Around the North

Sudbury Area Mining Service and Supply Association (SAMSSA) hold their annual general meeting, Dec. 2 at the Howard Johnson Hotel. Chris Stewart, president and CEO of Liberty Mines, is the guest speaker.

Nipissing University is staging a second biomass conference in North Bay, Nov. 22-23. The conference, entitled: Harnessing Biomass II: Support for Northern Ontario Bioeconomy Initiatives, is at the Clarion Resort Pinewood Park.

Municipal delegations from Thunder Bay and Greenstone headed to Cleveland in mid-November to each make their best pitch to Cliffs Natural Resources to land a ferrochrome processing plant catering to the Ring of Fire mineral deposits.

A Sudbury film production has received $1 million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC) to boost the Northern film industry. The production of The Truth, which is filming this weekend in Sudbury, will create 150 local jobs.

Essar's profits are up for the second consecutive quarter. In the three-month period ending Sept. 30, Essar Steel Algoma reported a net income of $73.7 million and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of $86.

Sault College has once again received a donation towards its capital fundraising campaign, with Chartwells Education Dining Services donating $100,000 to the cause.

Daniel Dumas is stepping down as CEO of Dumas Contracting Ltd. which is based in Timmins. He will be replaced by Burger Greeff, who brings more than 18 years of management experience in mining and contract mining.

Five administrative staff and three faculty members from Yangzhou Vocational College of Environment and Resources, Northern College’s second joint venture partner college in China, will be visiting the College’s Timmins and Kirkland Lake campuses fro

First Nickel Inc. has hired Steven J. Cresswell as its new vice-president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective Dec. 5. Cresswell will replace Joseph Del Campo, who is retiring at the end of December.

The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) in Sudbury has established an Innovation and Prosperity Office that will liaise with small and medium enterprises to help develop their innovative ideas and bring them to market.