Mining

Symboticware , a Sudbury-based company that specializes in products for real-time monitoring and safety control systems for the mining industry, is getting $13,279 from FedNor.

Mining equipment manufacturer Rock-Tech is expanding its operation to a 30,000-square-foot facility in Sudbury. Rock-Tech manufactures equipment engineered specifically for underground mining applications.

Laurentian Goldfields announced June 25 that it has closed the acquisition of the Newman-Madsen Property from Sabina Gold & Silver at Red Lake in northwestern Ontario.

Northern Ontario’s balance of ministerial power now resides in Thunder Bay . Premier Kathleen Wynne was sworn in June 24 with a new cabinet in a larger government with 23 ministries, including some rejigged ones.

A landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling recognizing a First Nation’s title to a large tract of land in the B.C.

Sudbury's business community celebrated the career and legacy of a man who risked his own life many times for the sake of his business, at a retirement party for Robert Lipic, June 23.

A man has been killed at St Andrew Goldfields ’ (SAS) Holt property located about 60 kilometres east of Timmins. The worker, who was employed with contractor Orbit Garant Drilling , was killed when he was struck by a tree.

Glencore’s Kidd Operations in Timmins has received the 2014 Tom Peters Memorial Reclamation Award. The award was presented during the seventh annual Ontario Mine Reclamation Symposium and Field Trip, held June 17 and 18 in Peterborough.

Harte Gold , which is exploring near the Hemlo Gold Camp, has raised $1.35 million in funding through a private placement. The company has offered a private placement of six million units and four million flow-through units of the company.

Rubicon Minerals reports it’s on schedule to finish construction and start production at its Phoenix Gold underground mine in Red Lake by mid-2015.