Mining

A year after Vale ceded a portion of its aggregate licence for the Willisville Mountain, following a campaign by local citizens, the mining giant has embarked on a unique collaboration with one of that campaign’s strongest advocates.

In 1955, Wilfred H. Coutu staked out a handful of mining claims in Lake Superior Provincial Park with the dream of operating a gold mine.

When Marc Desjardins quit his job as a senior manager with forestry company Tembec , he had high hopes for success as an entrepreneur.

There’s an unwritten code adhered to by people working in the mining industry: when emergency strikes, you do whatever you can to help.

A deadline hasn’t been established to implement changes to the federal government’s vetting process for resource development projects, but legislation ideally should come “as soon as possible,” said Tony Clement during a recent tour of the North.

When news about slowing growth in China shook down global commodity markets in May, Basil Botha wasn't the least bit spooked. The president and CEO of Northern Iron Corp.

A May sojourn to Sudbury by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was kept so quiet, few knew he had visited the city until he was already gone.

A successful mineral exploration initiative in northeastern Ontario has run its course after generating at least $38 million of activity.

Vale's $2 billion emissions reduction project will not only deliver a major boost to the economy, it will be “good for the lungs of our children and grandchildren,” according to Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Vale is proposing a new nickel-copper-PGM mine in Sudbury that has the potential for a 10-year life with an estimated production of 5,000 tonnes per day, and a projected workforce of 500.