Around the North

What was once viewed as a temporary shutdown of Xstrata Nickel's Montcalm mine has now become an indefinite suspension.

The Elementa Group has landed a five-year contract with the City of Sault Ste. Marie to convert household garbage in its landfill into syngas. It will allow the green energy company to seek financing to build a $30 million plant.

The Ontario Mining Association (OMA) wants an “open and transparent” process by Queen's Park in their ambitious plans to permanently protect half of the province's Far North forest.

Proponents behind Thunder Bay's waterfront makeover at Marina Park are gushing over almost $30 million in announced federal and provincial funding for the first phase of the proposed Prince Arthur's Landing project.

Toronto road builders, Carillion Ltd., have been selected to resurface the Thunder Bay Expressway. The $20.7 million project will deliver better lighting and resurfacing of the highway from Balsam Street to the Neebing River.

Brett Resources has selected consultants Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates to prepare a scoping study on its Hammond Reef gold project, west of Thunder Bay.

Frank Giannone, president of the Ontario Home Builders' Association (OHBA), will address members and the general public to discuss housing issues in Sudbury on June 16. The 1 p.m.

Thunder Bay's Lakehead University will expand in a location more than 1,000 km away on June 11 when it starts construction on a new campus in Orillia.

Canadians' real disposable income grew twice as fast as that of Americans' in the last four years – a trend that will continue in the post-recession economy, finds a new report from CIBC World Markets Inc.

Rubicon Minerals Corporation (RMX:TSX) has started underground drilling at its Phoenix Gold Project, located in the heart of the prolific Red Lake Gold district in northwestern Ontario.