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Northern Prosperity launches CoreLift
Northern Prosperity Business Partners Inc. is proud to announce the official launch of CoreLift™, a Canadian manufacturer of novel core logging equipment based in Northern Ontario. The flagship product is the fully adjustable core logging table that significantly reduces health and safety risks while increasing productivity in mineral exploration and...
Greater Sudbury Airport Emergency Training Exercise
The Greater Sudbury Airport conducted their full-scale emergency and security training exercise last month. The exercise involved six first responder agencies and over 30 volunteers. Transport Canada mandates that Canadian airports test their emergency response plan every three years with a full-scale exercise. The exercise was managed by Loomex, a...
New Member Announcement: Zacon Limited
Please welcome our NEWEST Corporate Member: Zacon Limited! Zacon Limited is a Mine Automation and Safety Company. We designed the Original Stench System and have continuously evolved its technologies to keep Underground workers safe. All our systems are custom to each application, because there is not exact application. We are...
MineConnect to Co-host Two Presentations at PDAC
“Labour Solutions in an Evolving Mining Market” co-hosted with MineConnect member, MNP will be held on Tuesday, June 14 at 11:30 at the InterContinental Toronto Center (lower conference level) and will feature speakers from industry who will address the challenges and opportunities within the mining sector with respect to changing...
New Member Announcement – Fabrithane Industrial Products Inc.
Fabrithane Industrial Products Inc., established in 2004, manufacturing custom molded Urethane wear parts for the Mining, Forestry, Construction, Municipal, Pulp & Paper Industries, serving customers across Canada and parts of the United States. Some of the parts manufactured at Fabrithane include but are not limited to: Bumpers, Pads, Sheets, Pump...
New Gold’s Rainy River Mine is a big spender in the northwest
More than a third of New Gold’s total spending at the Rainy River Mine last year stayed within Northern Ontario. The Toronto-headquartered mining company released its annual Sustainability Report showing its northwestern Ontario open-pit operation generated $325.5 million in procurement spending with local, regional, national and international businesses and organizations. Broken down, New Gold spent...
North Bay mining supplier to receive honorary degree
A North Bay mining supplier is being recognized by Nipissing University with an honorary doctor of letters. Tom Palangio, the president and owner of WipWare, will receive the distinction on June 16 during a Nipissing convocation ceremony. Honorary degrees are bestowed on recipients for their significant contributions to the university, their profession and...
Toronto Exchange to launch battery metals index
Canada’s Toronto Stock Exchange will launch on Tuesday a battery metals index to support the critical minerals sector and offer insights into the energy transition. The S&P/TSX Battery Metals Index will track Canadian-listed companies engaged in the production and exploration of metals used in the making of batteries that power electric cars...
New Member Announcement – Cast Construction
We are pleased to announce that Cast Construction is our NEWEST corporate member! Since 2009 Cast Construction has built a solid reputation for Excellence and Commitment by continuing to specialize in surface and underground: mining, construction, maintenance, specialty piping and design-build of new and existing infrastructure for Mines, Mills and...
Mining the Northwest: Developer looks to fast track former Schreiber-area zinc mine into production by 2023
A mine developer looking to restart a shuttered high-grade zinc mine near the north shore of Lake Superior reports it’s in talks with “multiple global metal traders” for off-take agreements for the much-in-demand metal. Vancouver’s Metallum Resources calls its Superior Lake Zinc Project, near the town of Schreiber, one of the highest...
Construction progresses at Geraldton-area mine project
Construction of a new mine near Geraldton is well underway with ongoing drilling and blasting for the pit operation and to reroute a major provincial highway. Greenstone Gold Mines has been providing regular updates on the progress being made at the site, four kilometres south of the town and 275 kilometres northeast of...
June 15 will mark inaugural International Day of Women in Mining
International Women in Mining (IWiM), a U.K. body that advocates for more women to work in the mining sector, is launching the International Day of Women in Mining, to be celebrated on June 15. IWiM is encouraging stakeholders in the industry — practising professionals, academia, organizations and more — to mark...
