Mining

Rubicon Minerals received notice on Jan. 11 that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has decided to suspend to delist the common stock of the gutted Red Lake mine project developer from the exchange.

Goldcorp announced Jan. 14 that it’s permanently closing underground mining activities at its Dome mine in Timmins by the middle of this year. The company said 115 employees and 76 contractors will be affected.

The province expects to implement the first three amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act — aimed at improving safety standards in Ontario mines— early in 2016.

Trainers at Confederation College are anxiously awaiting the run-up to development of a new mine in Ecuador where they’ll be helping to prepare a workforce to support a major gold project.

Could good news come in threes for the City of Timmins? On the heels of a pair of announcements of new industrial development in Timmins — Calabrian’s liquid sulphur dioxide plant and General Magnesium’s magnesium and talc mine — the city has announc

Sean Willy brings a unique perspective to his role as director of corporate responsibility for the uranium producing Canadian Mining and Energy Corporation (Cameco).

KWG Resources’ ultimate dream of building a Ring of Fire railroad may have to be realized through a Chinese bank.

A Chinese railway engineering firm has agreed to embark on a feasibility study with Toronto’s KWG Resources to investigate the economics of building a Ring of Fire railroad. KWG Resources announced Dec.

Two Wawa gold explorers, Red Pine Exploration and Augustine Ventures, want to merge into one. The two junior miners announced Dec.

David Livingston, a one-time provincial Ring of Fire negotiator, is one of two top aides of former Premier Dalton McGuinty facing criminal charges over the destruction of government documents related to the controversial cancellation of the two Toron