Mining

Goldcorp is planning a $2.6-billion acquisition of Osisko Mining Corp. , which has gold properties in the Thunder Bay and Kirkland Lake areas. The company announced its intentions on Jan. 13.

North American Palladium (NAP) is taking a breather before taking another deep dive at its Lac des Iles (LDI) mine in northwestern Ontario.

Vale and the United Steelworkers Local 6500 teamed up raise $750,000 for the United Way of Sudbury and the Nipissing District.

Tamaka Gold has signed a strategic agreement with Fladgate Exploration Consulting to expand its exploration work on its Goldlund Property in northwestern Ontario. According to Tamaka in a Jan.

Lake Shore Gold reported a record year at its Timmins mines in 2013. In a Jan.

Getting optimum use of a new shaft at Lac des Iles (LDI) is on the collective minds at North American Palladium heading into 2014.

Last year was a rough one for many junior miners but Premier Gold is crowing about its exploration successes.

The operational and management shakeup continues at Kirkland Lake Gold. The company has launched a strategic review of its flagship northeastern Ontario operation and even the sale of assets are up for discussion.

Sudbury -based Wallbridge Mining has focused its gaze toward platinum group elements (PGEs) in the Sudbury basin.

Headframes are part of the iconography on which Cobalt has built its tourism industry. But a recent announcement that two of those headframes would be demolished has some worrying about the future of the town’s heritage.