Mining

Six years after the first exploratory drill hole, Ursa Major Minerals has started regular ore shipments from its new nickel-copper open pit mine, north of Webbwood, to a Greater Sudbury smelter.

Early one autumn morning in 2006, Chris Hamblin observed a flock of migratory geese feeding on grass atop the covered tailings at the old Kam Kotia mine near Timmins.

Kapuskasing Mayor Alan Spacek only had to stroll through the Prospectors and Developers trade show in Toronto this spring to gauge the level of exploration interest in his corner of Ontario's Clay Belt.

Mining or exploration companies that do not have a health and safety program are gambling with severe penalties, says Bill Mercer, chair of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) Health and Safety Committee.

Having air side assets is an added bonus for a leading edge geology assay lab now opening its second location in Northern Ontario. Activation Laboratories Ltd. (Act Labs) is spending $1.

By HEIDI ULRICHSEN Jesse Legault stands in a line stretching least 20 people long, waiting to hand his resume to representatives from Xstrata Nickel. A similarly long line has formed at the other end of the room at the booth for Vale Inco.

By NICK STEWART A newly struck partnership between two of Canada’s pre-eminent research institutions located in Sudbury and Saskatoon may well open up entirely new knowledge of environmental workplace safety for the mining industry.

By IAN ROSS Mining is a core Canadian industry and Sudbury's Robert Lipic has been at the centre of it for more than 40 years.

By IAN ROSS Roy Slack is has built the kind of company he always wanted to work for. The president of one of Canada's largest mine builders has developed a stellar company reputation for safety and a great place to work.

By NICK STEWART Richard Murphy, president of Sudbury-based Independent Nickel Corp.