Articles by Northern Miner Staff

At Cape Spencer, N.B., a small piece of land which juts into the Bay of Fundy, Gordex Minerals has demonstrated the viability of heap leaching gold ore in Canada’s Atlantic climate. Last year the St. …

A world-wide oversupply of thermal coal forced Byron Creek Collieries (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Esso Resources Canada) to significantly reduce the scale of its operations at the Coal Mountain mine…

Milwaukee-based Bucyrus-Erie has tested a prototype blasthole drill in a coal mine in the central U.S. Called the 49-R, the drill was designed for high performance, ease of operation and long life wit…

A $4 million(US) oil well being drilled by a consortium of Canadian, U.S. and Australian companies is past the 8,000-ft mark and fast approaching its target depth of 11,000 ft. The well is testing a s…

Eagle Crusher Co. of Galion, Ohio, manufactures three low-profile jaw- crushers designed for underground and open pit mining. Ranging in height from 2.2-2.9 m, they are rated at 150-400 hp respectivel…

Anomalous gold values have been intersected by Westmin Resources on the Little Stull gold property held in joint venture with Tanqueray Resources. Located in Manitoba, the Little Stull property was te…

The Cannon mine project at Wenatchee, Wash., appears to have turned the corner. According to Bruce A. Kennedy, senior vice-president minerals for Asamera Inc.,”the mine is working beautifully” and mil…

Nor-Quest Resources reports it has acquired outright an established 1,200-ton-per-day mine, mill and land located near Salmo, B. C., on a 2,000-crown-grant mining property. The company says negotiatio…

One area of mine management which offers significant opportunity to improve productivity and reduce costs is the design of the mining process. Mine planners are normally responsible for this activity….

Western Canada’s platinum potential has largely been unrecognized. But with the metal now selling at a premium to gold, major companies are actively exploring for platinum once again. Placer Developme…

AGV Tech has opened the first commercial heat-treating facility in northern Ontario. Steelcraft Metal Heat Treating, in Sudbury, offers a complete range of serv ices including carburizing, which is d…

Cincinatti, Ohio-based Gerbus Equipment, importer and U.S. distributor of Moxy articulated dump trucks, has signed an agreement with the Moxy manufacturer, Brow n Engineering A/S of Norway. A new corp…