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MANAGING Synergy or antagonism

Would you ask your local plumber to prepare your income tax return? Would you want your teeth drilled by the local gas station attendant? Of course not. In both cases, it’s obvious the person wouldn’t…


SUPPLIERS’ NOTES STARTCO ENGINEERING

Startco Engineering, of Saskatoon, Sask., is setting up distributors across Canada for its ground-fault and motor protection units. They include: Universal Sales, Dixon Electric, WESCO, EECOL Electric…


RESEARCH Pautomation

Imagine this: a potash mine in which the operator of a large continuous-mining machine is seated at a remote console contained in a climate-controlled, ergonomically-designed, mobile control pod conne…


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…


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…


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…


WHAT’S NEW Articulated truck underground

An articulated truck, manufactured by Kiruna Truck ab, has been installed in an underground limestone mine in Finland. The truck, a Combi-60 with a load capacity of 60 tonnes, is being operated in con…


ON THE MOVE CANAMAX RESOURCES

At Canamax Resources, recent appointments include James Smith as vice- president, mining, and Udo von Doehren as treasurer.


ON THE MOVE ICAN MINERALS

Guenter Liedtke of Calgary has been appointed president of Ican Minerals, to succeed Dieter Peter of Vancouver. Mr Peter has resigned as president and a director to pursue managerial commitments with …




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