A couple of engineers got together and decided to have a dam kid. They knew what they were getting into, and they […]
Record crowds and a record-setting exhibition floor marked PDAC 2026, held March 1–4 in Toronto. The annual convention of the Prospectors & […]
The year 2000 is a good time to reflect on how the mining industry has advanced over the years. This industry, with a strong work ethic, appears staid and solid when viewed from the outside, but is ta...
Twenty-five years of largely unfocused exploration programs have left Noranda with uncomfortably small mine reserves. Recent corporate restructuring has resulted in a much clearer vision, according to...
Over the years that I have been on this magazine, I have visited many mines, plants and offices to get information for articles. After I have spent the requisite time interviewing someone, usually the...
At the "Meet the Miners" event at Queen's Park in Toronto on April 19, Ontario premier Michael Harris (centre) meets a couple of miners from Timmins, ON. He is seen talking with Dan Gignac (left), gen...
Uranium Mine Commissioning On-TrackThe McArthur River underground uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan (CMJ, June 1999) is progressing according to schedule in its two-year ramp-up phase, and anticip...
By his own calculations, Noranda's senior VP of zinc, George R. Jones, rates Canada as the world's largest producer of zinc metal. Canadian production this year he estimates to be 794,000 tonnes of me...
Underpinning Noranda's Zinc Division is the large and venerable Brunswick mine near Bathurst, N.B. One of the world's largest, this massive sulphide deposit was discovered in 1952. Successful drilling...
With measures of luck, perseverance and determination, Noranda Inc. grew out of the highly successful exploitation of the Horne Cu-Au deposit in northwest Quebec, almost eight decades ago. It later sp...
Noranda Inc. began its corporate life in 1922 with the opening of the Horne Au-Cu mine, concentrator and smelter in Rouyn Township, northwest Quebec. Copper remains the largest part of the company and...
Three flags on poles in front of the Horne smelter office building announce the nationality of the visitors to the smelter each day, and they are ever-changing. Customers and vendors are constantly dr...
Noranda's 350,000-tonne-per-year CCR copper refinery near the docks in Montreal East is one of the world's biggest copper suppliers. Its location at a major port in eastern Canada gives it freight adv...
The Bell-Allard mine near Matagami, Que., is typical of many Noranda zinc mines. The $119-million underground development went into operation in June 1999 and began commercial production in January of...
