A state government report on Alaska’s mineral industry concludes that mining will “again become a cornerstone of the state’s economy.” Alaska’s Mineral Industry, 1987, the annual economic summary of m…
In the last vestiges of a long hot summer, the retail-oriented Alberta Exchange is still waiting for a fall buying spree to pull the market out of its current state of lethargy. Volumes continued to b…
A $4.7 million underground exploration effort has been approved for the Wilanour property near Red Lake, Ont. Partners include Inco Gold, a wholly-owned affiliate of Inco Ltd. (TSE) with 50%, Wilanour…
The current bear market may have driven down the appetite of retail investors for junior mining stocks, but there are still some juniors out there to keep an eye on, says Yorkton Securities mining ana…
N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Sep 102.40 101.40 101.60 + 1.55 Dec 100.20 98.80 99.50 + 1.50 Mar 95.40 94.50 …
Global uranium production is expected to remain below consumption for several more years as inventories are depleted, writes Nuexco, a uranium brokerage firm in the United States, in a recent monthly …
The consolidation of three milling and concentrating operations in the Sudbury, Ont., area will be carried out by giant nickel producer Inco Ltd. (TSE) at a capital cost of $69 million. Affected by th…
Mining companies have been traditionally slow in accepting or adopting new tech nology for predictive maintenance. I helped with the installation of such technology at the first planning and schedulin…
Is mankind doomed to someday walk the earth alone, save for domesticated animals and mutant insects? Will we turn our once “Garden of Eden” into a living purgatory, or even blow ourselves off the face…
The six platinum group metals (PGMs) are elements that possess unique chemical and physical characteristics. Members of the group have been in high demand by jewellers since their discovery in ancient…
Busy Little Bacteria II: One way to deal with ores which contain gold trapped in the crystal lattice of arsenopyrite is to feed it to microscopic bacteria. These little microbes oxidize the sulphides,…
When you want to ventilate the deepest levels of a mine or when you’re in charge of mining the highest-grade uranium deposit in the world, you’re pretty well limited to one kind of machine to get the …
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