Mining

Thunder Bay’s Rockex Mining is updated its preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of a potential open-pit iron ore mine and hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in northwestern Ontario. The $3.77-billion project is built around the company’s Lake St.

Elevated ammonia levels at a mine tailings facility in Red Lake caused Rubicon Minerals to halt mill operations at its new Phoenix Gold Mine. The company reported it was ordered by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change on Sept.

A Sudbury junior miner engaged in a lawsuit against the Ontario government plans to keep its shareholders well-informed during the trial.

North American Palladium (NAP) has laid off 44 employees at its Lac des Iles Mine 90 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay. In a statement, the company blamed “weak metal prices” for the move.

Orefinders Resources has completed its closure plan for off-site custom milling of some mineralized stockpiles at its Mirado Gold Project, near Kirkland Lake.

Over the last six months mining supply and services companies around the world have come knocking at NORCAT’s door to take advantage of its underground training and testing mine in Onaping.

KGHM International expects to have a decision on full funding for the Victoria Project in the Sudbury Basin by year’s end, along with a decision on whether to sink one or two shafts, chief project officer Warner Uhl told close to 150 mining suppliers

Kapuskasing Gold has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with four area First Nations, while simultaneously receiving exploration permits from the Ministry of Development and Mines.

Low nickel mines have led to KGHM International mothballing a Sudbury mine, according to the union representing workers.

Detour Lake Mine poured its one millionth ounce of gold on Sept. 16, approximately 30 months after pouring its first gold bar on February 18, 2013.