Canada to ramp up oil and gas output to 300,000 barrels per day to help address energy crisis
Canada will ramp up its output of oil and natural gas, to the tune of 300,000 barrels per day, to help address the immediate energy crisis in Europe caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, Canadian Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Wednesday in an address to the Greater Vancouver Board...
New Member Announcement: North Bay Machining Centre (NBMC)
A Storied History in the North NBMC was established in 1997 by four partners to exclusively manufacture exploration consumables for JKS Boyles in North Bay. In 2001, JKS Boyles was purchased by Atlas Copco; summarily in 2002, on the advice of its major client, North Bay Machining Centre became ISO...
Glencore suspends production at Raglan mine in Nunavik after workers strike
Production at Glencore’s Raglan nickel mine at Nunavik, Quebec has been suspended as hundreds of unionized workers went on strike for the first time in 25 years on the night of May 27. Nearly 98% of the 630 workers from the United Steelworkers Union, Local 9449, voted in favour of...
North has the minerals BEVs need, challenge is meeting demand
As much as Ontario is ready to reap the rewards of the anticipated boom in battery electric vehicles (BEV) in the next 10 years and beyond, the move to go green is not as rosy as it might seem. That was revealed during the two-day BEV conference held at Science...
Gold price set for second straight monthly loss
Gold prices eased on Tuesday, heading towards a second straight monthly decline, as a rise in the dollar and US Treasury yields dented the metal’s appeal despite concerns over surging inflation. Spot gold dialed back 0.7% to $1,843.37 per ounce by 12:15 p.m. ET, recording a loss of 2.7% for...
Marathon awards key contracts for Valentine gold project in Newfoundland
Marathon Gold (TSX: MOZ) has awarded key contracts for its Valentine gold project in central Newfoundland. The company has signed a letter of intent with SNC-Lavalin for detailed engineering for the mill and major facilities. SNC will also supply related equipment and construction packages. Marathon has also appointed Progesys to...
Workers at Baffinland ask Canada to approve mine expansion
Unionized workers at Baffinland Iron Mines’ Mary River iron ore operation on the northern tip of Baffin Island, in Canada’s territory of Nunavut, are urging the federal government to approve the company’s request for a shipping limit expansion. After four years of consultations and deliberations, the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) rejected...
Inflation bites Temiskaming refinery construction project
Inflation, labour costs and supply chain issues may bump up the construction price tag to finish the refurbishment and expansion of a Temiskaming cobalt refinery. But Toronto’s Electra Battery Materials doesn’t expect any delays in the schedule to have the facility running by year’s end. In a news release of its first...
Sudbury Chamber celebrates local businesses
The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce celebrated 10 local entrepreneurs and businesses on May 26, during its annual Bell Business Excellence Awards gala. About 400 people gathered for the event, which has been held annually for more than two decades. “For 25 years, the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce has honoured the...
Glencore antes up US$1.1 billion for bribery and market manipulation schemes
Glencore International AG and Glencore Ltd, a Swiss-headquartered international miner and commodities trader, pleaded guilty this week to charges of bribing foreign officials and engaging in an oil market manipulation scheme. As a result, Glencore has agreed to pay more than US$1.1 billion in criminal fines and forfeiture of all...
Investors not impressed by Aurelius’ maiden resource estimate at Aureus East gold project
Aurelius Minerals has released an initial mineral resource estimate on its Aureus East gold project in Nova Scotia, sending its equity to a new 12-month low at 19c apiece. The Toronto-based explorer outlined 985 million tonnes in the indicated category grading 5.14 grams per tonne gold for 162,700 oz. of...
Mining expo coming to Timmins June 8-9
The City of Timmins is gearing up to host the 2022 Canadian Mining Expo, which has become one of the largest gatherings of mining expertise in Northern Ontario. Taking place June 8-9 at the McIntyre Arena in Timmins, the expo features more than 400 exhibitors, conferences, demonstrations, networking events, and...
Sudbury’s economy to get ‘massive’ boost from electric vehicles
Greater Sudbury’s first ever municipal conference to explore the commercial viability of the battery electric vehicle (BEV) industry was told Wednesday that massive economic opportunities will exist in Sudbury and Northern Ontario because of it.Greater Sudbury’s first ever municipal conference to explore the commercialviability of the battery electric vehicle (BEV)...
