Mining

Training tool gets off the ground with $2 million from Vale Inco

From juniors to producers, growing numbers of mining firms are having more and more success in capturing the imagination of investors and tapping into a new-found confidence in the financial markets.

Chris Astles, general manager at Cameco's Blind River uranium refinery, definitely has his finger on the pulse of the place.

It would be very easy for Knight Piesold Consulting Engineers to steal that old Navy recruiting logo about signing up and seeing the world.

Rail is making a comeback, even below ground. Nordic Mine Technology, a North Bay mining supply designer and manufacturer, is going global with their high-speed underground hauling and unloading systems.

The president of Steelworkers Local 6500 said his members will be “respectful” of those crossing the picket line when Vale Inco resumes partial production, something which could occur as soon as the end of this week.

HLS Hard-Line Solutions Inc., a Sudbury-area mine technology manufacturer, has walked away with the gold after being honored by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce's Ontario Global Traders Awards (OGTA).

Starting off in business in the depths of a recession taught the owners of North Bay’s Resolution Machining a vital lesson: the importance of diversification.

A recession and a sagging metals market have failed to dampen the annual salaries of Canada's mining industry CEOs, which have increased almost nine per cent over the last year, according to an industry-wide survey released Sept. 14.

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.