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Program moves Northern ideas to global market

Program moves Northern ideas to global market

Export Marketing Assistance Program helps mining suppliers take business to next level
Engineering giant finds a home in Sudbury

Engineering giant finds a home in Sudbury

Headquartered in Montreal, consulting and engineering firm SNC-Lavalin is a giant in the industry with projects spanning the globe.

Throne speech pledges Ring of Fire link, resource revenue sharing

Northern Ontario's Ring of Fire warranted a sentence in Premier Kathleen Wynne's Feb. 19 throne speech.

Detour Gold has first gold pour

Detour Gold poured its first four gold bars for approximately 2,000 ounces of gold at its Detour Lake mine. “Today is a celebration for all of us that have been involved in this project from its inception.
Clement takes charge in Ring of Fire

Clement takes charge in Ring of Fire

Tony Clement came to Thunder Bay with a take-charge attitude on the Ring of Fire.
New mines minister, new hope for Cliffs?

New mines minister, new hope for Cliffs?

Cliffs Natural Resources hopes a restructured provincial government with Michael Gravelle at the helm of the Northern Development and Mines can kick-start talks on advancing its Ring of Fire chromite project.

Detour Lake ramping up

The ramp-up of the first production line of the processing plant is advancing at the Detour Lake open pit gold mine about 150 kilometres north of Cochrane.

Vale’s dust control measures an example for others

Mining’s a dusty job, but Vale has implemented a process for dust suppression that is proving to be effective at keeping the pesky substance at bay.
Junior miner sizes up carbon trading market

Junior miner sizes up carbon trading market

A Toronto mineral exploration outfit is dipping its toe in the carbon credit pool.
Xstrata metallurgical site remediation underway

Xstrata metallurgical site remediation underway

Following 2020, it may be difficult to tell what once stood at the Kidd Metallurgical (Met) site in Timmins . Since copper and zinc smelting and refining operations came to an end in 2010, remedial and reclamation work has been ongoing at the site.