Mining

It may sound like something straight from science fiction, but for miners of the future, suits and helmets that monitor their vital signs, regulate their body temperature and communicate to aboveground operators isn’t so far from reality.

Vibrations have not traditionally been recognized as major health and safety hazards in workplaces, but Laurentian University's Tammy Eger and her colleagues hope to change that perception.

Sudbury’s Dynamic Earth mining science museum will be the test bed for a new large-scale underground air compressor to supply deep mines with cool air. The compressor will use an efficient hydraulic system to move air underground.

Four decades, $28 million, and 9.5 million trees have been spent to regreen landscape scarred by mining activity

Low nickel prices have forced First Nickel Inc. (FNI) to restructure operations at its Lockerby nickel-copper mine in Sudbury and cut jobs. In a Jan.

Kirkland Lake’s Nordex Explosives has added former Dupont Canada executive Peter Bourgeois to its board of directors. Bourgeois is a director and chairman of the board of Circa Enterprises and with Tyromer, a privately held rubber company.

The sister of one of two miners killed in a Sudbury mining accident in 2011 said she's looking forward to the answers coming from an upcoming coroner's inquest into her brother's death.

Dr. Reuven Jhirad, deputy chief coroner of the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario, announced that an inquest will be held into the deaths of Jason Chenier and Jordan Fram.

Starting out as a 20-year-old female in the mining supply and service industry, Alicia Woods would sometimes be met with skepticism by those who doubted her knowledge and questioned her place in the industry.

In 2011, Ontario's mining supply and services sector contributed $3.