Nickel NOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS
After eight years of nearly continuous worldwide expansion of nickel demand, many analysts seem to assume that the cyclic nature of the nickel industry is a phenomenon of the past. If we examine the g…
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When a joint venture is established, a fiduciary relationship is created among the parties to the joint venture (remember the court case between lac Minerals and Corona Corp. over the Page/ Williams m…
50 Years Ago KEEP ROCK BURSTS OUT OF LABOR POLITICS
One of the worst rock bursts ever experienced in Ontario occurred last week at Kirkland Lake with tragic consequences. As a result of the blast seven men were entrapped, four of these lost their lives…
50 Years Ago NEW KIRKLAND FIND HELD IMPORTANT
A discovery of importance — the first brand new surface ore discovery in the Kirkland Lake camp for years — appears indicated on the Amalgamated Kirkland Gold Mines property, adjoining south of Maca…
50 Years Ago ONTARIO TO DEVELOP ITS LIGNITE
The Ontario government, through the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway Commission, is making preparations to actively explore and develop and bring into production the lignite beds at Blacksmith…
Innovations MECHANICAL TUNNELLING
The battle lines are being drawn Tfor the world tunnel-boring- Tmachine (TBM) market. And in North America, the Canadian hardrock mining industry is a significant part of that market. Using surface di…
JOB ROTATIONS
When Rio Algom started the mine, it had to train the vast majority of its operators. “We had only two shovel operators, one driller and one blaster,” mine superintendent Gary Smith recalls. Since this…
ANNUAL METALS REVIEW Copper RED METAL EXEMPLIFIES TREND
Fluctuations in supply, demand and inventories have resultedin a period of som e uncertainty for copper and other metals. By Raymond Goldie and Rob Maiman Last year, while visiting New Zealand, a min…
What’s New Hardrock Shovel
A diesel-powered, heavyweight hydraulic mining excavator, with a 11.5-cu-m bucket, has been introduced by Harnischfeger of Milwaukee, Wis. The Model 1550 shovel comes equipped with a Cummins KTTA 38 C…
50 Years Ago SIGMA IS HEALTHY AT DEPTH
The ore measures at Sigma, Dome’s subsidiary in Quebec, are continuing to depth in strong fashion, The Northern Miner understands. Sinking the main shaft was recently completed to 2,125 ft. for eight …
osscuts BIG IS BEUTIFUL
In narrow-vein underground gold mining, recent equipment innovations have reflected “the small-is- beautiful” principle. In open pit coal mines, behemoths rule. Take, for example, the next generation…
Letters IS THIOUREA DEADLY?
In the second paragraph of Norm Avery’s article, “The Thiourea Option” (May, 1989, issue), he states in reference to thiourea, “it is not carcinogenic in man * * .” I am seeking the basis for this rat…