Mining

Pele Mountain Resources has announced Wayne Richardson as its new chair of the board of directors. Richardson is president and CEO of Enirgi Group , a privately held specialty chemicals and diversified industrials company headquartered in Toronto.

Noront Resources announced the closing of its extension on its US$15 million convertible debt debenture.

Rubicon Minerals received notice on Jan. 11 that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has decided to suspend to delist the common stock of the gutted Red Lake mine project developer from the exchange.

Goldcorp announced Jan. 14 that it’s permanently closing underground mining activities at its Dome mine in Timmins by the middle of this year. The company said 115 employees and 76 contractors will be affected.

The province expects to implement the first three amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act — aimed at improving safety standards in Ontario mines— early in 2016.

Trainers at Confederation College are anxiously awaiting the run-up to development of a new mine in Ecuador where they’ll be helping to prepare a workforce to support a major gold project.

Could good news come in threes for the City of Timmins? On the heels of a pair of announcements of new industrial development in Timmins — Calabrian’s liquid sulphur dioxide plant and General Magnesium’s magnesium and talc mine — the city has announc

Sean Willy brings a unique perspective to his role as director of corporate responsibility for the uranium producing Canadian Mining and Energy Corporation (Cameco).

KWG Resources’ ultimate dream of building a Ring of Fire railroad may have to be realized through a Chinese bank.

A Chinese railway engineering firm has agreed to embark on a feasibility study with Toronto’s KWG Resources to investigate the economics of building a Ring of Fire railroad. KWG Resources announced Dec.