Mining

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area coordinator with United Steelworkers Local 2020, will be filing a "direct difference" against Vale Inco after it rescinded its retirement program.

It was a strong head for business and perhaps his silver tongue which pulled Don Rastall down from the telephone poles of the North to become the leader in supplying the region with fasteners.

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area coordinator with United Steelworkers Local 2020 will be filing a "direct difference" against Vale Inco after they rescinded their retirement program.

What started out as a time of plenty for Northern Ontario’s manufacturing sector has all too rapidly turned into a bittersweet year as the waves of the global economic crises begin to washing over the region.

Those seeking relief from the plunging commodity prices which have dominated headlines in recent weeks are likely to see a change in the second half of 2009 or early 2010, according to Dina Cover, an economist with TD Financial Group.

Anthony Pace spreads out a geological compilation map of the Algoma district revealing a vast sea of pink.