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When mining executives look ahead to 1991 they do so having experienced one of the most tumultuous decades in recent history. Uncertainty is now a basic assumption. Increasing volatility — of commodi…

Lead had a good start but a poor finish in 1990. The record shows that from year- end 1989 to the end of 1990, lead was the worst performing metal in terms of London Metal Exchange (LME) prices. This …

Copper was the only major base metal that closed 1990 up in price over its 1989 year-end quote. It was only a penny or two but still impressive compared with other metals. For 1990 as a whole, however…

To call Metall Mining (TSE) a North American copper producer would be correct but only a part of the corporate story. The growing Toronto-based mining company, controlled by Metallgesellschaft AG of G…

It was not a banner year for silver in 1990. The price of the precious metal fell to 14-year lows late in the year on weakened investor and industrial demand. It may now be silver has nowhere to go bu…

It’s a good bet armchair critics this year will scrutinize Placer Dome’s Mt. Milligan project, north of Prince George, B.C. It is the country’s biggest potential gold/copper producer, ranking in size …

David Nicholls is a geologist in the mines technology department for the Manitoba division of Inco Ltd. His immediate responsibility is to provide computer support to the exploration group, including …

It has become fashionable to blame the flow-through tax rules for the excesses that led to the mine development failures of the 1980s. But this is not entirely fair. My colleagues and I were in the un…

The metal-mining industry will soon establish an International Council on Metals and the Environment, a global response to mounting pressures for better health and environmental protection. “This is t…

Randolph Diamond (1891-1978) Metallurgist who created the world’s first successful large-scale differential flotation operation, which unlocked the zine-lead treasures of B.C’s Sullivan Mine. John Ham…

Environmentalism, weak equity markets, an economic downturn, global competiton and a desert war. No question, Canadian mining faces obstacles. The following, a response to our questionnaire on the pag…

“The role of new firms in innovation is important not only for its direct contribution but for its implicit threat to older firms, which might not otherwise feel impelled to take the risks of innovati…