Mining

Starting this fall, Northern College ’s Kirkland Lake campus will be offering a new diamond driller assistant common core program that will train students to work as diamond driller assistants in both surface and underground drilling environments.

Reclamation work being done by Barrick Gold at its Hemlo property near Marathon has changed the landscape of the former mining operation.

A nitrogen dioxide leak at Vale’s Copper Cliff smelter caused some tense moments in Sudbury. The noxious gas (NOx) was released from the company’s acid plant during a maintenance shutdown, Aug. 13.

North American Palladium (NAP) announced Aug. 6 that it has completed its recapitalization program with Brookfield Capital. NAP operates the Lac des Iles mine, northwest of Thunder Bay, one of two primary producers of palladium in the world.

After a successful inaugural year in 2014, the North America Mining Expo in Sudbury expands to larger digs for this year’s show.

Heavy equipment students at Northern College Timmins Campus now have hands-on experience in working with specialized mining equipment after a donation from Dumas Mining Contractors.

Frank Racicot, a Sudbury-based consulting geologist, prospector and filmmaker, has launched a website to preserve and celebrate the bizarre and unusual stories of what he fears is a dying breed of mineral explorers.

An environmental organization based in Toronto says it worries about the environmental restoration in the Ring of Fire after exploration work concludes in the James Bay region.

Amothballed crushing mill in Matheson is being refurbished by a Toronto industrial minerals company with the aim of processing flake graphite imported from South America.

A weekend underground explosion at First Nickel's Lockerby Mine in Sudbury on Aug. 2 resulted in minor injuries and smoke inhalation for one worker, confirmed the company's president and CEO. “There was an explosion this morning (Aug.