Around the North

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited and joint venture partner Lonmin Plc have announced combined funding of $1.5 million for 2009 exploration program on its Sudbury Camp joint venture properties with a focus on platinum group metals, copper and nickel.

Dominic Giroux has been named the new president of Laurentian University through a unanimous vote by its Board of Governors.

Mining operations in the Sudbury Basin took another hit as FNX Mining Company Inc. announced it will extend the suspension of nickel ore production at its Levack Mine and its McCreedy West Mine immediately.

Businesses in downtown Sault Ste. Marie are getting some provincial dollars to spruce up their storefronts and interiors.

The Canadian Institute of Forestry has awarded a Lakehead University student with a national fellowship. Tyson Williams of the Wabigoon First Nation received the annual J. Michael Waldram Memorial Model Forest Fellowship.

November 28, 2008 The Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc.

Wawa diamond hunters, Dianor Resources, is preparing to file mine closure plans for its Leadbetter project in northeastern Ontario. The Val-d'Or-based junior miner is advancing toward bulk sampling of its flagship property in the Wawa area.

Crumbling world financial markets and declining commodity prices are forcing Xstrata Nickel in Sudbury and the union to cut 250 jobs through early retirement.

The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce has invited Industry Minister Tony Clement to come see them about FedNor.

Construction values recorded this year by the City of Sault Ste. Marie have dropped from $224 million during 2007 to $93.8 million during the same month this year. But the value of city issued building permits rose in October from $2.