DETOUR LAKE
When we last visited the Detour Lake operation, 209 km northeast of Timmins, Ont., miners were just beginning to pull up gold from underground following a brief but troubled open-pit phase. Today, one…
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What’s New Portable Crusher
RMS Ross Corp., of Sardis, B.C. is marketing a portable jaw crusher. Mounted and operated on a light- weight steel frame, the Kinetic Crusher uses a comparatively small motor (40 hp) and transfers rel…
What’s New Process Control on PC
A software package for process control has been developed by Combustion Engineering of Toronto. Part of the company’s MOD 30 Plus system, the software is the first step in providing a low-cost, small-…
Inco, Golden Knight encouraged
Partners Inco Gold and Golden Knight Resources (TSE) recently received some encouraging results from the discovery area at their Casa Berardi, Que., gold property. In a 60%-Inco, 40%-Golden Knight joi…
What’s New Blast Monitor
Instantel Inc. of Kanata, Ont., is marketing a new family of seismographs suitable for blast monitoring. The DS-677 BlastMate features electronic storage of up to 30 blast events and a computer interf…
What’s New Rock Breakers
Two new light-duty impact breakers have been introduced by Ohio- based Allied. Both hammers feature a patented hydraulic design. A nitrogen gas charge minimizes oil fed by the carrier pump, according …
Nickel price up as strike looms at Falconbridge
In a bid to avoid a strike that could cripple Falconbridge Ltd.’s (TSE) Sudbury, Ont., operations and send nickel prices shooting upward, the company is attempting to reach a new wage settlement with …
Zinc prices boost Pine Point earnings (May 01, 1989)
Record zinc prices combined with record production from the Polaris mine in the Northwest Territories, led to record earnings for Pine Point Mines (TSE) in 1988. The company earned $62 million or $13….
Editorial Mining and the movies
The story of Corona Corp.’s rise to prominence is like the script from a Hollywood movie, one of those Saturday afternoon matinees from days gone by that seem to continue forever, episode after episod…
Beauchamps takes option from Curator
Beauchamps Exploration (VSE) has acquired an option to earn a 50% interest in a promising porphyry copper-gold deposit in the Stikine area of northern British Columbia. The vendor is International Cur…
Nelson conference reflects interest in Kootenay
If the turnout at the Kootenay Exploration and Mining Conference in Nelson is any indication, there is plenty of interest in the exploration potential of the Kootenay region. The conference was sponso…
Power to pay shares for Moss properties
An agreement has been signed between Moss Resources (ASE) and Power Explorations (TSE) that will see Moss transfer all its property interests in projects jointly held with Power, to Power in return fo…