PRODUCER PRICES (October 08, 1990)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US92.00- 95.00 cents per lb. (Sep. 20, 1990). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US80-83 cents per lb. (Sep. 6, 1990). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.80-2.90 per lb. (Sep. 13, 1990). CA…
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Underground sampling at Eskay
The first assay results released by Prime Resources Group (VSE) from underground sampling of the 21B zone at Eskay Creek appear to be confirming with ease the high-grade nature of the deposit north of…
Not talking, say Sherritt and Falconbridge
Speculation that Toronto-based Sherritt Gordon (TSE) and Falconbridge Ltd. are set to embark on a joint venture designed to feed Sherritt’s Alberta nickel refinery have been denied by officials from b…
Noranda, Freewest expand size of drill program at Harker bet
Joint venture partners Freewest Resources (ME) and Noranda (TSE) have quietly expanded the size of a major drill program under way on their Harker-Holloway property near Matheson, Ont. The program, al…
THE SUDBURY BASIN: Back to the classroom
Paul Parker was faced with an alarming prospect. The vice-president for human resources and administration at Inco’s Ontario Division realized his firm was poised at a historic and disagreeable waters…
Construction Equipment
The long hours and hot weather of summer are the ultimate tes equipment. Maintenance managers with the best springtime preparation stand the greatest chance of making it through the summer season with…
FOLLOWING THE FAULT: The gold mines of northeastern Ontario and
AMERICAN BARRICK When American Barrick’s Holt-McDermott mine came into the public eye in the late 1980s, the reserve was estimated at about 3.3 million tons grading nearly 0.19 oz. gold per ton (three…
Kennecott’s gravy train
The first year of mining the open-pit Ridgeway deposits in So Carolina was, to borrow a term employed by Engineering Manager Peter Evans, “gravy.” The soft oxides allowed blasthole spacings of 20 ft. …
Wet milling; Treating asbestos tailings
Minimizing a worker’s exposure to asbestos fibre is a top pri for operators of mills that treat asbestos ore. Current Canadian regulations permit two fibres of asbestos per millilitre of air, while ot…
Corporate Downsizing
In recent times, downsizing has become an intrinsic managemen strategy as organizations strive to optimize opportunities and conserve limited resouuces in the 1990s — a decade that will be characteri…
Wall to wall stability
Monitoring rock slopes is essential to the success of most op mines. Slopes may become unstable during blasting, during spring thaw or because of geological factors such as an undetected layer of kaol…
Suppliers’ Notes (October 04, 1990)
Intera Information Technologogs Corp. of Calgary, Alta. is acquiring certain assets of the Aero Service division of Western Atlas International, a unit of Dresser Industries and Litton Industries. Int…