Mining

Cliffs Natural Resources is having doubts about its involvement in the Ring of Fire.

Glencore ’s Kidd Operations in Timmins has been acknowledged with a prestigious award by Workplace Safety North (WSN).

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. has been convicted in two separate cases involving injuries to workers and fined a combined total of $130,000.

Vale Canada Ltd. has been fined $1,050,000 after two workers were fatally injured at Stobie Mine in Sudbury in 2011. On the night shift of June 8, 2011 Jason Chenier and Jordan Fram were working at an ore pass on the 3,000 foot level of Stobie Mine.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is asking for public feedback on the Magino Gold project near Dubreuilville in northeastern Ontario.

Ottawa is supporting Aboriginal training in preparation for coming development in the Far North. The federal government's Skills and Partnership Fund is allocating more than $5.

Ontario's leading power regulator has ruled the Thunder Bay Generating Station must run for the balance of this year.

Cliffs Natural Resources has been dealt a blow in gaining transportation access to its Ring of Fire chromite projects.

Some glittery mining claims in the Mattawa area near the Quebec border are attracting the attention of international investors.

The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) is working this summer on finding a solution to the higher-than-acceptable arsenic levels detected in Long Lake in Sudbury .