Mining

A provincial toll road may be in the offing for mining companies hauling ore out of the Ring of Fire.

After building a state-of-the-art facility to house its growing company five years ago, B&D Manufacturing is moving another step forward, privately developing an industrial park on its Chelmsford property just outside of Sudbury .

Northern Iron Corp. is knocking on Domtar's door to gain access to a railroad right-of-way to advance a proposed open-pit iron ore operation in northwestern Ontario.

Xstrata Copper and the Timmins Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) joined forces recently to recruit some potential employees. The Brunswick Mine in Bathurst, N.B.

A proposed mining institute at Thunder Bay 's Lakehead University will place a strong emphasis on acting as an “honest broker” in dialogue between industry and First Nations.

Sudbury's Laurentian University names new school of mines for Ned Goodman, CEO of Dundee Corp.

What's old is new again. For decades, the Rainy River district in northwestern Ontario had no operating mines even though the Fort Frances area held a rich legacy of gold mining dating back to the mid-1800s.

Historic prospectors Jack Wilson, Sandy McIntyre and Benny Hollinger have always had a permanent place in the history books of Timmins . Now they have a permanent home.

Darryl Stretch has his Howard Beale moments.

After nearly a year in his role as Ring of Fire senior director for Webequie First Nation , Michael Fox says he is encouraged by the progress of the emerging mineral development project.