EAST MEETS WESTRAY
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…
News
Cross-Cuts ARCTIC ANXIETY
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…
Profile FIT TO LEAD Corona Corp.’s Peter Steen
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…
Law QUEST FOR TITLE
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…
Specs BETTER BLASTING
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 …
Editor’s Note LEAN AND CLEAN
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…
Suppliers’ Notes (December 01, 1988)
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…
Letters A LODE-TYPE DEPOSIT?
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 …
Special from Indonesia News
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…
News in Brief (November 28, 1988)
Consolidated Andex Resources has changed its transfer agent to Pacific Corporate Services.
FINANCING (November 28, 1988)
VANCOUVER Brooks Res. Ltd. — gross proceeds rec $315,000. Evergold Res. Inc. — gross proceeds rec $275,000. Silver Lake Res. — gross proceeds rec $175,000. Simon Fraser Res. Ltd. — min 500,000 off…
Newmont’s move results in $8.8 million loss
The decision by Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE) to move its head office from New York to Denver in 1989 generated an $8.8 million loss for the third quarter, compared to a $21.4 million profit a year earl…