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Sector study highlights industry’s impact on economy
$10.7 billion industry powered by gold, nickel and copper Steve Murphy presenting the results of the Ontario mineral sector impact study at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. The...
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Laurentian appoints School of Mines director
IAMGOLD funds research chair in open pit mining Bruce Jago, founding director of Laurentian University’s Goodman School of Mines, will take the lead in expanding interdisciplinary course offerings in...
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The Centre for Excellence in Mining and Innovation (CEMI) will hold a workshop on communications during the PDAC to share ideas and technology solutions for the increasingly data-centric underground...
View ArticleSudbury Mining Week gets a makeover
Now it’s Modern Mining and Technology Week As of this year, Sudbury’s annual awareness week, which begins in late April, will be known as Modern Mining & Technology Week. Organizers say the change...
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Chinese company establishes base in Sudbury
Crusher manufacturer seeks partner to boost business in the Americas Sanland Crushing and Grinding manufactures crushers, bar and ball mills, grizzly feeders, vibratory screens and conveyance systems....
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Sudbury prof consults on Parliament Hill dig
Complicated excavation designed to protect heritage building The West Block, one of three Parliament Hill buildings, was designed by Thomas Stent and Augustus Laver in 1859 and was officially opened in...
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Lawson Equipment introduces the EDV to Canada
Overbuilt personnel carrier made for mining Steve Lawson, owner, (left) and Moe Lamoureux, shop supervisor, with the Extreme Duty Vehicle. When Steve Lawson saw the Extreme Duty Vehicle for the first...
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Canopy on ANFO loader saves Musselwhite miners
Two-tonne slab of rock sloughs off face Canopy on MacLean Engineering’s AC-3 ANFO loader protected two Musselwhile miners when a two-tonne slab of rock gave way. A life-saving safety innovation...
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Video contest raises industry profile
Mining Association launches fifth installment of video competition The Ontario Mining Association has launched season five of its province-wide high school video competition “So You Think You Know...
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Rockbolt manufacturer invests in robotic cell
Robotic welding cell produces bolts at a rate of one every 10 seconds Mansour Mining Technologies plant manager Kevin Murphy shows off a new welded friction-set stabilizer made by the company’s robotic...
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Diamond factory adds sparkle to Sudbury
Quality diamonds, skilled workforce and cutting-edge technology Cutting and polishing diamonds is meticulous and mentally fatiguing work. Importing a workforce was the only alternative given the...
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Wabi ships 50-tonne skips to Saskatchewan
A first for Canada Made of welded steel, each 68-foot high skip is capable of hoisting potash at 4,000 feet-per-minute in the 3,600-foot Vanscoy shaft. A New Liskeard foundry that cut its metallurgical...
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Xstrata announces plans for $350 million zinc mine
Aline Côte, project manager, Xstrata Zinc. Xstrata Zinc is in the midst of a feasibility study on two zinc deposits in the Sudbury Basin and hopes to begin construction next year. The...
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Vale VP lays out new reality
Kelly Strong address the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Kelly Strong, vice-president, Ontario and UK operations, Vale. The following are excerpts from an address by Kelly Strong, Vale’s vice-president...
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KWG CEO says rail access is the way to go
“What we’re more concerned about is the use of the route to benefit our interests in the mineral deposits.” Auger drilling to test soil conditions along the rail corridor staked by KWG Resources. Frank...
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Cliffs VP makes case for Ring of Fire road
Volume, cost and safety taken into consideration Ken Pavlich, vice-president, operations, global ferroalloys, Cliffs Natural Resources. A senior executive with Cliffs Natural Resources offered a...
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Geoscience centre unveils expansion plans
Kid-friendly exhibits instill interest in mining. Sudbury’s geoscience centre, Dynamic Earth, is planning a major expansion to better portray modern mining methods. The proposed $5 million expansion...
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Goldcorp teams up with 13 First Nations
Common interest speeds transmission line extension Watay Power has a two-phase plan. Phase one involves the development of a 300-kilometre 230 kV transmission line from Ontario Power Generation’s Ear...
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Suppliers eye business opportunities in Australia
Trade show missions also planned for Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and India Several Ontario mining suppliers will be participating in a mining mission to Australia and exhibiting at AIMEX 2013 in...
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Confined Space Management keeps workers safe
Regulations governing work in confined spaces tightened in response to fatalities at Ontario steel mill Raven Essler, operations manager, training rescue team members. During a mine shutdown, there...
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