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Premium dielectric hearing protection

The new Cyclone earmuff from Howard Leight of San Diego, Calif., combines premium comfort, durable anti-shock construction, hygiene, low cost, style and high noise reduction rating (NRR) protection. F...

Metallugical News

The mv Namakwa sailing from Table Bay, South Africa, in October on its way to sea trials. In early November, the Namakwa commenced diamond mining near Luderitz, Namibia. The newly outfitted ship repla...

Exploration News (December 01, 2001)

Exploration spending at lowest level in nine yearsAccording to Metals Economics Group (MEG)'s recent edition of Corporate Exploration Strategies, worldwide allocations for commercial precious and nonf...

Publications (December 01, 2001)

New Compendium of Mining SuppliersThe Canadian Association of Mining Equipment & Services for Export has made an initial distribution of the 2001/02 CAMESE Compendium of Canadian Mining Suppliers.This...

Re-engineering mining safety

When it comes to safety, the mining industry is not plagued by new injuries, but rather with finding new solutions to existing problems. Issues such as vehicular accidents, contamination/pollution, tr...

Minesite News (December 01, 2001)

Giant Mine Agreement amendedThe federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) and Miramar Giant Mine Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Miramar Mining Corp.) have finalized an ...

People (December 01, 2001)

Idaho Consolidated Metals has appointed John E. Andrews as president and CEO. Andrews succeeds Delbert Steiner. Andrews served as president and COO of Stillwater Mining Co. from 1994 to 1999, during w...

Staying on Top of Underground Mining

Canada is home to many underground mines--dozens of them are detailed in CMJ's upcoming 2002 Mining Sourcebook. They differ in size, type and location, but they all need to improve productivity withou...

Slope degree indicators prevent accidents

Improved safety for operators of trucks, tractors, cranes and other equipment will result from the use of the Tiltmeter, a precision instrument now available in Canada from Cascadia Instrumentation In...

Some impressions

In early November, I attended the first day of the Mining Diesel Emissions Conference in Markham, Ont. The is the seventh annual meeting of a relatively small group whose aim is to clean up the air th...

Root cause analysis can save millions

A new book, TapRooT - Root Cause Analysis, Problem Investigation, Proactive Improvement, reveals the revolutionary process that helps industry leaders put an end to the negative cycle of failure, cri...