Mining

Last year, as Rick Lemieux neared retirement and succession planning became a priority, he opted to put his Alban business, RDH Mining Equipment, on the market. But he didn't have to look far to find a buyer.

Mine development times have to improve and more workers must be recruited in order for the province, and the country, to take advantage of the $130 billion worth of investment expected to take place across Canada in the next five years, according to

Turkey, South Africa, Nevada, Mexico: the list of destinations Rob Brown travels to for business may be expanding, but the North remains home.

Oct. 17 will be the public's first crack to comment on Cliffs Natural Resources' massive integrated chromite project slated for the James Bay region.

For 40 years, Sudbury's City Welding has been at the forefront of ingenuity, earning a 2011 Bell Chamber of Commerce Award for its innovative approach to business.

Vale will invest $49 million in a demonstration plant in Copper Cliff which will feature Rail-Veyor technology and offer opportunities to test safer and more efficient mining techniques and new, specialized equipment.

An up-and-coming northwestern Ontario iron ore producer is “98 per cent” sure the processing for a magnetite deposit will be located near Ignace, rather than Atikokan.

In 1912, mining companies in Cobalt were looking for trained technical workers but there weren't many in the area. To address the need, part-time evening classes were started in the town, at the YMCA, but they didn't pan out.

Building a Ring of Fire railroad to move millions of bulk tonnes of chromite is a certainty, said a senior official with Cliffs Natural Resources.

Canada's economy is benefiting from a global demand for natural resources which also bodes well for Sudbury's economy, says Dr. Sherry Cooper.