CROSS-CUTS The mystery of the white finger
Boart Canada’s Rockdrill division is funding research into the phenomenon known as “white finger disease” with specific reference to the use of drilling equipment. The $24,000 research project will be…
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PROFILE Two heads are better
Had her husband been born 20 years later, Anne Flanagan is convinced that, instead of making his name as half of Canada’s most successful mineral exploration team, he would have been an astronaut. “Te…
Stillwater runs deep
Last year platinum prices reached $682(US) and demand hit a record hi gh of 2.4 million oz. The result? A handful of Canadian entrepreneurs scrambling to get a foothold on the many geological terrains…
ON THE MOVE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT AND MINES
The Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines has appointed Sheila Liard as mining recorder for the Sault Ste. Marie mining division. Liard, former mining recorder in Timmins and Kirkland Lak…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES MASTER BOND
A new, one-component, heat-curable epoxy adhesive called Supreme 3ND has been introduced by New Jersey-based Master Bond. The system offers both high shear and high peel strength when cured. Tensile s…
WHAT’S NEW A robot survey instrument
Geodimetrics ab of Sweden has developed a monitoring system for detecting the risk of wall failure in open pit mines. Marketed in Canada by Geodimeter of Canada, the system consists of a survey instru…
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES ISM KREBSOGE
International Sintered Metals of Guelph, Ont., has been acquired by Sintermetallwerk Krebsoge gmbh, a West German- based manufacturer of precision sintered metal components of the automotive and other…
CROSS-CUTS Missiles for mines
Manitoba engineers and scientists are using bacteria, rockets and computers in the war against unsafe, uproductive and uprofitable mines. The new techniques are being studied under a $25-million resea…
ON THE MOVE CANADA INVESTMENT CAPITAL
Canada Investment Capital (cic) has named Ernest Woodcare as president and chief executive officer of the explosives businesses it plans to acquire from the Du Pont Co. and Du Pont Canada. Woodcare h…
From Timmins to Val d’Or
When Juri Houtman left his New York City office last August to move t o Timmins, he really wasn’t prepared for the problems he was about to face. As assistant to the vice-president at Asarco Inc.’s mi…
WHAT’S NEW Walking on water
Exploration companies are discovering they don’t have to wait until freeze-up to perform induced polarization (ip) surveys over lakes. This past summer, on the waters of Red Lake, Ont., the rubber boa…
WHAT’S NEW Hydraulic excavator
Hitachi Construction Machinery of Toronto has launched a new hydraulic excavator, the ex1800, equipped with a 10.3-cu-m bucket. Based on the design of the uh801, the new unit is powered by a 686-kw en…