Mining

Between 2005 and 2009, 176 workers died and another 36 workers developed occupational diseases related to respiratory illnesses in the mining sector, according to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).

Sherry Swain didn't heed the advice she was given over the years to remain a “housewife” and not become a prospector.

The first stage of a federal environmental assessment on Cliffs Natural Resources' chromite project in the James Bay region began in October.

The Detour Lake project is currently 40 per cent complete and remains on schedule for gold production in the first quarter of 2013. Detour Gold commenced construction of the mine in November, 2010.

There's been a tremendous push in the last few years for rare earth elements, (REE), and in Canada, Thunder Bay-based Rare Earth Metals Inc., has made significant moves to mine them.

Mine Source helps liquidate, repurpose surplus mining equipment

Unnoticed and largely unseen, Wesdome Gold Mines is the little operation near the shores of Lake Superior that just keeps producing.

Last year, as Rick Lemieux neared retirement and succession planning became a priority, he opted to put his Alban business, RDH Mining Equipment, on the market. But he didn't have to look far to find a buyer.

Mine development times have to improve and more workers must be recruited in order for the province, and the country, to take advantage of the $130 billion worth of investment expected to take place across Canada in the next five years, according to

Turkey, South Africa, Nevada, Mexico: the list of destinations Rob Brown travels to for business may be expanding, but the North remains home.