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As a boy, I first learned about platinum from my great-grandfather, a metallurgist who, back in the 1870s, worked it in high-quality laboratory equipment and dentistry. In those days, inventive minds …

I recently received a phone call I from a senior executive asking for I an employment reference on an individual he was about to hire. He started off by saying: “I’ve offered the job contingent upon a…

In the article “Unconventional Grading” in your August issue, you have made an outstanding contribution to the prevailing confusion about the relationship of the metric system to other systems of weig…

It’s no secret that pouring base metals matte in smelters built shortly after the turn of the century goes hand-in-hand with pumping acid rain-causing sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. Ask any smel…

I read with interest your “Cross-cuts” article in the June issue about the golden bungle at Delnite Mines on June 2, 1950. I was the chief geologist at that time and George Vary (mine superintendent) …

Norman Keevil Jr, president of Teck Corp., suggested last year that a price turnaround for copper couldn’t be far off. The reason? His board of directors was almost unanimously negative on the red met…

Silver prices have been more volatile than gold since the beginning of 1988, but the metal failed to sustain a rally. By early fa ll, it was hovering in the $6.25 (US)-per-oz range, about the price at…

Three deposits of hematite ore, two of which are high-grade and suitable for direct treatment by bessemer processes, and altogether containing an estimated potential of 1,000,000,000 tons, are descri…

While it probably would be difficult to find anyone who would suggest gold entirely lost its lustre in 1988, more than a few would concede that its price performance excited only bearish investors. St…

Discussing last week’s congressional election results, Business Week says: “The business outlook has been immensely strengthened by the election results. Businessmen are divided between the Democrat…

Geological deduction, following close study of structure; subsequent diamond drilling to horizons 1,000 ft or more below surface; and faith in conclusions reached. These were the factors which have re…

Diamond drilling contractor N. Morissette Canada announces the retirement of Dave Anderson. He joined Morissette in 1962 and has been president and general manager since 1976. In total, he has close t…