Around the North

Penguin Automated Systems Inc. has developed a Robot Mapping System (RoboMaptm) that is capable of accurately mapping tunnels and transferring this data into engineering CAD systems.

China's copper demand is on the rise again as a result of their economic stimulus package according to Europe's largest copper producer Aurubis.

Ontario First Nations will be the recipient of $65 million in federal money to repair or build new homes.

Canadian junior mining exploration companies are in for a tough year in 2009 and some may run out of cash.

Former Ontario cabinet Greg Sorbara was in Sault Ste. Marie March 17 to discuss ways to boost the region's sagging tourism industry.

Discovering commercial uses for fibre crops and oil seed is the focus of a study in the Sault Ste. Marie area. Northern Ontario Heritage Fund is delivering $13,750 to the Sault Ste.

Start-up companies with green technology and other high tech inventions will have a new $250 million provincial fund to tap into.

Thunder Bay Oil Sands Consortium is putting on a brave new web face.

Marathon Pulp is going bankrupt and putting 240 workers out of jobs. The operation, owned by Tembec and Kruger, owes $50.4 million to creditors and filed for bankruptcy protection, Feb. 13.

Sault College has raked in $551,812 from Queen's Park to train more apprentices. Sault Ste. Marie MPP David Orazietti made the announcement on the campus, March 17.