Editorial Mr. Reagan gets our goat
Americans (in the White House at least) do not seem to share the concern we Canadians have for a healthy, clean environment. They seem to place a higher value on technological supremacy, regardless of…
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Zahavy elevuating purchase of Getty’s 50% in Favourable Lake
Alberta-listed Zahavy Resources says it has been advised by Getty Resources that a third party has made an offer-to-purchase Getty’s 50% interest in the Favourable Lake joint venture property located …
McFinley bulk test in three months time
Milling of a 20,000-ton bulk sample is expected to begin within three months, McFinley Red Lake Mines says. The company says drill-indicated reserves on its gold property near Red Lake, Ont., total 89…
Zinc consumption expected to grow at a sluggish pace
World zinc consumption could increase by 2% per year from now until 1990, thanks in large part to the automakers, according to Coopers and Lybrand. The firm, in a recent Global Mining Outlook, links t…
ON THE MOVE Swing Stage Clima
A new safety division of Scarborough, Ont.-based Swing Stage Clima has been formed, to be headed by Sean Burke. Burke has 12 years of experience working on safety committees, such as csa, the Scaffold…
ON THE MOVE Eldorado Nuclear
The federal Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear has elected L. George Bonar as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Bonar has extensive international experience, having held senior manage…
ON THE MOVE Goodman Equipment Corp. (April 01, 1987)
William Downey has been elected a director of Goodman Equipment Corp.
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– CENTRAL DUVERNY EXPLORES FOR OTHER
The fourth hole in the present drilling campaign has been completed to a depth of 650 ft at the property of Central Duverny Gold Mines, in Duverny Twp., Que., but assays were not available at press ti…
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– SHERRITT TO MILL 1,500 TONS
The Sherritt Gordon mine was never in better position for production than it is at present, stated Halstead Lindsley, president, in addressing shareholders at the annual meeting in Toronto this week. …
THE DRIVE TO SURVIVE
When Canada’s underground mine operators met in Elliot Lake, Ont., recently the talk was about how to achieve excellence when simple survival remains the first priority. By Patrick Whiteway Where are…
50 YEARS AGO –APRIL, 1937– SPECTACULAR FIND IN RED LAKE
Word of a spectacular gold find, made last September in the Red Lake area, has just reached Toronto. Rich gold ore samples in the possession of Tom Johnson, well known prospector and mining man, were …
ON THE MOVE U.S. Dept. of Energy
Scott Campbell has been named director of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Office of Policy, Planning and Analysis.