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Beyond the golden mile

Beyond the golden mile

By Edgar J. Lavoie Bill Love's six-foot-four frame straddles a quartz vein as wide as his hips. It is a sunny autumn day in the middle of the northern bush east of Lake Nipigon. For the past three years, Sage Gold Inc.
Chilean firm seeking Sudbury-area suppliers

Chilean firm seeking Sudbury-area suppliers

A warm Chilean wind blew through Northern Ontario as senior officials from Minera Esperanza visited Greater Sudbury and North Bay to source the region’s expertise and supplies in mining.

Creating a ceiling for future nickel prices

It is unlikely the markets will ever see $20-per pound nickel again now that China can produce nickel pig iron at single digit costs, says Jim Lennon, executive director in commodities research with Macquarie Bank Limited in London.
Bacteria-powered bioleaching considered for Cobalt

Bacteria-powered bioleaching considered for Cobalt

The arsenic-laden tailings scattered throughout the Cobalt region may be an environmental quandary, but it might translate into a $20 million facility for one Toronto-based company.
Trophy case gets bigger at Cementation Canada

Trophy case gets bigger at Cementation Canada

The fall of 2008 was one to remember for North Bay's Cementation Canada and President/CEO Roy Slack.

Vale Inco whacked by global crunch

Never before has the business world felt so vulnerable to other countries' economies and yet this is the situation as global nickel demand has come to a grinding halt.

Canadian Arrow receives road permit for nickel project

Sudbury junior miner Canadian Arrow Mines is building an all-weather road into the site of its Kenbridge Nickel Project in northwestern Ontario.

Apollo Gold nets $15 million interim financing for Timmins gold mine

While the banks continue to perform extensive due diligence and project review for Apollo Gold's proposed Black Fox gold mine near Timmins, a $15 million interim financing has been proposed to allow development work to continue on schedule.

West Timmins Mining hits more high grade gold in its namesake

Drilling at West Timmins Mining Inc.'s fully-owned Thorne Property in Timmins has continued to yield sufficient positive gold results to expand the Golden River West Zone.
Vale Inco announce shutdowns and early retirement in Sudbury

Vale Inco announce shutdowns and early retirement in Sudbury

Shutdowns and early retirement packages for Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador's nickel operations have been announced by Vale Inco as the company responds to global economic uncertainties in the market.