Mining

The rising demand for new workers in the mining industry is sparking new training and qualification initiatives from companies and organizations operating in Northern Ontario.

Flush with a fresh injection of $55 million in newfound cash and a budding partnership with mining giant Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, Queenston Mining Inc. is marching through the Kirkland Lake camp with far more swagger in its step.

Detour Gold Corporation and geological engineer Frank Tagliamonte are the recipients of the 2010 Ontario Prospectors Association Awards. The two were honoured in Sudbury on Dec.

A leading French-owned drilling contractor is turning its North Bay shop into an international logistics hub. Foraco International is a high-quality, specialty driller that designs and builds drill rigs for specific clients on specific jobs.

Jannatec Radio Technologies is going international with the newest generation of its Johnny Light Cap Lamp and MineTrax wireless tracking system.

Thunder Bay’s Accurassay Laboratories are increasing their productivity and services to meet the demand created by high commodity prices. Its most recent $1.

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced Dec. 1 that Dave Anthony will join the organization as vice-president and senior project director of Cliffs' Canadian chromite operations, effective January 2011.

A leading junior miner in the Ring of Fire is tapping into northeastern Ontario expertise to advance its high-grade nickel-copper and chromite deposit in the James Bay region.

Humility and hard work has kept one Ontario author’s pen to the parchment. Michael Barnes, a prolific Haliburton-based writer and author of several Canadian bestsellers, describes himself as a middle-rank writer that people don’t remember.

The CARMIX concrete mixer is a “must-have” for Norm Maurice, president of Sudbury’s CARMIX Canada, Paramount Construction and Atlas Concrete Driveways.