the Tdegree to which process control Tis applied in North American gold mills. We believe that the distribution is decidedly skewed toward pre dominantly manual contro…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
FORMIDABLE EXPERTISE
More than 700 people in and around the town of Campbell River on Vancouver Island make their living in Strathcona Provincial Park, some earning more than $80,000 per year. These people aren’t raking l…
Managing STRESS TAKES A HOLIDAY
We have all recently been exposed to a jingle on television that asserts “I need a vacation, gotta get away. * * .” We can even relate to it, but what have we done about it? I was part of a discussion…
Editor’s Note CLEANING UP
Treating the natural environment as an unquenchable toxic sponge never was a solution to mining’s waste disposal problems. The mining industry has slowly come to understand this, through the whip of g…
MINING GOES GREEN
Industry and government are grappling with the question of how much pollution is acceptable Nineteen eighty-nine is shaping up to be the year of decision on the environment. Industry and business have…
CYANIDE SOLUTIONS TIONS
An increasing number of Canadian gold mills are turning to chemical treatment processes to destroy and recycle toxic cyanide. Today, environmental protection laws in Canada are increasingly patterned …
LEACH PAD LEADERS
Heap leachers continue to refine their techniques for fatter profits. By Olav Svela Innovation has been a hallmark of the heap leachers. That may be because this mineral extraction process itself was…
Treminco opens Ptarmigan mine at Yellowknife, N.W.T.
The official opening of Treminco Resources (TSE) Ptarmigan gold mine took place a week ago at Yellowknife. The mill has been operating on a 2-shift basis (afternoon and graveyard) with ore being hoist…
Gold Vessel to earn 49% of Manitou bet
Gold Vessel Resources (ASE) recently agreed to earn a 49% stake in Societe Miniere Louvem’s (TSE) former Manitou base metal mine in Bourlamaque Twp., east of Val d’Or, Que. From 1942 to 1979, before t…
Toronto Stock Exchange Indices (July 31, 1989)
1989 July 25July 24July 21July 20July 19HIGH LOW Composite “300” 3899.77 3893.83 3901.36 3886.15 3872.64 3901.36 3353.13 Metals & Minerals 3316.10 3295.39 3327.60 3309.61 3308.75 3564.92 32…
Aur sizes up Louvicourt deposit
Despite all of the speculation that has accompanied a series of drill results at the Aur Resources (TSE), Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE) project near here, the joint venture is still trying to get a han…
Amax earnings lower in 1989
Although gold production rose 26% for the first six months of this year, Amax Gold Inc. (TSE) reported a decrease in net earnings for both its 1989 first half and second quarter. The company reported …