Straight drop of $40 for all power up to 8,000 h.p. for Ontario and Quebec mines in 1938 — successive reduction of past eight years brings savings to customers to million dollars a year. Canada North…
Did subduction of one of the lithospheric plates off Vancouver Island end a million years ago? Or does this still continue today? For the answer, you may have to wait a few years. But an answer there …
An important safety feature on friction hoists is the re-synchronizing mechanism. On completion of the hoisting cycle for one conveyance, it is automatically spotted at a predetermined position in the…
Underground exploration by Hayes Resources on the former producing Cliff gold mine in Alaska, has confirmed the presence of a high grade vein. Held under option from Dasher Resources, the Cliff proper…
All hoist ropes are lubricated during the manufacturing process. The core is fibre or nylon to which lubricant is applied to make the internal wires smooth; this prevents entry of moisture and protect…
Only 1,000 oz of the yellow metal have been poured at the Spotted Horse mine in Montana. But already, the managers of Chelsea Resources, the Vancouver-based company that owns and runs the mine, is pla…
Good communication between companies’ directors and shareholders is a basic tenet of a functioning equities market. A fundamental purpose of regulated equities markets is to protect shareholders, and …
Despite a recent drop in the price of gold bullion, a couple of Alberta gold issues were big traders this week. After a recent lull in investor interest, Argus Resources posted a volume of 400,200 — …
He’s not listed in the Who’s Who of Canadian Business. Not many academics trained in the esoterica of rock mechanics are. But if his ambitious plans work out, Dr Marc Denis Everell certainly would des…
For a long time, Canadians have been known, almost universally, as hewers of wood and drawers of water, a phrase which encompasses our supposed economic dependence on our natural resources — includin…
When rock mechanic engineers try to design safe underground repositories for the storing of spent nuclear fuel bundles, they strive for sophisticated and reliable methods of predicting induced damage….
Opawica Explorations has issued a statement of claim in the Supreme Court of Ontario against Falconbridge Ltd. and Minnova Inc. claiming, among other things, an accounting, damages and the reconveyanc…
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