Mining

Never before has the business world felt so vulnerable to other countries' economies and yet this is the situation as global nickel demand has come to a grinding halt.

Sudbury junior miner Canadian Arrow Mines is building an all-weather road into the site of its Kenbridge Nickel Project in northwestern Ontario.

While the banks continue to perform extensive due diligence and project review for Apollo Gold's proposed Black Fox gold mine near Timmins, a $15 million interim financing has been proposed to allow development work to continue on schedule.

Drilling at West Timmins Mining Inc.'s fully-owned Thorne Property in Timmins has continued to yield sufficient positive gold results to expand the Golden River West Zone.

Shutdowns and early retirement packages for Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador's nickel operations have been announced by Vale Inco as the company responds to global economic uncertainties in the market.

A mining conference took place at the Travelodge Hotel Airlane, an initiative of the Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce (NOACC) and the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM).

Glass, cedar and stone make up the shining exterior of the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT)'s new Innovation and Commercialization Park, but it's Northern Ontario know-how that will soon fill its airy interior.

An icon in any industry needs no introduction. Such was the case for James S. Redpath founder of The Redpath Group.

What began as an idea at the heart of Laurentian University has since blossomed into a decade of internationally ground-breaking innovation, as Mining Innovation Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO) recently celebrated its tenth

Plummeting metal and commodity prices flattened some junior and medium-sized miners in Northern Ontario last month.