Mining

Canada is increasingly being looked upon by Germany as a source of supply for strategic raw materials.

Shawn Batise favours the “one window approach” when it comes to doing business with exploration firms.

A trio of Sudbury mining veterans, Dennis Shannon, Mike Mooney and Otto Rost, have teamed up to establish the National Mine Safety Training Centre (NMSTC).

A Thunder Bay drilling company boss said exploration work is drying up in Northern Ontario and she's finding greener pastures in the Caribbean.

A small northwestern Ontario First Nation community is threatening legal action against a Red Lake gold miner which is advancing a high-grade deposit toward an early 2014 startup.

With $8 million in its coffers, the Nickel Basin Federal Development Corp. ’s annual budget isn’t big, but it’s effective. The corporation is a high-risk lender that loans money to entrepreneurs and business startups after the bank has said no.

Visitors to the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium in Sudbury could find booths displaying large-format printers to the latest in geophysical technology.

Joseph Barr was one of the most popular exhibitors at a recent mining symposium since he was “giving away money.” As president of the Ontario Exploration Council (OEC), he set up a booth at the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium Nov.

In northwestern Ontario, mining companies struggling to find skilled workers may soon have a new recruitment ally on their side, and it comes in a most non-traditional package: a videogame.

Both Rick Lemieux and Bob Morin were born in small towns, both demonstrated an aptitude for working with machinery at a young age, and both saw ways to make improvements in the mining industry, which helped their respective companies achieve success