Timmins

Sandvik Tamrock Canada donated a 20-tonne load haul dumper to the Timmins Underground Gold Mine Tour as a permanent display. The diesel-hydraulic machine is used underground to remove broken up ore after blasting.

Contract talks for the 680 workers at Falconbridge's metallurgical site in Timmins were to begin the third week of August. Canadian Auto Workers Local 599, whose three-year contract expires Sept.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating a plane crash that claimed the life of a prominent Timmins businessman. Marcel Lafleur, 64, died Aug.

The City of Timmins was considering dropping its appeal of Falconbridge's Kidd Creek mine's property taxes. During an Aug.

A possible 150 jobs may be created with Norhcott Gold Inc. with a new open-pit mining project outside of South Porcupine. The Horseshoe mine shaft is reopening to pump out the existing water, which fills 770 feet of the 840-foot-deep shaft.

The design team of ANO Architects and B. H. Martin Consultants Ltd. has been picked by Timmins city council to develop plans for the long-awaited new library and health-coalition centre.

Jaguar is ending a 20-year relationship with Timmins by moving its cold-weather testing facility to Manitoba. Ford Motor Co., the parent company of the British automaker, plans to move Jaguar testing to Thompson, Man.

By Kelly Louiseize Connecting the mainland of Moosonee with Moose Factory Island, and the the rest of the North via a $100-million infrastructure project is one of the potential developments that has sprung from a strategic planning venture among Fir

By Ian Ross Advertising oneself on the Web as being the ‘one-stop shopping centre’ for canvas products can bring some unexpected business results. Porcupine Canvas Inc.

By Ian Ross The temporary halt called by the Attawapiskat Cree to DeBeers’ plans to develop Ontario’s first diamond mine may influence whether the mining giant proceeds with the project.