Articles by Northern Miner Staff

High-pressure slurry pumps, manufactured by geho Pumps of the Netherlands, are now available in Canada. The company has established an office in Schofield, Wis. and has formed a new company — geho Pu…

Continuing the remarkable forward trend which has been in progress for several years, Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines, in 1937, marked up increases of 120 per cent in net profits after all charges. The co…

Outokumpu Equipment of Canada has been appointed the agent in Canada for the industrial line of products manufactured by Berthold of West Germany. ** Products include density gauges, level measurement…

Agnico-Eagle Mines has set a $9.6 million exploration budget for 1988. The bulk of the money, about $8.3 million, will be spent on surface and underground exploration for silver in the Cobalt/New Lisk…

The Canadian mining industry loses about $940 million every year because it habitually ignores proper maintenance procedures that could reduce wear and friction in equipment components. That rather st…

Belmoral Mines and its associated companies will spend more than $30 million in 1988 on exploration and development of existing operations and properties. They are located near Val d’Or, Que. and in t…

Teck Corp.’s strategy in 1986 and 1987 was to revitalize its portfolio of properties through deals with junior companies that take advantage of the flow-through share funding so readily available to t…

The exploration arm of the ubiquitous Pezim group of companies is now known as Prime Explorations (formerly Galveston Explorations). In North America, Prime will be involved in nearly 50 exploration p…

Echo Bay Mines’ explorationists had their best year ever in 1987, adding nearly seven million proven and probable mineable ounces of gold to the company’s 1986 reserve of 5.6 million oz. This was acco…

Esso Minerals Canada plans to spend in the neighborhood of $11 million on gold and polymetallic massive sulphide exploration throughout Canada in 1988. About 70% will be directed toward precious metal…

In 1988, Falconbridge Ltd.’s surface exploration budget will be $24 million compared with $22.5 million in 1987. Michael Knuckey, vice-president, exploration, says the proportion of expenditures in su…

Hudson Bay Exploration and Development, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting, will again be concentrating its exploration efforts in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan in 1988. Th…