Mining

The man who was minister of Northern Development and Mines when Cliffs Natural Resources announced it was building a $1.8-billion refinery near Capreol outside of Sudbury says now is not the time to panic.

Sudbury officials were stunned Oct. 20, following the announcement by Cliffs Natural Resources it was suspending all work on its massive Ring of Fire chromite project, including work on a billion-dollar smelter near Capreol.

The Ring of Fire's biggest mining player has called an indefinite halt to its chromite project in Northern Ontario. Cliffs Natural Resources announced late Wednesday, Oct. 20 that is it suspending its $3.

Northeastern politicians have beating a steady path to the site of a potential ferrochrome refinery in an outlying area of Sudbury .

Ring of Fire junior miner Noront Resources has endorsed the Ontario government's proposal to create a development corporation to advance infrastructure planning in the James Bay region.

Northern Ontario Heritage Fund dollars rained down on Greenstone area of northwestern Ontario this week.

A Timmins area mining company has been fined $60,000 for contraventions of the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act.

Treasury Metals announced it has entered into an arrangement for a $6-million feasibility finance facility with RMB Australia Holdings. RMB is the resource merchant banking division of the FirstRand Group.

A First Nations garnet mining company has landed $4.3 million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund to expand its Sudbury area processing plant.

The Ontario Prospectors Association recognized the best in its industry during its annual exploration and geoscience symposium in Sudbury , Oct. 5.