50 Years Ago ONTARIO TO DEVELOP ITS LIGNITE
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…
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EAST KEMPTVILLE TIN
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…
Innovations MECHANICAL TUNNELLING
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…
Coal and Uranium POOR COUSINS
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…
International PLACER DOME’S BIG BELL
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…
Editor’s Note VISIONARIES
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…
Law AREAS OF INTEREST
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…
Letters IS THIOUREA DEADLY?
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…
Old-timers
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…
What’s New Hardrock Shovel
A diesel-powered, heavyweight hydraulic mining excavator, with a 11.5-cu-m bucket, has been introduced by Harnischfeger of Milwaukee, Wis. The Model 1550 shovel comes equipped with a Cummins KTTA 38 C…
lead ON THE WAY DOWN
Lead prices have been trending upward since 1985 and currently stand at 42 cents (us) per lb. We expect slumping automobile sales and new mine production to bring them back down to 38 cents (us) per …
osscuts PLATINUM
Dr Harry Warren, a pioneer biogeochemist and honorary professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of British Columbia, has discovered that bee pollen laced with naturally-occu…