Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Scott Campbell has been named director of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Office of Policy, Planning and Analysis.

Curragh Resources, the new owner of the Cyprus Anvil lead-zinc mine in the Yukon, has installed a permanent monitoring system in its mill control room. The company says the system will cut costs consi…

The reason the governments of Canada and other countries cannot mint gold coins or sell gold bars to the public is because this country and certain other countries are not on a fixed gold standard. W…

One of the first questions of visitors to the radium laboratory is: “What does radium look like?” Imagine a small glass tube, the size of a match, partly filled with a gray powder; that is the picture…

Deep indignation, and talk of reprisals, has been aroused in Ontario over Bill No. 5 which has received its third reading in the Quebec legislature and which may be proclaimed law on Friday of this we…

The possibility of strikes at northern Ontario mines was definitely minimized by leading mine managers who were interviewed this week by The Northern Miner in the course of a survey of the situation a…

As a person with some interest in the Canadian mining industry it is not unusual to read accounts of the history of different mining areas. I refer to the article “Focus on Val d’Or” in the January is…

Inco’s Crean Hill mine is using the latest in mining technology minus the diesel equipment. It could become Canada’s safest, most efficient operation when it resumes full production in 1989. By Patri…

Keith Bowley is a Toronto-based maintenance management consultant. This is ** the first of a 2-part article. ** Miners could be described as people in the business of producing and pr…

The new chairman of International Lead Zinc Research Organization, of New York, N.Y., is Keith Spurr. He is vice-president, metal sales, for Toronto- based Cominco Ltd. and had been ilzro’s vice- chai…

A new safety division of Scarborough, Ont.-based Swing Stage Clima has been formed, to be headed by Sean Burke. Burke has 12 years of experience working on safety committees, such as csa, the Scaffold…

The federal Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear has elected L. George Bonar as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Bonar has extensive international experience, having held senior manage…