Mining

Three of the eight awards in the Ontario Mining Association's (OMA) video contest So You Think You Know Mining? were presented to young budding Northern Ontario artists at the organization's annual conference on June 15th.

With the closure of Xstrata’s Kidd Metallurgical site having officially begun May 1, Timmins’ municipal and union officials are working to determine how to survive beyond what has already been an enormous blow.

For many North Shore communities, mining and mineral exploration could be a salvation from the devastation caused by the wave of forest mill closures.

Legislative uncertainty and lack of transparency have knocked Ontario from 10th among the world’s mining jurisdictions to 22nd, according to a recent survey published by the Fraser Institute, a British Columbia-based think-tank.

Northern Ontario suppliers will see stronger opportunities both at home and abroad as a result of the merger between FNX Mining Company Inc. and Quadra Mining Ltd., according to Vern Baker, vice- president of FNX’s Sudbury operations.

Mining will be the saving grace of the Northern Ontario economy while the world’s financial systems continue their rocky path towards recovery, according to voices from the region’s mining supply and service community.

The rising price of nickel and “new operating opportunities” are giving Sudbury-based junior Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd. the chance to look at reviving a pair of past-producing deposits 50 kilometres east of Timmins.

Jay Mackie has the kind of go-go attitude you’d expect from a mine manager with 40 years in the business.

A southern Ontario analytical lab is expanding its footprint in northwestern Ontario with expansions in Thunder Bay and Timmins, and a new shop in Red Lake. Activation Laboratories Ltd.

Spider Resources Inc. (SPQ:TSX-V) (“Spider”), KWG Resources Inc. (KWG:TSX-V) (“KWG”) and Freewest Resources Canada Inc.