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The Goldstrike gold project in Nevada is expected to keep American Barrick Resources in the black for a long time to come. A favorite of investors, the Toronto-based mining company has been the top-pe…
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Mining industry addresses environmental concerns
The mining industry in Ontario continues to demonstrate its leadership in the area of environmental protection, the Ontario Mining Association (OMA) says. While providing the products demanded by soci…
Placer Dome interests extend to Papua New Guinea
Although Placer Dome (TSE) recently made two major North American acquisitions that promise to greatly increase its future gold production — the Mount Milligan property and a 45% interest in Stikine …
Tougher times ahead for metals markets
It wasn’t the best of years in 1990 for metals prices, but it wasn’t the worst, either. After the heady times of the late 1980s, precious and base metals began feeling the effects of a softening econo…
On the Move (February 01, 1991)
Viola MacMillan is among nine new inductees to the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. MacMillan, 88, was renowned as a mine-finder and financier and was instrumental in transforming the Prospectors & Devel…
Why Gold Mines Fail
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…
New Mucking Machine Announced by EIMCO
MUCKING MADE EASIER Eimco Corp. of Salt Lake City, Utah, has developed a mucking machine, the “Tunneloader,” which is not only much larger and more powerful than any of its present models, but also em…
The Dimensions of AutoCAD
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 …
Pooling Resources: An International Council Gets Under Way
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…
Mining Honors Its Own: Nine Pioneers enter the Canadian Mining
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…
Politically Correct
“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…
It’s Your Turn: A Nation-wide Survey Raises Some Interesting
To gain an insight into current maintenance practices and procedures at operating mines, The Northern Miner Magazine recently conducted a maintenance survey of 30 medium-sized underground operations. …