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Low dollar could help Sudbury miners in labour negotiations

Low dollar could help Sudbury miners in labour negotiations

A low Canadian dollar could work in the United Steelworkers' favour as they enter into contract negotiations with Vale in Sudbury, said a Laurentian University commerce professor.
Technology can detect gold grades in mineral samples

Technology can detect gold grades in mineral samples

Innovator Jim Kendall remembers the exact circumstances surrounding his eureka moment: Jan. 19, 2011 at 6:50 p.m., while on the elliptical trainer at the Ajax Community Centre.
Cliffs and Essar court trouble

Cliffs and Essar court trouble

The love-hate relationship between Essar Steel Algoma and Cliffs Natural Resources has flared again as the Sault Ste. Marie steel maker and the Cleveland iron-ore miner will be duking it out in court. Cliffs filed a US $90-million suit Jan.
Ontario Mine Rescue in talks to work with OPP

Ontario Mine Rescue in talks to work with OPP

Ontario Mine Rescue has been in talks to form a partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police's urban search and rescue teams.
Federal investment needed to spur mining innovation

Federal investment needed to spur mining innovation

Sudbury’s Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) is proposing a program to address the gap between good innovative ideas and finding ways to commercialize them for the mining industry.
Cliffs terminates Ring of Fire assessment process

Cliffs terminates Ring of Fire assessment process

The federal environmental assessment of Cliffs Natural Resources’ chromite project in the Ring of Fire has been terminated. The Cleveland-based iron ore miner notified the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) on Jan.
Primero appoints new president and COO

Primero appoints new president and COO

Primero Mining Corp. has appointed Ernest Mast as its new president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Mast is a metallurgical engineer and brings to Primero more than 25 years of international mining experience.
Goldcorp, Wabauskang sign agreement

Goldcorp, Wabauskang sign agreement

Goldcorp and Wabauskang First Nation have signed a collaboration agreement that paves the way for long-term economic benefits for the northwestern Ontario First Nation.
Former Potash Corp. VP named mining trailblazer

Former Potash Corp. VP named mining trailblazer

Betty-Ann Heggie, a former senior vice-president with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. , will receive the 2015 Trailblazer Award from Women in Mining Canada .
Sudbury miner expects consistent numbers despite job cuts

Sudbury miner expects consistent numbers despite job cuts

First Nickel expects production at its Lockerby Mine in Sudbury for 2015 to be in line with its numbers from last year, despite recently cutting around 45 per cent of its workforce.