Mining

Controversial junior mining boss Darryl Stretch has been replaced as CEO of Solid Gold Resources by its board of directors. In a Dec.

Change is nothing new for Rector Machine Works . Since opening its doors in 1934, the family-run machine shop has expanded and moved multiple times.

Jeff Perreault was trying to find an effective method for removing heavy-duty stains from a variety of surfaces when he found the answer right in his own kitchen cupboard: sodium bicarbonate.

Matawa First Nations , a tribal council representing nine First Nations in northwestern Ontario, is taking a proactive approach with land use management to safeguard its cultural and historical values.

Detour Gold's open pit gold mine project north of Cochrane was 95 per cent completed the end of October. The first gold pour is expected in January, 2013.

A contentious presentation at a mining symposium has raised the ire of a First Nation group and community.

Thunder Bay isn't being tepid about maximizing the potential spinoffs in the mineral industry. The city is putting together an aggressive game plan to reap the full benefits of a growing stable of mine developments across the region.

Wahgoshig First Nation Chief David Babin and Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Harvey Yesno are calling on the province to withdraw its support of the Ontario Prospectors Association (OPA) and an industry fringe group for what they term a campa

The head of the Ontario Prospectors Association harbours some trepidation on whether new regulations to the province's Mining Act will reduce misunderstandings and conflict between the exploration industry and First Nations.

The portraits in Louie Palu ’s new Art Gallery of Sudbury exhibit are striking: a man gazing pensively into the distance, a stump where his arm should be; a couple laughing over a few beers in a Timmins tavern the night before a shaft-sinking trip to