Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Gundle Lining Systems of Houston, Tex., recently completed an 8.5-million-sq-ft polyethylene lining project for a mine site in Ridgew ay, S.C. The Ridgeway gold mine is one of the largest mining taili…

Wth the help of a computer graphic technique called “solid modeling,” mining engineers now can combine the accuracy of drill sections and plans with the visual effect of Plexiglas models to produce a …

Cigar Lake Mining Corp. is constructing a test mine at its large and prodigiously rich uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan. “This project is a major step toward development of a full-scale uraniu…

The end of the gold boom (a boom which caused annual world production rates to nearly double in the past nine years) is not yet in sight. World gold production in 1938, according to preliminary estima…

Keith Robinson has been appointed chief operating officer (Canadian operations) and principal consultant for Steffen Robertson & Kirsten’s (srk’s) North American group. He was previously principal own…

Uranium mining has a distinct set Uof problems. In fact, its very disUtinctiveness has led Saskatchewan’s mine-operators to adopt a public relations drive. But first, the question of high grade. For …

Captivating Sudburians as they have charmed the rest of Canada, Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth gave the nickel mining district an additional thrill this week by going underground t…

The trend to fly-in operations did not bypass Key Lake. Situated some 240 km north of the nearest major settlement, La Ronge, Sask., the operation began and continues to function as a fly-in mine. Wor…

George Peebles has a mining assignment that ambitious uranium miners would give their eye teeth for. Cigar Lake is the pre-eminent technical challenge in uranium mining today. The deposit is highly ra…

The Key Lake mine, on the south eastern rim of the Athabasca Sandstone Basin in northern Saskatchewan, has been producing uranium since 1983. The first of two high grade open pits has been exhausted b…

Not all underground mine vehicles are directly involved in bringing muck to surface. Auxiliary equipment is needed by all mines to move miners from place to place, to handle heavy materials and for a …

In Ontario the list of “tipster sheets” and “advisory services” is growing so quickly that the Ontario Securities Commission in response to public requests is investigating the situation. The “tipster…