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Dura 21 creating longer tool life through cryogenics

Dura 21 creating longer tool life through cryogenics

Caked in layers of ice and frost, various pipes carry liquid nitrogen from a large outdoor tank on Sudbury's Maley Drive to Dura 21's special processor, cryogenically freezing the mining equipment that's been placed inside.
Mining Technologies International expands in Montana

Mining Technologies International expands in Montana

  The renewed health of the mining industry is reviving the fortunes of Sudbury's Mining Technologies International Inc. (MTI) not only in its home town, but also in Billings, Mont., where a big expansion is driving big business.
Sudbury junior Northern Superior turning diamonds into gold

Sudbury junior Northern Superior turning diamonds into gold

Shifting from diamonds in 2007 to gold has proven a timely move for Northern Superior Resources, an ambitious Sudbury-based junior exploration firm with projects throughout Quebec and northwestern Ontario.
Feds should ban foreign temporary workers from Vale Inco: union

Feds should ban foreign temporary workers from Vale Inco: union

United Steelworkers national director Ken Neumann is “demanding” that the federal government ensure that temporary foreign workers not be permitted to work at Vale Inco during the strikes in Sudbury, Port Colborne and Voisey's Bay.
Lake Shore Gold, West Timmins pursue merger

Lake Shore Gold, West Timmins pursue merger

Lake Shore Gold Corp., whose advanced exploration-stage Timmins Mine is located 18 kilometres west of the city, has signed an agreement to merg with West Timmins Mining Inc. worth $319 million.
Xstrata Copper announces 10-week shutdown at Kidd Met site

Xstrata Copper announces 10-week shutdown at Kidd Met site

The ripple effects of the ongoing strike at Vale Inco's Sudbury operations have officially reached into Timmins, where a lack of available copper concentrate has resulted in a temporary shutdown at Xstrata Copper's Kidd Metallurgical Site.
Updated: Vale Inco to resume production despite strike

Updated: Vale Inco to resume production despite strike

Vale Inco will use its 1,200 non-unionized employees and some outsourced staff to resume partial production at the Sudbury operations, despite a strike by 3,100 members of United Steelworkers Local 6500.
Mining the renewable energy market

Mining the renewable energy market

Young Sudbury entrepreneur Brad Wright has tied a green lining around the cloud of layoffs at Vale Inco, transforming his focus from mining to renewable energy through 3e Solutions, his new company.
Liberty Mines revives Timmins-area producers

Liberty Mines revives Timmins-area producers

As the price of nickel slowly continues to edge upwards, so too are the fortunes of Liberty Mines Inc. Officials are once again working to bring the Timmins-area mines back into production.
Vale Inco resuming production would mean 'war': union

Vale Inco resuming production would mean 'war': union

If Vale Inco resumes any form of production while Steelworkers members are on strike, it would mean “war in Sudbury,” according to Wayne Fraser, director of District 6 for the United Steelworkers Union.