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Wesdome fast tracks Wawa mill upgrades

Wesdome Gold Mines announced that it's fast tracking upgrades to its milling facility near Wawa. Kappes, Cassiday & Associates, global milling experts from Reno, NV. are the consultants.

Prophecy lines up financing for Shakespeare project

Prophecy Platinum has completed a $5.9-million equity financing deal, part of which will go towards studies at the company’s Shakespeare PGM-nickel-copper property located west of Sudbury.

Probe Mines updates gold exploration in Chapleau

Results from drilling at Probe Mines’ Borden Gold project near Chapleau have been released and show potential for an underground operation.

Noront still “good to go” in Ring of Fire

While Cliffs Natural Resources has suspended work on its Black Thor environmental assessment (EA), its Ring of Fire neighbour, Noront Resources, announced its “good to go” on its Eagle's Nest Project and intends to submit its EA to the government thi

Cliffs stop Ring of Fire EA

Cliffs Natural Resources announced this week it is suspending environmental assessment (EA) activities at its Black Thor chromite project in the James Bay lowlands.
Worker safety activist dies in Sudbury at 79

Worker safety activist dies in Sudbury at 79

Sudbury health and safety activist Homer Seguin has died at the age of 79.

Naicatchewenin stakes its own claim in mining

Achieving economic self-sufficiency is the driving force behind an entrepreneurial-minded First Nation corporation in northwestern Ontario.

Eliminating waste key to efficiency, productivity

To explain the benefits of helping a company become a leaner organization, Guy Chartrand tells the story of the southern Ontario production manager. The production manager, who worked at a manufacturing plant, operated out of two separate buildings.

Microbes could help recover metals in tailings

Can tiny microbes help clean up tailings left over from decades of mining and smelting? Nadia Mykytczuk thinks so, and there is potential to recover billions of dollars’ worth of metals in the process.
Niche plug leads to North Bay business expansion

Niche plug leads to North Bay business expansion

Designing and developing a niche product for the diamond drilling market has Gord McLaren of North Bay on the move.