Mining

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) has released a draft of an international industry standard designed to improve social and environmental performance in mining.

Probe Mines Ltd. has brought on John Haflidson as a senior mining advisor to help develop its Borden Gold project near Chapleau.

Zenyatta Ventures is reporting it’s produced high-purity and highly crystalline graphite from its Albany Graphite deposit near Hearst. It has now sent samples to potential customers for further testing.

Persistence paid off for Ray Roussy. It’s been a 40-year odyssey for the Smooth Rock Falls native, mechanical engineer and innovator who’s being recognized for nursing a once-discarded commercial drilling technology back to life.

Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd. has secured additional funding to help start up its Broken Hammer nickel-copper-PGM mine near Sudbury. Auramet is providing Wallbridge with US$1.

Kerr Mines , which recently reached a merger agreement with San Gold , has announced it’s raising $15 million for general operations.

The province announced Thursday its plans to establish an interim board for the Ring of Fire development corporation, but critics say the announcement has been too little too late.

High Strength Plates & Profiles Inc. , a company that processes high-strength plate and sheet steel, has been fined $110,000 in the death of a worker at its operation centre in Lively, located just outside of Sudbury.

The province announced today it met its campaign promise of establishing a development corporation for the Ring of Fire within 60 days of re-election.

Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle said the province is not yet ready to announce a development corporation to lead infrastructure decisions around the Ring of Fire, despite closing in on a self-imposed deadline.