Mining

More than $100 billion is expected to be invested in Saskatchewan over the next decade and some Northern Ontario businesses want a piece of the action.

Canadian Shield Energy Solutions Inc (CSE) announced Jan. 3 that the company will merge with Sudbury's BESTECH, one of Canada’s leading mine engineering and automation firms specializing in software development and energy management.

Cochrane is one of the northeastern Ontario communities reaping spinoff benefits as the project site preparations begin for one of Canada’s largest undeveloped gold reserves.

Finding new workers will be the biggest challenge facing the Canadian mining industry over the next 10 years as the majority of its workforce reaches retirement, according to a recent labour report.

As gold continues to break records and bring prosperity to the North with ever-soaring prices, the precious-metal heavyweight once again stands as the region’s celebrity commodity.

Two years ago, the Ring of Fire was a hot high-grade chromite discovery resigned to the back pages of the business section.

India has renewed its interest in developing its mining and mineral sector.

The rising demand for new workers in the mining industry is sparking new training and qualification initiatives from companies and organizations operating in Northern Ontario.

Flush with a fresh injection of $55 million in newfound cash and a budding partnership with mining giant Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, Queenston Mining Inc. is marching through the Kirkland Lake camp with far more swagger in its step.

Detour Gold Corporation and geological engineer Frank Tagliamonte are the recipients of the 2010 Ontario Prospectors Association Awards. The two were honoured in Sudbury on Dec.