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Ore reserves at the Bralorne mine are now greater than ever before, shareholders were informed at the annual meeting, April 29, by managing director R. Bosustow. Exact figures were not given, but it w…

The Schaft Creek deposit, 100 miles north of Stewart, B.C., ranks as the largest porphyry copper occurrence in Canada (outside of the Highland Valley). Open pit reserves are 1.07 billion tons grading …

The Deister Concentrator Co., of Fort Wayne, Ind., has completed two agreements with Sala International AB, of Sala, Sweden, for manufacturing and marketing of Deister’s Flotaire Flotation Cell in wor…

The Ontario Caterpillar dealer Crothers Ltd. has opened a 35,000-sq-ft expansion. The new branch is at the Walden Industrial Park, in Sudbury. The company hopes the new facilities will expand sales an…

Commissioner Frazer’s report on Hedley Amalgamated, released May 10 by B.C. Premier Thomas Pattullo, contained positive evidence that diamond drill cores had been salted. William Cox, superintendent, …

World metal markets are at their steadiest so far this year and rather quiet … Rumors are being heard here and there that the American price of copper might advance since the world market price has …

The Bullmoose coal mine is the smaller of two projects which were the basis for British Columbia’s massive $2.5-billion Northeast Coal Project. The relatively smooth startup at Bullmoose contrasted sh…

Larry Alexander has been appointed sales manager for Ground Control (Sudbury). He has more than 15 years experience in the mining industry. The new position will offer increased service to support Gr…

Ask 76-year-old Teck Corp. founder Dr Norman Bell Keevil Sr which mine remains his favorite. The answer is not one of the company’s recent multi-million dollar ventures but his first find in 1954, the…

Toronto mining consultant Edward Thompson has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Mingold Resources, a newly formed company based in Toronto. Thompson has served as a senior execut…

Your article on the need for co-operation to improve our chances for success in mining technology (March, 1987) is most timely. We have only to look at some of our competitors such as Sweden with its …

The same excitement and zest for making mineral discoveries that characterizes the juniors is still shared by Teck’s exploration arm. In the comfortable Vancouver office of John May, president of Tec…