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The emergency powers under which U.S. President Roosevelt, if he desires, can revalue the American dollar down to 50 from its present 59.1 mark, expire June 30. The Wall Street Journal editorially d…

Located 75 miles north of La Ronge, Sask., the Rod gold deposit hosts proven and probable ore reserves of 626,928 tons grading 0.386 oz gold per ton in a quartz vein within a shear zone. The deposit, …

About 700 m below the Trans Canada Highway, just west of the sleepy little town of Stellarton, N.S., four continuous mining mach ines will be cutting away at a 6.5-m-thick coal seam some time in the y…

Climatologists have been building sophisticated computer models for several years now, trying to predict the effect the exhaust from cars and industrial processes will have on the global climate in ye…

Peter Steen’s working day starts in the pre-dawn usually, but at a leisurely pace. About four or five o’clock, the lights go on in the condominium he shares with his wife Norma and 20-year-old son alo…

A mainstay of the mining industry Ais negotiating and entering into Aagreements to acquire property interests. Often, great pain is taken to make sure that the agreement is complete and clearly sets f…

Misfires are a common problem in any blasting operation. But engineers at a U.S. National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., have developed and tested a digital device which promises to greatly improve …

An advertising billboard recently featured a picture of a muddied 4-wheel drive vehicle that had been put through its off-the-road paces. The caption read: “A face only a mudder could love.” Which was…

Peacock Inc. of Mississauga, Ont., has been appointed the Canadian distributor for Air-Maze filtration products. Air-Maze is a Cleveland, Ohio-based manufacturer that developed the first oil bath filt…

I read with great interest your Research column (September issue) on Mother Lode-type deposits and environs. Eastfield Resources has a direct interest in the Pinchi Fault belt, and we believe that we …

Investment and restructuring pay off for Indonesian nickel mine Soroako, Sulawesi — home to P.T. International Nickel Indonesia (In co), the largest foreign mining investment in Indonesia — is fi…

Consolidated Andex Resources has changed its transfer agent to Pacific Corporate Services.