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Cementation Americas completes one of the largest North American raise bores, with zero harm in Wyoming for Solvay Chemicals #5 shaft
Cementation Americas (Cementation) is pleased to announce the completion of the full faced raise bored raise at Solvay Chemicals #5 shaft in Green River, Wyoming. Project requirements were to complete a 22 ft. diameter shaft, complete with concrete liner, from surface to a depth of 1,506 ft. Concrete liner thickness...
New Australian owners look to get White River mine back on track
The new Australian owners of a once-insolvent White River gold mine intend to install the latest and greatest in modern mining systems. Silver Lake Resources plans to spend between $35 million to $45 million (Australian dollars) over the next two years to get the struggling Sugar Zone Mine operating at a...
Detour Lake Mine has the legs to last to 2052
The prolific Detour Lake Mine, near the Quebec border, looks to have some longevity to last a long time. A new technical report released by Toronto’s Agnico Eagle Mines in its second quarter results this week shows steadily increasing gold reserves that should boost its mine life by 10 years to 2052....
New Member Announcement: Réseau du Nord
Please welcome our newest associate member: Réseau du Nord! Réseau du Nord connects Northern Ontario service providers, organizations, employers and newcomers to put in place a system to facilitate recruitment, selection, reception, integration and inclusion of francophone newcomers. The mandate of the Réseau du Nord revolves around 5 areas of...
‘Great work staying on schedule,’ says Equinox Gold boss
Equinox Gold claims progress on construction of its Greenstone open-pit gold mine is on budget and on schedule to pour its first gold bar sometime in the first half of 2024. The Vancouver gold company delivered an update on July 27 on the pace of progress of its Greenstone pit project, three...
Mining community mourns the death of Sudbury’s Dick DeStefano
A Sudbury man who was regarded as a driving force in the development and eventual global reach of Northern Ontario’s mining supply and services sector has died. Community leaders across the North were saddened this week to learn of the death of Dick DeStefano. He was 85. DeStefano was born...
MineConnect Member Spotlight: Steelworks Inc.
As a businessman who knows the importance of having the right tools for the job, Steelworks Inc. founder and CEO, Marco Julien strives every day to create and innovate in order to provide valued customers with quality workmanship. Established in 1994 and with 25+ years of expertise in drafting, fabricating...
Métis Nation to benefit from Temiskaming refinery expansion
Temiskaming refinery developer Electra Battery Materials has inked a benefits agreement with the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) The pact details opportunities for future employment, training and business procurement related to the build-out of the refinery into a battery metals industrial park situated between Cobalt and Temiskaming Shores. The Métis Nation will also become part owners in the...
Evolution Mining seeing its turnaround efforts rewarded in Red Lake
Australia’s Evolution Mining said it’s seeing the results of its three-year turnaround plan to restore Red Lake as a premier gold mining region. Sydney-based Evolution posted its June quarterly results – for the period running May 1 to June 30 – showing gold production is up, grades are higher, and operating costs...
Sandvik partners with Foran for BEV fleet in Canada
Foran Mining has selected Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions to supply a fleet of 20 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), including trucks, loaders and drills, for its McIlvenna Bay project in Saskatchewan, Canada. Set to be the world’s first carbon-neutral copper development project, McIlvenna Bay will be powered by clean hydroelectric power...
KWG acquires Fancamp’s chromite claims in Ring of Fire
Fancamp Exploration (TSXV: FNC) has agreed to sell all its rights and interests in the Koper Lake-McFaulds mineral properties, comprising four mining claims located within Ontario’s Ring of Fire, to KWG Resources (CSE: KWG). The entire property package covers 1,024 ha immediately to the east of claims owned by Wyloo Metals containing the Eagles Nest...
Ten financial actors own half of the world’s oil, gas, coal emissions – study
Ten financial actors with the most influence on the fossil fuel economy own 49.5% of potential emissions from the world’s largest energy firms, a recent study has found. In a paper published in the journal Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, researchers from Canada, France and New Zealand take a deep look into the...
KWG acquires Fancamp’s chromite claims in Ring of Fire
Fancamp Exploration (TSXV: FNC) has agreed to sell all its rights and interests in the Koper Lake-McFaulds mineral properties, comprising four mining claims located within Ontario’s Ring of Fire, to KWG Resources (CSE: KWG). The entire property package covers 1,024 ha immediately to the east of claims owned by Wyloo...
