Mining

Vale Inco Ltd. is cutting 261 jobs from its Greater Sudbury workforce of 5,500 as part of a move to eliminate 900 full-time positions across its global nickel operations.

By Northern Ontario Business staff It is hard to say what kind of impact two mine closures and 686 job cuts at Xstrata Nickel will have on the mining service and supply industry in Sudbury, says the head of its association.

By Maggie Chicoine Peter Kathmann was born with entrepreneurial blood in his veins. But that’s not so unusual, since he also sports a business brain and the strength of an ox. At 57, he says he still has a lot to learn; he’s never done.

Tumbling world markets offered the perfect opportunity for Premier Gold to make its move in the Geraldton exploration camp.

Xstrata Nickel has chopped 686 jobs from its Sudbury workforce, blaming poor market conditions and shrinking demand for the move.

As Dwight Harper takes over the president's position of the Mine Mill Local 598/CAW there is an urgency and foreboding in his voice as he speaks of Xstrata Nickel's possible shutdown and a need to find other reserves.

The sprawling map of survey data recently released for the Burntbush area north of Cochrane may mean little to the layperson, but something about it catches the eye of Discover Abitibi project manager Bob Calhoun.

Essar Steel Algoma is temporarily laying off 130 employees, effective Jan. 11. The across-the-board cuts involving hourly workers at the Sault Ste. Marie steelmaker is the result of the world economic crisis, said spokeswoman Brenda Stenta.

Sudbury will have the stage to showcase its deep mine expertise with an industry symposium in 2010. Laurentian University's mining innovation company, MIRARCO, has been selected to host the 13th U.S./North American Mine Ventilation Symposium.

Jim Kmit, area coordinator with United Steelworkers Local 2020, will be filing a "direct difference" against Vale Inco after it rescinded its retirement program.