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It is practically indestructible. It resists heat, acids and electrical currents. It is chemically inert. Builders add it to concrete for extra strength and durability, yet its fibres are supple enoug…

One of the worst rock bursts ever experienced in Ontario occurred last week at Kirkland Lake with tragic consequences. As a result of the blast seven men were entrapped, four of these lost their lives…

A discovery of importance — the first brand new surface ore discovery in the Kirkland Lake camp for years — appears indicated on the Amalgamated Kirkland Gold Mines property, adjoining south of Maca…

The Ontario government, through the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commission, is making preparations to actively explore and develop and bring into production the lignite beds at Blacksmith…

Running the only tin mine on the continent may sound like a prestigious job. But try making ore out of mineralization that assays as low as 0.12% tin. It can be a very trying experience, especially w…

The battle lines are being drawn Tfor the world tunnel-boring- Tmachine (TBM) market. And in North America, the Canadian hardrock mining industry is a significant part of that market. Using surface di…

Miners tend to picture a prosperous future when the present is bleak. Half full now as the glass may be, optimists will tell you that in a month’s time (or within one or two years hence) the glass onc…

In early June, heavy rainfall turned Imuch of Western Australia into a Igiant mud puddle, creating problems for at least two industries in the outback — sheep farming and mining. With fresh water out…

Metals analysts are supposed to be Mseers. In truth, they can only Mpolish the prism through which we see very imperfectly the future. Yet occasionally an analyst is so skilled or lucky that his predi…

When a joint venture is established, a fiduciary relationship is created among the parties to the joint venture (remember the court case between lac Minerals and Corona Corp. over the Page/ Williams m…

In the second paragraph of Norm Avery’s article, “The Thiourea Option” (May, 1989, issue), he states in reference to thiourea, “it is not carcinogenic in man * * .” I am seeking the basis for this rat…

I was interested by your open query in the August, 1989, issue, as to the longest-operating mine in the world, because I have worked at the Dome mine in northern Ontario and also at two mines in Europ…