Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Teck’s oil and gas division stems from a predecessor company called Canadian Devonian Petroleums. In 1963 Devonian was amalgamated with other associated companies to form Teck Corp. Canadian Devonian …

Although Teck Corp.’s financial reports carry tidy, organized s naps hots of the company and its investments in exploration companies, it’s clear that Teck has no textbook formula in acquiring or deal…

Try to imagine an orebody containing a metal which, as an alloy, makes steel lighter without sacrificing strength. There is only one other significant producer of the metal, but its deposit is 10 time…

Milwaukee, Wis.-based Allis-Chalmers Corp., which has Swedish business interests, plans to realign its worldwide operations into two separate but related companies. Svedala Allis AB, a new multi-natio…

Terry French has been promoted to automotive product manager for Lincoln, a St. Louis, Mo.-based lubrication and lifting equipment manufacturer.

Maynard Isabell has been named vice-president of marketing of the Michigan- based Simplicity Engineering division of Lukens Inc. He joined the comp any in 1985 after being associated with the Ajax Vib…

Canadian gold stocks gave a very good account of themselves in the recent break of world markets, especially when one considers that the dominant influence in the crash of quotations was the scare ove…

A contract has been awarded to Messrs Shoemaker and Burnham, Toronto, for immediate construction of a 125-ton mill at Curney Gold Mine * * * The property is 12 miles northeast of Cranberry Portage, Ma…

In setting wage scales it has been considered advisable, first of all, to establish a minimum-wage scale which will take care of the workmen’s cost of living and then to add bonuses acknowledging effi…

Ore reserves at the Bralorne mine are now greater than ever before, shareholders were informed at the annual meeting, April 29, by managing director R. Bosustow. Exact figures were not given, but it w…

The Schaft Creek deposit, 100 miles north of Stewart, B.C., ranks as the largest porphyry copper occurrence in Canada (outside of the Highland Valley). Open pit reserves are 1.07 billion tons grading …

If there is a style that characterizes Teck’s management, it is one of not bei ng hamstrung by convention. A physicist guards the books, a chartered accountant handles marketing, and mining engineers …