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Several issues showed some life on the COATS system this week. Exxeter Resources saw increased volume with over half a million shares traded in the 45 -78 range. The company announced it has acquired…

Some of Ontario’s industrial minerals could find new uses as substitutes for foreign-produced materials in the manufacture of china tableware, a recent study has concluded. The study, entitled Fine Ch…

Results from a gold exploration program being performed by Flintrock Mines (VSE) have been disappointing, the company says. Work on the company’s 12- claim property near Kirkland Lake, Ont., failed to…

Forward selling of gold produced from the Cannon mine in Wenatchee, Wash., has given Calgary- based Asamera Minerals (TSE) a financial boost. The company recently reported that net income for the firs…

Flintabbatey Flonatin. How awkward a civic handle that would have been for the town fathers. Fortunately, the discoverers of the great orebody that became the guts of the Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting …

When Caterpillar Inc. set out nearly 20 years ago to redesign the track-type tractor, it knew that it was tampering with success. The Cat D9, the biggest Caterpillar tractor on the market at the time,…

Scandinavian mining technology is playing a prominent role in Canada’s newest nickel mine. The mining method — longhole raise mining — selected for the bulk of the 2.58-million-tonne orebody under N…

Nickel may not possess the glamorous appeal of gold and silver but, in 1988, the base metal did just fine without it. Because of an unusual set of circumstances in which record consumption combined wi…

Without accurate and complete information, no decision can be made, regardless of subject matter. How can a geologist or mining engineer recommend the acquisition of a property or the commissioning of…

Ore reserves and grade control can be managed dynamically to satisfy both mineral processing and management requirements by shipping a balanced mill feed grade and adjusting mine-planning to economic …

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…