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In your article “Kidd Creek back to running order after Jan. 3 fire” (T.N.M., Jan. 22/90), you state that Kidd Creek is owned by Noranda. I noted that in a recent letter to the editor a reader caught …

The first four holes of a 20-hole surface drill program were completed by Northair Mines (TSE) on the Deception Lake property, 114 miles north of La Ronge, Sask. Northair, which is earning a 51% inter…

Gold is for the mistress, Silver for the maid, Copper for the craftsman, cunning in his trade. “Good,” cried the Baron sitting in his hall, “But Iron, COLD IRON, …

Confidentiality agreements have been around for a long time, but ever since Mr Justice Holland handed down the trial judgment in the Williams mine case involving LAC Minerals and Corona Corp. and awar…

It is 1960 and the federal government is wringing its hands over what to do with the Inuit it had moved to Rankin Inlet, on the west coast of Hudson Bay, from the central Arctic. Suddenly, the bureauc…

Efficient blasthole drilling can lower the cost of blasting overburden and ore in open pit mines. Low drilling costs mean larger pits and higher strip ratios can be justified. At least eight drill rig…

James Sackston has been appointed to the position of vice-president, sales and marketing, of Landry Filtration Products. The company is based in Concord, Ont. Joining Dresser’s parts division in Broad…

Although the Labrador Trough was identified and iron formations noted by A.P. Low in 1894, iron orebodies were not identified until two junior exploration companies — McKay (Quebec) Exploration and L…

We are often reminded that “safety is the first priority.” In maintenance, we have to provide the means to practice this. Preventive programs vital to safety must be implemented and kept functional. A…

The following is the conslusion of an article featured in the December, 1989, issue of The Northern Miner Magazine. It ended with a discussion of the “Hemlo treatmen process.” In the original grinding…

50 Years Ago [in] THE NORTHERN MINER, FEBRUARY, 1940 CALL FOR ACTION Right now Canada should be searching for war minerals. Who can say how much or how little we have until we investigate? Prospectors…

Caterpillar Inc., the equipment maker that brought the world the elevated sprocket, has passed another milestone. After just four short years in the field of plus-100-ton trucks, the company has sold …