Mining

The year 2011 was a tough one for Ursa Major Minerals. Last June, a dissenting group of stakeholders sought to replace the board due to a lagging performance on the TSX.

It took five days for Niagara Region elementary school teacher Chris Hoekstra to change her preconceived ideas about mining.

When MINExpo International kicks off later this month, it will have a slightly Northern flavour.

BESTECH has renewed its contract to operate Sudbury ’s sulphur dioxide monitoring network for another five years, the second such renewal since the company took over operation of the network in 2003.

Queenston Mining has been focused the last few years on making the transition from an exploration company to a mining one.

The road to the Ring of Fire has hit an enormous speed bump.

Women working in the mining sector in northwestern Ontario are giving back to the community, while simultaneously striving to change the perception of mining as a dirty industry.

A year after Vale ceded a portion of its aggregate licence for the Willisville Mountain, following a campaign by local citizens, the mining giant has embarked on a unique collaboration with one of that campaign’s strongest advocates.

In 1955, Wilfred H. Coutu staked out a handful of mining claims in Lake Superior Provincial Park with the dream of operating a gold mine.

When Marc Desjardins quit his job as a senior manager with forestry company Tembec , he had high hopes for success as an entrepreneur.