Mining

Maureen Jensen has been nominated as the new chair and CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), subject to review by the Standing Committee on Government Agencies.

With its ore reserves depleting, it was inevitable that the closing of Goldcorp’s Dome underground mine would come sooner rather than later. But a constant decrease in gold prices over the last year was the final blow for the 106-year-old mine.

The City of Temiskaming Shores has won a national economic development award for the 2015 Northern Ontario Mining Showcase.

A long-term research project at Laurentian University is showing promise in using mine tailings to grow crops for biomass.

Despite rumours to the contrary, Vale said it is still on track to meet its environmental commitments and complete its $1-billion Clean AER project by 2018.

Pure Gold Mining has started a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of a mine, mill and tailings facility its Madsen Gold Project in the Red Lake mining district. Completion of the PEA is expected in the second quarter of this year.

Like the 14-year-old Scotch whiskey it’s named for, the executives at Oban Mining hope the company will only get better with age, satisfying even the most finicky of investor palates.

Saskatchewan tops the list as the most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment in Canada, according to the annual global rankings released by the Fraser Institute.

Stephen Perry's daughter hopes the 10 recommendations a five-person jury made at the end of an inquest into his death will ensure other families don't have to go through the loss she has experienced.

Wesdome Gold Mines was walloped with $350,000 in federal and provincial fines for not controlling effluent emanating from the company’s tailings management area at its Eagle River mill, located 50 kilometres west of Wawa.