Mining

Legislative uncertainty and lack of transparency have knocked Ontario from 10th among the world’s mining jurisdictions to 22nd, according to a recent survey published by the Fraser Institute, a British Columbia-based think-tank.

Northern Ontario suppliers will see stronger opportunities both at home and abroad as a result of the merger between FNX Mining Company Inc. and Quadra Mining Ltd., according to Vern Baker, vice- president of FNX’s Sudbury operations.

Mining will be the saving grace of the Northern Ontario economy while the world’s financial systems continue their rocky path towards recovery, according to voices from the region’s mining supply and service community.

The rising price of nickel and “new operating opportunities” are giving Sudbury-based junior Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd. the chance to look at reviving a pair of past-producing deposits 50 kilometres east of Timmins.

Jay Mackie has the kind of go-go attitude you’d expect from a mine manager with 40 years in the business.

A southern Ontario analytical lab is expanding its footprint in northwestern Ontario with expansions in Thunder Bay and Timmins, and a new shop in Red Lake. Activation Laboratories Ltd.

Spider Resources Inc. (SPQ:TSX-V) (“Spider”), KWG Resources Inc. (KWG:TSX-V) (“KWG”) and Freewest Resources Canada Inc.

One of the biggest business-to-business trade shows in Northern Ontario is set for April 28 at Thunder Bay's Valhalla Inn.

In the knowledge world, facts are the new coins. Those in the mining sector and the allied service and supply fields will get the facts when they attend a trade show in Timmins on May 19-20. The show’s theme is A New Decade in Mining.

Northern Ontario mining suppliers may be able to tap into global mining projects, including a $2-billion mine construction project in Chile, as a result of the recently announced merger between Sudbury miner FNX Mining Company Inc .