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Essar Steel Algoma goes on the block

Essar Steel Algoma goes on the block

Essar Steel Algoma will start searching next month for a buyer or major new investor in its Sault Ste. Marie steelmaking operation.
At the mercy of the mill

At the mercy of the mill

It’s shaping up to be a bleak winter for hundreds of Sault Ste. Marie industrial service companies and businesses owed anywhere between a few thousand and a few million dollars by bankrupt Essar Steel Algoma. The head of the Sault Ste.
Elementa Group placed in receivership, police involved

Elementa Group placed in receivership, police involved

Once the darling of Sault Ste. Marie's plans for alternative-energy dominance, Elementa Group has been ordered into receivership with more than $10 million in debts. "EGI [Elementa Group Inc.
Steel dumping inquiry goes in Essar’s favour

Steel dumping inquiry goes in Essar’s favour

Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) has determined that Russia and India have been unfairly dumping steel in Canada. A Dec.
Fair trade, relationships the focus for Algoma company

Fair trade, relationships the focus for Algoma company

Her extensive travels had shown Minna Koskela-Wild the world in all its beauty — and, in many cases, its poverty. But it was a trip to Nicaragua seven years ago that set her on her current career path.
Sault to host festivals conference in 2017

Sault to host festivals conference in 2017

Sault Ste. Marie has been chosen to host the 30th annual conference for Festivals & Events Ontario in 2017. The community was selected from a shortlist of four communities throughout the province.
Sault grocery store to sell beer

Sault grocery store to sell beer

Pino’s Get Fresh in Sault Ste. Marie is among the first grocery stores approved to carry beer as part of the province’s new alcohol sales strategy announced last spring.

Algoma Central selling last northern assets

The last Northern Ontario vestiges of the famed Algoma Central Corporation are up for sale. St. Catharines-based company is shedding its remaining real estate assets, including the Station Mall in Sault Ste. Marie. The company announced Nov.
Essar Steel Algoma seeks bankruptcy protection

Essar Steel Algoma seeks bankruptcy protection

Essar Steel Algoma announced Nov. 9 that it has sought protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The Sault Ste.
Northeastern Ontario port trumpets first cargo

Northeastern Ontario port trumpets first cargo

The first vessel of the new Port of Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie arrived Nov. 4 to unload 13,500 tons of road salt. Formerly operated by Essar Steel Algoma as its Great Lakes export dock, the 1,000-acre property on the St.