ON THE MOVE (August 02, 1991)
Appointments of three general managers have been announced by Atlas Copco. They are: Robert McLeod, general manager, tunnelling and mining equipment (based in Montreal); Alan Weiner, general manager o…
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LETTERS (August 02, 1991)
A Lamentable Decline First of all, my compliments on the March issue, which was excellent (as are most of the issues). I want to comment on Don Cranstone’s article on exploration expenditures and the …
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT INCO
The mastery of fire has set man apart from every other species. Had he not succeeded in mastering it, it is doubtful that man would have survived. Peking man is believed to have used it as long ago as…
DROSS TREATMENT AT ALCAN
To a metallurgist, it’s “dross’ . . . the grey, spongy mixture that forms on the surface of molten aluminum. Others might call it scum. As unpleasant as the stuff sounds, don’t dismiss it as waste. Ap…
PUT ME IN, COACH: Human Resource Managers in the 1990s
Put me in coach, I’m ready to play.” These words evoke images of the athlete who practices hard and diligently but, for some reason, never gets into the game. Ignored by the coach, except when the gam…
COMINCO AND THE ENVIRONMENT
For more than 60 years, Cominco Ltd. has been a leader in the research and development of environmental technology in the mining, smelting and refining industry. The company pioneered environmental co…
THE `KISS’ RULE: Avoiding the Complexities of Negotiating and
Some lawyers never use five words if 20 could say the same thing. Some negotiators follow a similar rule: Never frame a simple deal if you can construct something more complex. There is probably some …
CANMET’S R&D MANDATE
The Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET) is heavily involved in research and development of products and processes that reduce pollution in its many forms. The agency, a sector of …
THE FAIRVIEW FLOW: A gold mine in Eastern Transvaal represents a
The names Pilgrim’s Rest, Barberton and Murchison Range ring down through South African mining history in the same way as do Kirkland Lake and Cadillac in Canada. These were the first significant gold…
CALENDAR (August 02, 1991)
Aug 18-21, Ottawa, Ont. 30th Annual Conference of Metallurgists & 21st Annual Hydrometallurgical Meeting of CIM. Also featuring Copper ’91 (int’l conference on the economics, mineral processing, extra…
CANADA’S TOP 40 MINING COMPANIES
This is the first of what we plan to be an annual round-up of Canada’s Top 40 mineral producers. But what is it that makes a company a leader in its field? Is the leading mining company the one that p…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES (August 02, 1991)
Weatherhaven Resources, manufacturers of air-transportable camp installations and shelters, has entered into an agency agreement with Carson Pratt Services of Papua New Guinea to provide local sales a…