Mining

The president of Steelworkers Local 6500 said his members will be “respectful” of those crossing the picket line when Vale Inco resumes partial production, something which could occur as soon as the end of this week.

HLS Hard-Line Solutions Inc., a Sudbury-area mine technology manufacturer, has walked away with the gold after being honored by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce's Ontario Global Traders Awards (OGTA).

Starting off in business in the depths of a recession taught the owners of North Bay’s Resolution Machining a vital lesson: the importance of diversification.

A recession and a sagging metals market have failed to dampen the annual salaries of Canada's mining industry CEOs, which have increased almost nine per cent over the last year, according to an industry-wide survey released Sept. 14.

Caked in layers of ice and frost, various pipes carry liquid nitrogen from a large outdoor tank on Sudbury's Maley Drive to Dura 21's special processor, cryogenically freezing the mining equipment that's been placed inside.

  The renewed health of the mining industry is reviving the fortunes of Sudbury's Mining Technologies International Inc. (MTI) not only in its home town, but also in Billings, Mont., where a big expansion is driving big business.

Shifting from diamonds in 2007 to gold has proven a timely move for Northern Superior Resources, an ambitious Sudbury-based junior exploration firm with projects throughout Quebec and northwestern Ontario.

United Steelworkers national director Ken Neumann is “demanding” that the federal government ensure that temporary foreign workers not be permitted to work at Vale Inco during the strikes in Sudbury, Port Colborne and Voisey's Bay.

Lake Shore Gold Corp., whose advanced exploration-stage Timmins Mine is located 18 kilometres west of the city, has signed an agreement to merg with West Timmins Mining Inc. worth $319 million.

The ripple effects of the ongoing strike at Vale Inco's Sudbury operations have officially reached into Timmins, where a lack of available copper concentrate has resulted in a temporary shutdown at Xstrata Copper's Kidd Metallurgical Site.