Annual Coal Review 1987 COAL REPORT BYRON CREEK
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…
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Rights offering
In a bid to eliminate its long- term debt, Mineral Resources International is planning a rights offering to common shareholders. The offering is being designed to raise up to $12 million for MRI which…
WHAT’S NEW Chainless Blasthole Drill
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…
Oasis reports reserves on Souart Twp property
Results of a gold exploration program on Oasis Resources’ Souart Twp. property, in northwestern Quebec, are generating interest. A gold-bearing structure 3,000 ft long and more than 750 ft deep is ope…
CROSS CUTS ZINC WAFER
Zinc oxide wafers are not the latest diet craze, unless you happen to have a yen for low-voltage current. But General Electric is pressing the compo und into a cookie-shaped form to prevent electrical…
The Graduating Class 1987 GOLD REPORT BELL CREEK
While it may not be a Dome or Hollinger, it’s going to be a good little mine for some years to come. The Bell Creek is the third new mine to be gin produc tion in the Timmins camp in the 1980s and the…
Glamis plans bulk test at Amir’s Gulch property
A 10,000-20,000-ton bulk leach test is scheduled to start this spring on the Buffalo Gulch gold deposit, shared by partners Glamis Gold and Amir Mines. Located in central Idaho, the large property inc…
WHAT’S NEW Snow Sensors
A new temperature and precipitation sensor and a snow-melting control unit, developed by Environmental Technology (South Bend, Ind.), are now available. The sensors, called the cit-5 and cit-6, conver…
WHAT’S NEW Linear Drive for Mills and Smelters
Ascolectric of Brantford, Ont., has introduced a rodless linear drive system which moves heavy out-of- balance loads without additional guidance. Called the Power Beam, the cylinder can move loads of …
Editorial Belmoral victim of legal process
Canadian courts move in mysterious ways their wonders to perform. In general, the court decisions we’re familiar with seem to display a good deal of common sense. Given the facts as we know them and…
Vatican in the gold business
Investors should soon be able to buy 3-ounce gold reproductions of gold seals that are iconographic treasures, found in secret archives in the basement of the Vatican in Rome. The seals, said to make …
SUPPLIERS’ NOTES Compressor Controls Corp.
Compressor Controls Corp. of Des Moines, Iowa, is moving for the second time in about four years. A new building in Des Moines will increase available space by 50%. Compressor Controls manufactures an…