Mining

With $8 million in its coffers, the Nickel Basin Federal Development Corp. ’s annual budget isn’t big, but it’s effective. The corporation is a high-risk lender that loans money to entrepreneurs and business startups after the bank has said no.

Visitors to the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium in Sudbury could find booths displaying large-format printers to the latest in geophysical technology.

Joseph Barr was one of the most popular exhibitors at a recent mining symposium since he was “giving away money.” As president of the Ontario Exploration Council (OEC), he set up a booth at the Ontario Exploration and Geoscience Symposium Nov.

In northwestern Ontario, mining companies struggling to find skilled workers may soon have a new recruitment ally on their side, and it comes in a most non-traditional package: a videogame.

Both Rick Lemieux and Bob Morin were born in small towns, both demonstrated an aptitude for working with machinery at a young age, and both saw ways to make improvements in the mining industry, which helped their respective companies achieve success

Controversial junior mining boss Darryl Stretch has been replaced as CEO of Solid Gold Resources by its board of directors. In a Dec.

Change is nothing new for Rector Machine Works . Since opening its doors in 1934, the family-run machine shop has expanded and moved multiple times.

Jeff Perreault was trying to find an effective method for removing heavy-duty stains from a variety of surfaces when he found the answer right in his own kitchen cupboard: sodium bicarbonate.

Matawa First Nations , a tribal council representing nine First Nations in northwestern Ontario, is taking a proactive approach with land use management to safeguard its cultural and historical values.

Detour Gold's open pit gold mine project north of Cochrane was 95 per cent completed the end of October. The first gold pour is expected in January, 2013.