WHAT’S NEW Open pit equipment More Loaders
Komatsu Canada (Mississauga, Ont., and Richmond, B.C.) has added four new wheel loaders to its existing line of small-size loaders. The new units have capacities of 1.2, 1.5, 1.8 and 2.1 cu m. All mod…
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WHAT’S NEW DRILLING EQUIPMENT High-pressure cutting tool
High pressure pumping systems capable of delivering pressures up to 20,000 lb per sq in at flow rates up to 20 gal per min are available from National Liquid Blasting of Wixom, Mich. The latest unit f…
Lyon Lake enters into agreements on 3 properties
Three agreements concerning Quebec properties with gold- bearing potential have been entered into by Lyon Lake Mines. In consideration of a lump sum, Lyon has acquired a 100% interest in 158 claims in…
Plant start-up cuts earnings for Steep Rock
Steep Rock Resources reports net earnings of $83,600 in the first quarter this year, compared with net of $133,600 for the similar period in 1986. The earnings drop, the company says, is attributable …
WHAT’S NEW Underground equipment Oscilloader evolution
Continuous Mining Systems (Sudbury, Ont.) has replaced the steel chain conveyor table on its CL-1000 Oscilloader with a single-ply kevlar conveyor belt. John Kelly, manager of mine research for Inco L…
General News & Comment Blasting conference
The third annual Pennsylvania Blasting Conference and Exhibit will take place Nov 12 and 13 at the Keller Conference Centre on the Penn State campus in the U.S. Papers will be presented on current dev…
WHAT’S NEW Drilling equipment Computerized jumbo
Atlas Copco Canada of Montreal has brought its aut omated drilling jumbo to the Canadian market. Called the Robot Boomer H135, the rig features two but 35 booms for drilling mine openings which have c…
Westmin’s oil/gas division a major profitable source
The oil and gas division at Westmin Resources has been its most profitable in recent years, eclipsing all other sources of income by a wi de margin. But even though crude oil production was at record …
Coin Lake, Moruya plan consolidation
With the legal problems hampering work at the Golden Reward gold project in South Dakota, resolved, partners Coin Lake Gold Mines and Moruya Gold Mines, plan to bring the property to production. The f…
Sharpe gets claims in Newfoundland
Sharpe Energy and Resources has acquired 292 claims in the Ming’s Bight area of Newfoundland close to where Noranda Exploration made its mineralized occurrences discovery last year. Noranda discovered…
MAINTENANCE Priorities, priorities
In our April issue we examined ways in which the management of a mine can undermine the effectiveness of its first-line foreman. Sometimes management fails to provide any policy guidelines for mainten…
CROSS-CUTS World’s largest flotation unit
Kennecott’s concentrator at Copperton, Utah, is getting 33 new 3,000-cu-ft flotation machines this year to recover copper, molybdenum and gold from the Bingham Canyon open pit copper mine. The new con…