I am not renewing my subscription after more than 20 years as my “ore” zone is depleted, and no “new exploration” is anticipated. No new financing, either. I’ve always been interested in the mining sc…
Reduced expenditures on exploration and development by the mining industry have had a negative effect on Hillsborough Resources’ (TSE) 1989 revenue. The mining contractor reported revenues of $31 mill…
Clearing Drawpoints North Channel Engineering, near Sudbury, Ont., has developed Safe Shot blasting tubes to clear plugged drawpoints. Safe Shot consists of a self-tying, heavy-duty burlap blasting ba…
Edwin Gauchier is interested in finding mines. That’s why he studied to become a geophysict. And he doesn’t care how they’re found as long as they’re found. His is not the approach taken by most prosp…
The following items are offered for your edification or entertainment. Zaire has long been a major copper producer, first under Belgian colonial rule and, since the 1960s, under independent rule. But …
Papua New Guinea, the West Pacific paradise, is quietly becoming a player to reckon with in the international gold mining scene. It can boast three mines in the top 10 of the world’s biggest annual pr…
With the government of Quebec backing it, the Asbestos Institute is appealing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (epa) ban on the use of asbestos. The full effect of the U.S. ban on importing, m…
In the article “Fire Down Below” (NMM, Feb/90), one case history mentioned was that of a haulage truck which “caught fire because a worn transmission hose leaked and sprayed transmission oil on to the…
The following is from a speech by John Larche, past president of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, delivered in Thunder Bay, Ont., in February: Essential to the health of our industr…
Today, most people share a peculiar “either/or” attitude toward environmental protection; people can be concerned about either the rights of business or protecting the natural environment. Consequentl…
Recycling is nothging new to mining. For some time, opportunists have turned to old mine dumps and tailings for new sources of ore. Abandoned mines are often rejunenated for another go-round at profit…
While the future of the automobile may be clouded (the ubiquitous family auto may yet be fingered as the No. 1 air polluter), it apparently is gaining a silver lining. Actually, car and van windshield…
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