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Mining program enrolment increasing at Cambrian

Cambrian College in Sudbury is experiencing record numbers of students enrolling in its various programs, but mining is at the top of that list, with a 100 per cent growth rate.
Aboriginal mining training program provides skill, confidence

Aboriginal mining training program provides skill, confidence

An Aboriginal training program in northwestern Ontario is making strides to address a looming labour shortfall in the mining industry.
Association provides health and safety services

Association provides health and safety services

Workplace Safety North (WSN) may be operating behind the scenes, but it works diligently to ensure workers go home safe each day.

Vale sells Sudbury gold to Silver Wheaton

Vale S.A. has completed a definitive agreement with Silver Wheaton Corp. to sell 70 per cent of the payable gold by-product stream from certain Sudbury nickel mines for 20 years.

NORCAT, Hard-Line Solutions enter training agreement

The Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT) and HLS Hard-Line Solutions Inc.

Gold explorer strikes exploration deal with First Nation

SGX Resources has signed an exploration agreement with the Mattagami First Nation . In a Feb.

Mining stakeholders invited to exporting seminar

Mining entrepreneurs and business owners are invited to hear presentations from representatives of the U.S. and Australia on the emerging mining trends, opportunities and challenges in those countries.
Cliffs plays political waiting game

Cliffs plays political waiting game

Cliffs Natural Resources could scale back its spending in the Ring of Fire if “uncertainties” associated with its chromite mine project in the James Bay lowlands aren't ironed out with Queen's Park.

Company drills at Ring of Fire

MacDonald Mines Exploration has commenced its winter 2013 drill program on the Butler 3 volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) target in the Ring of Fire (ROF).
Fundraiser calls on help from mining community

Fundraiser calls on help from mining community

It was sitting in the camp kitchen after a shift at Detour Lake Mine that Paul Ross noticed the different T-shirts his colleagues were sporting. Adorned with the names of mining companies, unions and projects, one theme was missing: the equipment.