Mining

After seven years of waiting to see if a controversial Wawa trap rock quarry becomes reality, what's a few more weeks? The Town of Wawa, an open-pit miner and a group of conservation-minded residents are waiting on the Ontario Municipal Board to rend

The crash in financial markets and base metals prices hasn't deterred an international mining supplier that calls Sturgeon Falls its Canadian base.

Downturns in the global economy may have put a damper on the mining sector, but the industry remains in dire need of 60,000 fresh faces to replace the exodus of retirees over the next 10 years.

Health and safety in the mining industry has come a long way, and a new program offered by a North Bay-based firm is hoping to take it to the next level.

The world financial crisis and crashing metal prices have forced several mining companies to abandon or at least put on hold their plans to open new mines.

Thanks to the opening of a new ore zone, Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. has more than doubled production and taken on 150 new miners.

Exploration activity at the McFauld's Lake 'Ring of Fire' in the James Bay Lowlands has lured a national logistics management company to northwestern Ontario.

The University of Toronto will receive $11 million in federal and provincial infrastructure funding for a new mining innovation centre. The federal and provincial governments provided $5.

An Innovation Centre for the Canadian Mining Industry will be built at the University of Toronto's downtown campus following government contributions, the university announced Mar. 25. The federal and provincial governments have each given $5.

By James Neeley Expect a cool season for the regions mining supply and service sector now that Vale Inco has announced plans to shut down for possibly three months.