Mining

International Montoro Resources has contracted Orbit Garant Drilling Services for an exploration program at its Pecors Anomaly base metal property near Elliot Lake.

Kapuskasing Gold has appointed former government geologist Brian Atkinson to its advisory board. Atkinson served as the resident geologist with the Ontario Geological Survey offices in Timmins and Red Lake. In a Jan.

MacKenzie (Mac) Watson, one of the Ring of Fire discoverers, was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, Jan. 15 in Toronto.

Gold miner Goldcorp has announced its intentions to purchase Probe Mines , which has interests in the Chapleau area, for $526 million.

It may sound like something straight from science fiction, but for miners of the future, suits and helmets that monitor their vital signs, regulate their body temperature and communicate to aboveground operators isn’t so far from reality.

Vibrations have not traditionally been recognized as major health and safety hazards in workplaces, but Laurentian University's Tammy Eger and her colleagues hope to change that perception.

Sudbury’s Dynamic Earth mining science museum will be the test bed for a new large-scale underground air compressor to supply deep mines with cool air. The compressor will use an efficient hydraulic system to move air underground.

Low nickel prices have forced First Nickel Inc. (FNI) to restructure operations at its Lockerby nickel-copper mine in Sudbury and cut jobs. In a Jan.

Kirkland Lake’s Nordex Explosives has added former Dupont Canada executive Peter Bourgeois to its board of directors. Bourgeois is a director and chairman of the board of Circa Enterprises and with Tyromer, a privately held rubber company.

The sister of one of two miners killed in a Sudbury mining accident in 2011 said she's looking forward to the answers coming from an upcoming coroner's inquest into her brother's death.