Mining

The suspense is over. Cliffs Natural Resources has announced it will build its $1.85-billion chromite processing facility, which will process chromite ore from its Ring of Fire project, near the town of Capreol, located north of Sudbury .

Develop the North, park the south. That was on a popular button making the rounds at the Northwestern Ontario Mines and Minerals Symposium in Thunder Bay last month.

Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said Ontario's Ring of Fire is “tremendously important” to Canada's resource base and has the potential to create huge development opportunities for the region and First Nations.

Red Lake's loss may be Thunder Bay 's gain. Power distribution issues in one of Canada's historic mining districts may force a Vancouver mining company to ship iron ore concentrate – and potential processing jobs – to Thunder Bay.

First Nation chiefs don't plan to sit on the sidelines without having a major say in how Far North mineral development unfolds in their territories.

Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli made good on a campaign promise and took six interested companies from his riding to the base camp of the Ring of Fire March 9.

The first phase of the Kapuskasing Regional Industrial Minerals Project is complete, and in the next few months, community and economic development officials will be sitting down to look at their next step.

At first glance, the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) website doesn't look any different. But a handful of new features being introduced over the next few months is poised to enhance its market appeal on a global platform.

As the regional recruiter for Ontario at Golder Associates, Tania Hope-Moore vets between 200 and 500 resumes a week.

Five years after Inco was purchased by Brazilian mining giant Vale, the company is pouring unprecedented levels of capital into its operations across Canada, with the North poised to reap a share of the benefits.