WHAT’S NEW Loader Payload Monitor
Teledyne (Thornbury, Ont.) has introduced a microprocessor, payload measuring system for wheel-loaders. Called Loadrite, the unit is connected into the hydraulic lifting system of a loader and gives t…
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110,000 oz in ’88 Detour underground
It’s official. The Detour Lake gold mine northeast of Timmins, Ont., will go into underground production, with full production at the rate of 2,000 tons per day expected to be achieved by mid-1988. Th…
Gold bug bites Denison, Ghana bet with Sikaman
After being out of the gold exploration business for nearly seven years, Denison Mines is jumping back in with both feet. And the company is taking aim at the original Gold Coast, specifically the Rep…
Investment Comment Canada’s first heap leacher, Gordex has growth
Heap leach gold operations are usually associated with the western United States, particularly with Nevada and California, but on the eastern seaboard of Canada there exists a small mine which is the …
Delbridge to spend $350,000 on DeSantis
Coats-listed Delbridge Mines has raised $350,000 for exploration work on the former-producing DeSantis gold property southwest of Timmins. A stripping and trenching program is under way with bulk samp…
Mono fill-in drilling continues at Madoc
Mono Gold Mines says its consultant has estimated mining and milling costs of $65 per ton for ore on its Bannockburn property near Madoc, Ont. However, a production decision is not assured. The compan…
Antilles concession going to Monte Carlo
Mining rights for Aruba are being negotiated by Monte Carlo Gold Mines. Aruba is an island in the Dutch Antilles. A petition for a 3-year lease to explore the island was accepted by the Antillian gove…
WHAT’S NEW Demag at Round Mountain
Mannesmann Demag has supplied a Demag H 241 hydraulic shovel to the Round Mountain mine in Nevada. It loads 40 trucks per hour with three cycles per truck, loading alternately from both sides. Trucks …
WHAT’S NEW Three New 6-wheelers
Moxy Trucks of Cincinnati, Ohio, has expanded its line of 6-wheel drive, articulated, off-road haulers by adding three models. The 27.5-ton moxy 6225 S is powered by a 242-hp, fuel-efficient scania en…
Record production reached by Pegasus
Pegasus Gold says that 1986 gold production “reached record levels,” and exceeded the previous high by almost 20%. According to James Foreman, president, over-all production was 92,000 oz gold and 218…
WHAT’S NEW New Pipe Elbow
Scarborough, Ont.-based Mecorsys Inc. has designed and tested a pipe elbow that reduces wear and saves energy when pumping abrasive slurries. A unique vortex chamber creates a self-renewing, slowly ro…
WHAT’S NEW Carbon Monoxide Monitor
A compact, microprocessor-controlled, ambient carbon monoxide monitor has been introduced by Rosemount Instruments of Calgary, Alta. The unit (Model 2200) measures carbon monoxide in the 0-100-ppm ran…