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Kap Gold grants shares to four First Nations

Kapuskasing Gold has granted company stock to Brunswick House , Chapleau Cree , Chapleau Ojibwe and Flying Post First Nations , the four First Nation communities within the mining company’s operating area.
Union identifies worker killed at Sudbury mine

Union identifies worker killed at Sudbury mine

Mine Mill Local 598/Unifor identified the man killed in Glencore's Nickel Rim South Mine in Sudbury Tuesday as Richard Pigeau. The operation on the east end of the Sudbury basin remained closed following the Oct. 20 incident.
Labour ministry confirms worker killed at Nickel Rim Mine

Labour ministry confirms worker killed at Nickel Rim Mine

An unidentified worker at Glencore's Nickel Rim mine was killed Tuesday, the company and the Ontario Ministry of Labour have confirmed.
Iron ore junior has big plans for Sioux Lookout

Iron ore junior has big plans for Sioux Lookout

Thunder Bay’s Rockex Mining is updated its preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of a potential open-pit iron ore mine and hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in northwestern Ontario. The $3.77-billion project is built around the company’s Lake St.
Tailings issue halts Red Lake mill production

Tailings issue halts Red Lake mill production

Elevated ammonia levels at a mine tailings facility in Red Lake caused Rubicon Minerals to halt mill operations at its new Phoenix Gold Mine. The company reported it was ordered by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change on Sept.

Mining lawsuit play-by-play

A Sudbury junior miner engaged in a lawsuit against the Ontario government plans to keep its shareholders well-informed during the trial.
Palladium miner lays off 44 employees

Palladium miner lays off 44 employees

North American Palladium (NAP) has laid off 44 employees at its Lac des Iles Mine 90 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay. In a statement, the company blamed “weak metal prices” for the move.
Orefinders digging into its stockpile

Orefinders digging into its stockpile

Orefinders Resources has completed its closure plan for off-site custom milling of some mineralized stockpiles at its Mirado Gold Project, near Kirkland Lake.
NORCAT investments pay off for training mine

NORCAT investments pay off for training mine

Over the last six months mining supply and services companies around the world have come knocking at NORCAT’s door to take advantage of its underground training and testing mine in Onaping.
KGHM updates suppliers on Victoria project

KGHM updates suppliers on Victoria project

KGHM International expects to have a decision on full funding for the Victoria Project in the Sudbury Basin by year’s end, along with a decision on whether to sink one or two shafts, chief project officer Warner Uhl told close to 150 mining suppliers