Mining

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.

Jacques Perron, president and CEO of St Andrew Goldfields Ltd, will be resigning from his position the end of October.

Ottawa is supporting Aboriginal training in preparation for coming development in the Far North. The federal government's Skills and Partnership Fund is allocating more than $5.

Unsure of what she wanted to do after some post-secondary education, Armanda Farrell submitted her resumé to the Dome Mine in Timmins six years ago.

The mining industry was an uninviting place for job-seeking women like Mary Louise Hill to catch a break in the 1970s. In fact, it was a downright oddity for a female to be involved even at the grassroots level.

Attitude is everything for women to succeed in the mining industry.

For Judy Baker, challenges in the junior exploration side of the mining industry aren’t necessarily linked to gender. It’s a formidable field that poses challenges for anyone who takes the work on.