Mark Selby has CO2-eating rocks in Timmins
Canada Nickel Company CEO Mark Selby often points out that the rocks of his ultramafic-hosted nickel deposits, north of Timmins, spontaneously soak up carbon dioxide (CO2) when exposed to air. Now the Toronto-based junior mining company is providing the lab results to back up his claim. For a couple of years,...
Sudbury mining innovation centre plans world’s first underground exhibition
Nowhere else in the world can you go to see state-of-art mining technology being put to work in an underground mine so that buyers and investors can check out the goods and services up for sale. An event called Mining Transformed is currently being planned for Sudbury from Sept. 26-29 by NORCAT and...
Greater Sudbury Airport Hires New CEO
The Sudbury Airport Community Development Corporation (SACDC) Board of Directors announced today that Giovanna Verrilli has been appointed new CEO of the Greater Sudbury Airport. An experienced industry leader, Verrilli will replace Todd Tripp and assume responsibilities on August 15, 2022. After 6 years as CEO, Tripp is retiring. Originally...
Mining giants warn of tougher times as world demand wavers
Mining giant BHP Group has joined rival Rio Tinto Group in signaling more turbulence to come for commodities producers as costs balloon and demand for everything from iron ore to copper hits headwinds. The world’s biggest miner warned Tuesday of an “overall slowing of global growth” amid the war in...
New Member Announcement: reThink Green – Green Economy North joins MineConnect
Green Economy North is a membership-based sustainable business program of reThink Green and the Northern Ontario hub of Green Economy Canada. We offer affordable and tailored support to help businesses and organizations set and achieve sustainability targets. Services include carbon measurement & reporting, energy auditing, and action planning. We help...
Sioux Narrows nickel deposit has mining potential
A former Falconbridge nickel deposit near Kenora looks to have the legs and the economics to be put back into production. Tartisan Nickel released a preliminary economy assessment (PEA) of its Kenbridge Nickel Deposit last week. The PEA study projects a nine-year mine with production of 52.6 million pounds of nickel...
Science North & MineConnect have partnered to up-skill your prospective new team members!
This new micro-credential program will help prepare your prospective hires or current employees to better meet the demands of your workplace and keep pace with changes in technology. We appreciate and thank you for taking the time to provide your insight by responding to this 5-question survey. Click the below...
Barrick close to final deal with Pakistan on $7bn copper project
Barrick Gold said on Monday it’s close to a final framework agreement with the Pakistan government to develop the giant Reko Diq copper-gold deposit, close to the borders of Iran and Afghanistan. The project, which hosts one of the world’s largest undeveloped open pit copper-gold deposits, has been on hold since 2011...
CanAlaska discovers new uranium zone at West McArthur project in Saskatchewan, stock surges
CanAlaska Uranium (TSXV: CVV) has discovered a significant zone of basement-hosted uranium mineralization during its summer drilling program at the West McArthur project in Saskatchewan. West McArthur is a joint venture project with Cameco, the world’s largest public uranium company. CanAlaska currently owns about 70% of the JV and is the...
Dryden gold mine builder wants to add more ounces
Treasury Metals president-CEO Jeremy Wyeth feels the Goliath Gold Complex outside Dryden is being a tad undervalued and underappreciated by the market. At 0.38 cents a share in mid-July, Wyeth attributes the lagging stock price to Treasury’s 15-year “legacy” in the area, of hawking the vast gold potential in the ground...
MINING AND METALS CENTRAL ASIA AND KAZAKHSTAN INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION (KIOGE) 2022
The Alberta Chapter of the Canada Eurasia Chamber of Commerce (CECC) – formerly CERBA – is pleased to announce that we are planning a Canadian Trade Mission to Almaty, Kazakhstan from September 19th through to September 30th. The mission will cover TWO MAJOR TRADE SHOWS being held up in Almaty consecutively in September 2022:...
Vancouver nickel explorer moving into the Sudbury Basin
Wallbridge Mining is shedding its “non-core” nickel assets in the Sudbury Basin, northwestern Ontario and in western Quebec to a new Vancouver exploration upstart. In a $53.6-million all-share deal, Archer Exploration is acquiring an extensive package of nickel, copper and platinum group metal properties in the two provinces, totalling 67,000 hectares. The two companies...
