Mining

The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) received $15 million in federal funding for its Ultra Deep Mining Network, announced Greg Rickford, Minister of State for Science and Technology.

Detour Gold ’s Detour Lake Mine, located north of Cochrane, fell short of its 2013 operation targets.

Vancouver-based New Gold released its feasibility study for its Rainy River gold project near Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario. The company is projecting 325,000 ounces of annual gold production during the first nine years of operation.

Northern College ’s Apprenticeship, Community and Corporate Training (ACCT) division has partnered with the Hamlet of Arviat, Nunavut, to develop and deliver a welding trade readiness program in Arviat.

A Sudbury -based junior mining company isn't ruling out a settlement agreement with the province to relinquish its claims on its dormant gold properties in northwestern Ontario after a dispute with a First Nation community.

One of the discoverers of the Elliot Lake uranium deposits was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, Jan. 17 in Toronto. Consulting geologist David S.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Gowest Gold Ltd. and United Commodity (UC) could lead the way for concentrate from Gowest’s Bradshaw gold deposit refined at United Commodity's processing facility in Cobalt.

Osisko has rejected the $2.6-billion hostile takeover bid made by Goldcorp on Jan. 13.

Temex Resources Corp. , a junior gold miner exploring in the Timmins-Kirkland Lake camps, will file an NI 43-101 resource estimate for its Juby gold project. The company announced initial results for Juby’s Hydro Creek and Big Dome zones on Jan. 17.

First Nickel hit its 2013 production targets at its Lockerby Mine in Sudbury and is predicting growth for 2014. In 2013, the company achieved full production at its Lockerby Mine, shipping 242,000 tonnes of ore to Glencore .