Mining

Vale's $2 billion emissions reduction project will not only deliver a major boost to the economy, it will be “good for the lungs of our children and grandchildren,” according to Premier Dalton McGuinty.

Vale is proposing a new nickel-copper-PGM mine in Sudbury that has the potential for a 10-year life with an estimated production of 5,000 tonnes per day, and a projected workforce of 500.

While Cliffs Natural Resources made a declarative statement that Sudbury was its choice to host a $1.8-billion ferrochrome processor, the Ontario government was vague on what the province is prepared to invest in.

The profile of a new HARD-LINE Solutions vehicle might be small, but its impact has been mighty in the state of California.

When it comes to modern-day mining , the pickaxe and shovel are out and robots and technology are in.

Eyeing up the Batchawana area north of Sault Ste. Marie , Superior Copper Corp. has identified the former Coppercorp Mine as a promising area for exploration, not because of what's been found there, but because of what hasn't.

For Ashley Scott of Sudbury 's Laurentian University , old mines are untapped sources of green energy. The professor and chemical engineer has the research to back up his ideas.

By 8:30 a.m. on the day of his presentation to members of the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA), Michael MacFarlane had already been up for four hours and worked for three.

As Felix Lopes Jr. looks to steer his family-run company into new, expanded markets, he's thinking on an Olympic-sized scale. And the recent completion of a major fabrication project has put him at the top of the podium. Lopes Mechanical Inc.

The suspense is over. Cliffs Natural Resources has announced it will build its $1.85-billion chromite processing facility, which will process chromite ore from its Ring of Fire project, near the town of Capreol, located north of Sudbury .