Vol. 39 No. 11, September 2019
Index
- Ferrochome plant means jobs aplenty for Sault: Chromite processer will be 'largest single user of power in Ontario,' says Noront executive.
- Sudbury firm exports huge ore chute: Variant Mining has created the prototype of the world's largest ore chutes to be installed at a copper and gold mining operation in Mongolia.
- Moneta and Wahgoshig sign exploration agreement: First Nation gains company shares, community investment.
- Northwestern Ontario iron-ore mine developer revives Bending Lake project: Ambershaw Metallics proposes open pit, pellet mill in entering environmental approvals process.
- A summer tour half a century later.
- When government screws up.
- Nova Scotia stems youth out-migration.
- Electric vehicle maker showing off test mine: MacLean Engineering has purchased a test mine property to demonstrate its underground mining equipment.
- Virtual bodysuits can be used in training for hazardous environments: Next Frontier Corp. believes in technology for training, mine safety.
- Elliot Lake tragedy leads to emergency response teams investment: North Bay and Thunder Bay will host two of 10 provincial emergency response teams.
- Downtown centre to house Hard-Line's technology division: Sudbury tele-op company expands to second location.
- Conference focuses on developing the soft skills set behind hard-rock mining: Mining Engagement Conference for Advancement will welcome people to Sudbury this fall.
- Sudbury's regreening story attracts Latin American delegations: Industry and academic groups from Chile and Peru visit to talk mine tech, environmental remediation.
- Get the goods on ground support.
- Sudbury mining testing centre to expand: Ottawa funds NORCAT's underground centre.
- Northern distributor Soucie Salo Safety branching out to diversify product line.
- Planning tribunal sets May 2020 date to hear Sudbury arena-casino appeal: Decision a major blow to Kingsway Entertainment District supporters, squeezes casino plans.
- Sudbury manufacturer moves into new location: Squeezed for space, Rezplast Manufacturing expands to 29,000-square-foot shop.
- New direction sought for economic development: Closed-door meetings, lack of communication prompts mayor's motion to replace board membership.
- Fort Frances wants Resolute Forest Products' harvesting licence revoked: Municipality argues non-compete agreement scuttles plans to attract new forestry manufacturers to mill site.
- Lac Seul becomes a regional conference hub: First Nation-owned events centre gaining popularity as meeting space.
- Pacton gains more ground in Red Lake camp.
- Pure Gold greenlights Red Lake mine construction: Fully cashed up, mine developer expects first gold pour in 2020.
- Timber skyscrapers could be made with Northern Ontario wood: Ontario's first cross-laminated timber plant will source lumber from White River.
- Domtar's Espanola mill nets $28M in federal funds: New equipment, processes will allow paper mill to produce new product.
- Logging company fined for machine operator death: D & G Logging pleads guilty in Big Pic Forest accident.
- Book details early North Shore logging sector: Written history the legacy project of 84-year-old author, collector.
- EACOM lays on the lumber for charity: Forest products company donates to Habitat for Humanity projects in three cities.