Mining

This year's Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) show in Toronto attracted more than 30,000 people for the second consecutive year, say organizers.

Confederation College , Noront Resources and Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services (KKETS) have established a training alliance to create a home-grown Aboriginal mining workforce for the Ring of Fire .

The Hearst Economic Development Corporation is presenting a “Mining for Non-Miners” workshop at the Inovo Centre, March 20.

After more than a decade shooting weddings, families, engagements and babies, James Hodgins felt like he was losing his spark. But all it took to reignite his passion for photography was a jumbo drill or two.

A conveyor alignment system, de­signed and manufactured in Dave Sharp's backyard workshop, has found a home in several countries across the globe. “It was a part-time thing because I just wanted to make the payments on a truck,” he said.

It wasn't just the shareholders reaping the benefits of the gold mines in Tim­mins several decades ago – highgrad­ers were getting rich too.

From a small operation that began in the basement of their home, Rod and Clara Steele are now in the pro­cess of commercializing a product that could trans­form the tunnel-drilling process in underground mining.

After six months at the helm of Sudbury’s Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT), one of Don Duval’s immediate goals is to cut the boardroom in half and expand the upper atrium into a meeting space.

Cambrian College in Sudbury is experiencing record numbers of students enrolling in its various programs, but mining is at the top of that list, with a 100 per cent growth rate.

An Aboriginal training program in northwestern Ontario is making strides to address a looming labour shortfall in the mining industry.