Mining

By ADELLE LARMOUR Skepticism is riding high in response to the latest funding announcement made by Minister of Northern Development and Mines Rick Bartolucci for the projected 12-year expansion of Highway 69 into four lanes from Sudbury to Parry Soun

By ADELLE LARMOUR It is time for Sudbury area mining supply and service companies to do business beyond their own backyard, and China is the place to do it.

By IAN ROSS North Bay mine builders Cementation Canada are teaming up with an Inuit development corporation in Canada’s Far North to form a new company.

A closer relationship between the space and mining sectors will be forged at the second annual Planetary and Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium in Sudbury from June 5 to 8.

By KELLY LOUISIEZE It was no coincidence the 14th annual Sudbury Mining Week officially opened at a Greater Sudbury high school.

By COLLEEN KLEVEN Echoes of victory cries can still be heard in the hallways of Laurentian University. When the dust settled at the 2005 Canada Mining Games in Sudbury, the LU team had defended their 2004 championship.

By KELLY LOUISEIZE The future looks bright for nickel, but, without significant restructuring strategies Inco Ltd. will lose its competitive edge, says the president of the mining giant’s Ontario operations.

By CRAIG GILBERT The world’s largest and most advanced uranium refinery is about to hire another 20-30 people. Cameco has announced a new toll-conversion agreement with British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL).

By JOHN WROE The Holloway Mine northeast of Kirkland Lake is coming to the end of its life, but owner Newmont Mining believes that nearby ore bodies can keep the mill operating and allow for future growth.

By IAN ROSS Climbing uranium prices have led to a staking rush in the Elliot Lake area, but government geologists aren’t about to invoke the hey-days of the 1950s and 60s.