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North American Palladium has named James Gallagher as its new chief operating officer. With more than 30 years in the mining industry, Gallagher previously served as global director of mining with Hatch Engineering.

A fatal accident occurred over the Labour Day Weekend at the Stillwater Mining project in Marathon. In a Sept. 3 release, the company reported that James Buckner, a contractor for Stillwater Canada, was fatally injured during the afternoon of Aug.

Goldcorp announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with the Lac Seul First Nation covering the company's Red Lake mine complex in northwestern Ontario. The agreement, signed Aug.

Vale has confirmed a fire broke out at its Clarabelle Mill in Copper Cliff (Sudbury) this morning. Greater Sudbury Fire Services (GSFS) were called out to the site at 9:15 a.m. this morning and remain on scene.

Goldcorp and Lac Seul First Nation (Obishikokaang) have signed a collaboration agreement surrounding operations at Red Lake Gold Mines.

Greg Rickford has only been in his new role a month, but he vows he will do things differently as minister of state, science and technology, FedNor and the Ring of Fire. But FedNor’s mandate will stay the same.

The insolvency of one of Canada’s largest and oldest contracting firms is having a ripple effect on companies in Sudbury and across Northern Ontario.

KWG Resources reported that a pilot smelting campaign on chromite drill core from its Black Horse Discovery in the Ring of Fire has been wrapped up “with excellent results.” In an Aug.

Northern Gold Mining has entered into an exploration agreement with the Wahgoshig First Nation community in northeastern Ontario. The company is working on its Golden Bear Project in the Larder Lake mining district of northeastern Ontario.