Mining

A management shakeup at Cliffs Natural Resources has some mining analysts believing the possible departure of the Cleveland-based mining giant from the Ring of Fire camp could open the door for other international producers to make a move.

The high cost of doing business in Canada, especially in the Far North, is the biggest challenge the mining sector faces nationally, said Pierre Gratton, president and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada.

Pele Mountain Resources Inc. announced today that it has acquired a key mining lease for the mining rights on certain lands below small lakes located within the boundaries of Pele’s Eco Ridge Mine project in Elliot Lake.

The provincial government's mining safety review board released a progress report that makes four immediate health and safety changes for the mining sector.

The Ontario government’s formal establishment of a Ring of Fire development corporation has one Aboriginal community questioning the transparency of the process. “Our community members are upset,” said Webequie Chief Cornelius Wabasse.

Stillwater Mining is scaling back mine development at its Marathon PGM-copper project on the north shore of Lake Superior. The Montana-based miner announced Sept.

Ginguro Exploration Inc. is reporting assay results from the newly discovered Godzilla Zone on the Pardo property, a joint venture project with Endurance Gold Corp. located 65 kilometres northeast of Sudbury.

Pele Mountain Resources is contributing samples from its Eco Ridge property to a research project on rare earth minerals being undertaken by CanmetMINING.

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) has released a draft of an international industry standard designed to improve social and environmental performance in mining.

Probe Mines Ltd. has brought on John Haflidson as a senior mining advisor to help develop its Borden Gold project near Chapleau.