TURNAROUND Renabie
The Renabie gold mine, in north-central Ontario, was dogged by financial troubles practically from its inception in the late 1940s. The federal government’s Emergency Gold Mining Act saw it through pe…
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Restigouche may be next base metal mine in N.B.
New Brunswick’s fourth base metal producer could go into production this fall if negotiations involving Marshall Minerals (ASE) and East West Caribou Mining are successful. Toronto-based Marshall has …
FINANCING (May 01, 1989)
ONTARIO Chieftain Int’l — final rec iss offer 8,250,000 @ $13.50(US) to net $107,476,875(US). VANCOUVER Bunker Hill Mng — opt exerc on 700,000 @ $3 per sh. Jacqueline Gold Corp — opt exerc on 100,0…
DETOUR LAKE
When we last visited the Detour Lake operation, 209 km northeast of Timmins, Ont., miners were just beginning to pull up gold from underground following a brief but troubled open-pit phase. Today, one…
Mill start up at Highland Valley
In a move to expand production and increase operating efficiency, Highland Valley Copper relocated two previously shut-down mills to a site adjacent to the former Lornex milling complex at its huge co…
Grant to help Indians in deal with Bond Gold
The Windigo tribal council will receive a $46,000 provincial grant to fund the implementation of an agreement with Bond Gold Canada (TSE). The band will get social and economic benefits from Bond’s Go…
What’s New Portable Crusher
RMS Ross Corp., of Sardis, B.C. is marketing a portable jaw crusher. Mounted and operated on a light- weight steel frame, the Kinetic Crusher uses a comparatively small motor (40 hp) and transfers rel…
What’s New Process Control on PC
A software package for process control has been developed by Combustion Engineering of Toronto. Part of the company’s MOD 30 Plus system, the software is the first step in providing a low-cost, small-…
Inco, Golden Knight encouraged
Partners Inco Gold and Golden Knight Resources (TSE) recently received some encouraging results from the discovery area at their Casa Berardi, Que., gold property. In a 60%-Inco, 40%-Golden Knight joi…
What’s New Blast Monitor
Instantel Inc. of Kanata, Ont., is marketing a new family of seismographs suitable for blast monitoring. The DS-677 BlastMate features electronic storage of up to 30 blast events and a computer interf…
What’s New Loadstar at Westar
The Greenhills mine in southwestern British Columbia began using a new Demag H285 hydraulic excavator in 1988. The unit is the first in Canada, according to Wajax Industries of Etobicoke, Ont., distri…
What’s New Rock Breakers
Two new light-duty impact breakers have been introduced by Ohio- based Allied. Both hammers feature a patented hydraulic design. A nitrogen gas charge minimizes oil fed by the carrier pump, according …