Around the North

Phoscan Chemical Corp. has appointed Ian Pritchard as its executive vice-appointment of operations and projects.

Thunder Bay Port Authority's pursuit of project cargoes is going over in a big way. The M/V Daniella, a heavy-lift vessel, nosed up to Keefer Terminal, Aug. 6, to unload a 450-tonne reactor headed for the Alberta oil sands.

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 2486 turned the sod on a new $1.5 million training centre in Sudbury.

Honeywell Building Solutions is expanding in Thunder Bay and moving into bigger digs. Business and political leaders attended the Aug. 12 grand opening of the new office which switches from Cobalt Crescent to Tungsten Street.

Essar Global is reportedly eyeing both Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie for a wide diameter pipe mill to supply the oil and gas industry. The proposed plant could provide more than 200 jobs.

Tourism promoters Georgian Country Country received $75,000 from FedNor to draw visitors to the Parry Sound area.

Lakehead University forestry researchers were recipients of a software donation by Buchanan Forest Products.

Tembec and Kruger and their joint venture partner Marathon Pulp have received the coveted Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for their forestry practices on the Big Pic Forest.

A new all-season road will be built into the Lac Seul First Nation. The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund is providing $983,000 to build a nine-kilometre stretch to two communities to help stimulate economic development in forestry, mining and tourism.

Members of the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) will soon have the opportunity to put their pitch to procurement executives from the Saskatoon-based PotashCorp.