Mining

KWG Resources is congratulating the Wynne government for keeping the Ontario Northland Railway (ONR) in public hands.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service have announced that 36-year-old Paul Rochette of Sudbury was the Vale employee killed in an incident at the company’s Copper Cliff operations, April 6. A second worker was seriously injured and remains in hospital.

A worker at Vale’s Sudbury operation is dead and another is seriously injured after an April 6 mining accident.

The province was “blinded” by Cliffs Natural Resources' promises to invest in the Ring of Fire to the detriment of the project's development, said Moe Lavigne, KWG Resources' vice-president of exploration and development.

When Bernie Frohlick turned 65 this year, the calendar told him it was time to start receiving his pension, but he wasn’t quite ready to hang up his work boots.

AuRico Gold is reporting its seventh consecutive quarter of record production, representing a 10 per cent increase over the prior quarter and a 17 per cent over the first quarter of 2013.

Osisko Mining is bulking up to fend off a hostile takeover bid by Goldcorp by teaming with Yamana Gold and two Canadian pension funds in a complex $3.4-billion arrangement to keep control of its mine and exploration properties.

KWG Resources said it has completed tests in Sudbury on a refining method to process chromite ore from the Ring of Fire. The testing was done by XPS Consulting, a division of Glencore’s Sudbury mining operations.

Ontario has lagged behind other provinces – namely Quebec and British Columbia – when it comes to its dealings with First Nations, said Bob Rae.

Mine development in the Rainy River District has taken on a greater importance following the closure of the paper mill in Fort Frances.