WHAT’S NEW Walking on water
Exploration companies are discovering they don’t have to wait until freeze-up to perform induced polarization (ip) surveys over lakes. This past summer, on the waters of Red Lake, Ont., the rubber boa…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Stillwater runs deep
Last year platinum prices reached $682(US) and demand hit a record hi gh of 2.4 million oz. The result? A handful of Canadian entrepreneurs scrambling to get a foothold on the many geological terrains…
INNOVATIONS Revolutionary Reamer
Most mine engineers have heard, one way or another, about the development in Quebec of a new way to drive raises in underground mines. Tests have shown the method is faster and less expensive than con…
ON THE MOVE CANADA INVESTMENT CAPITAL
Canada Investment Capital (cic) has named Ernest Woodcare as president and chief executive officer of the explosives businesses it plans to acquire from the Du Pont Co. and Du Pont Canada. Woodcare h…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES ISM KREBSOGE
International Sintered Metals of Guelph, Ont., has been acquired by Sintermetallwerk Krebsoge gmbh, a West German- based manufacturer of precision sintered metal components of the automotive and other…
WHAT’S NEW A robot survey instrument
Geodimetrics ab of Sweden has developed a monitoring system for detecting the risk of wall failure in open pit mines. Marketed in Canada by Geodimeter of Canada, the system consists of a survey instru…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES MASTER BOND
A new, one-component, heat-curable epoxy adhesive called Supreme 3ND has been introduced by New Jersey-based Master Bond. The system offers both high shear and high peel strength when cured. Tensile s…
ON THE MOVE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND MINES
The Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has appointed Sheila Liard as mining recorder for the Sault Ste. Marie mining division. Liard, former mining recorder in Timmins and Kirkland Lak…
50 YEARS AGO –OCTOBER, 1937– Astoria suspends work in Rouyn
Astoria Rouyn Mines has suspended operation at its property in Rouyn Twp. adjoining Granada on the north, President R. C. Gamble says. About 3,000 ft of lateral exploration was completed on the two le…
ON THE MOVE DENISON MINES
Andrew Rickaby will become vice-president of mining at Denison Mines. He will be replaced as vice-president of Elliot Lake operations by Colin Benner. Benner was previously general manager, uranium di…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES LHD EQUIPMENT
LHD Equipment of North Bay, Ont., will receive a contribution of $75,000 under the federal government’s Industrial and Regional Development Program. The funds go towards the cost of a $300,000 project…
50 YEARS AGO –OCTOBER, 1937– Lamaque discussed at meeting of
That Lamaque gave promise of becoming one of Canada’s outstanding gold mines was the cheering information given to shareholders of Teck- Hughes, assembled at the annual meeting in Toronto on Tuesday. …