Mining

It came as no surprise to the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) that it's more expensive to mine in the Far North than in the south, but thanks to a new report, the association has quantified that difference.

St Andrew Goldfields (SAS) said it produced 23,727 ounces of gold in the first quarter of 2015 — 11 per cent more than its forecast for that period— and plans to have its Taylor Project in commercial production by the fourth quarter.

Lake Shore Gold has expanded its scope of exploration work at its gold properties in Timmins, which will add another $13 million to its 2015 exploration budget.

Laurentian University ’s Goodman School of Mines will welcome delegates to Sudbury June 20 to 25 for the Mining and the Environment International Conference , the fifth edition of the event. The first event was held 20 years ago.

The Northern Ontario mining community lost an esteemed colleague and long-time contributor on April 3.

What is the one thing that would make living in Ontario’s Far North communities better? If you asked that question to seven people knowledgeable about the North, you might very well get seven different answers: clean drinking water, functional sewer

To the untrained eye, a visit to Kovit Engineering’s lab in Sudbury looks like a number of adults playing with combinations of sand, silt and water.

The Ontario government has announced it plans on making the Northern Industrial Electricity Rate (NIER) Program permanent.

Somewhere in Greenland, there’s a mining industry representative walking around wearing a toque with Larabie Logistics emblazoned across it.

Timmins-based Lake Shore Gold has come a long way since a rough patch in 2012 and 2013 when a lot of investors thought the gold producer could go bankrupt.