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New Member Announcement: Manroc Developments
We are pleased to announce our NEWEST corporate member at MineConnect… Manroc Developments Manroc Developments Inc. is a privately owned, non-unionized company. Manroc’s staff of skilled professional mining veterans has successfully completed numerous projects of varying nature, often under challenging conditions. Since its founding in 1986, Manroc has been...
Premier attends opening of Sudbury mine expansion
Premier Doug Ford was on hand today for the grand opening of Vale’s $945-million Copper Cliff Complex South Mine expansion. South Mine is a first-phase extension of the existing Copper Cliff Mine that will allow the company to access newer ore bodies beneath the community of Copper Cliff in Sudbury’s east...
Rio Tinto’s aging Quebec plant gets $374 million upgrade in critical metals push
A Rio Tinto Plc plant in Quebec is getting an upgrade — and backing from Canada’s government — to help the mining giant slash greenhouse gas emissions and boost output of metals crucial to electric vehicles. Rio Tinto is spending about C$515 million ($374 million) on its Fer et Titane...
Vital Metals ditches Quebec rare earths projects
Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML), the first rare earths producer in Canada, has walked away from a deal Quebec Precious Metals Corp. (TSX-V: QPM) to buy the junior’s Zeus project and a 68% stake the Kipawa heavy rare earths, inked last year. Vital’s new management informed QPM that it had not been satisfied with the results...
New environmentally friendly method to extract metals from Li-ion batteries launched in Canada
Engineers at the University of Toronto are proposing a new, more sustainable method to mine lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from lithium-ion batteries that have reached the end of their lives. In a paper recently published in Resources, Conservation and Recycling, the researchers explain that conventional processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are energy...
Sayona awards $147m mining contract to L. Fournier et Fils for restarting lithium mine
Emerging Australian lithium miner Sayona Mining (ASX: SYA) is closer to the restart of production at its North American Lithium (NAL) project in La Corne, Quebec, as it awarded a four-year, $200 million ($147m) contract to Quebec company L. Fournier et Fils for mining operations. This is one of the...
The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world
Volatility on metal and mining markets continued in the third quarter with copper losing sight of record prices hit in March, gold’s bounce back sputtering, lithium doubling in price year to date, coal surging to unprecedented levels, potash advancing to a 14-year peak and uranium experiencing the best market since Fukushima. The MINING.COM TOP 50* ranking of the world’s...
One spot at IMARC 2022 mission now available
The International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) is where global mining leaders connect with technology, finance, and the future. As Australia’s largest and most influential mining event, IMARC creates a global conversation, mobilises the industry for collaboration and attracts some of the greatest leaders in the mining, investment, and technology industries for three...
MineConnect Ask the Expert: Fall BC Mining Opportunities
In October’s Ask the Expect, learn about what opportunities there currently are within British Columbia’s mining Industry. See the upcoming exploration projects that are underway! This event will be held via Zoom on October 27th from 12:00pm -12:30pm EST. Tickets – Free for MineConnect members *The Ask the Expert series...
National Research Council Canada introduces the High-efficiency Mining program
In today’s mining operations, increasing productivity and efficiency while reducing environmental footprint is key. The NRC’s High-efficiency Mining program develops sensing and maintenance technologies to support a sustainable, socially responsible and productive Canadian mining industry. We work closely with equipment manufacturers and mine operators to tackle the most complex challenges...
Survey – impact of new technologies and innovations on the mining workforce
Workforce Planning Boards across northern Ontario are collecting information from local employers in the mining and mining supply/services sectors. This survey also includes questions relevant to firms that provide professional-technical as well as ICT-High Tech services to these sectors. The focus area is Greater Sudbury as well as the Districts...
Australian mining suppliers look for matchmaking opportunities
Collaboration, not competition, was the objective behind a trade mission by Australian mining suppliers to Sudbury this week. Austmine, the Down Under version of MineConnect, brought representatives from 13 companies to the Nickel City to meet-and-greet with mining companies and area suppliers to get a feel for the market and determine...
Uranium Energy makes high-grade discovery at Christie Lake project in Saskatchewan
Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE American: UEC) has made a new discovery at the Christie Lake project located in the eastern Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan. The discovery hole encountered high-grade mineralization that averaged 7.8% eU3O8 (uranium oxide) over 9.1 metres and included a subinterval of 26.1% eU3O8 over 2.3 metres....
New Member Announcement: Northeastern Ontario Construction Association (NOCA)
We are pleased to introduce our NEWEST member, Northeastern Ontario Construction Association (NOCA). Since its conception in 1948 the Northeastern Ontario Construction Association (NOCA) has been a powerful advocate for the construction industry. NOCA is an ICI association supporting contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, consulting firms, training and personnel providers. The association...
CEN-CAN Expo Presentation Recordings Live Now
The CEN-CAN Expo in Thunder Bay just a few weeks ago featured multiple in-person presentations which are now available in video format. Missed the presentation, or wish to revisit either of the excellent sessions from the Expo, now is your chance! Projects in the Pipeline Conference The Projects in the...
Cutting-edge mine tech at first-ever underground show
The feedback has been resoundingly positive for the mining technology exhibition that was held in an underground environment in Sudbury last week. Don Duval, the CEO of NORCAT in Sudbury, was commenting on the four-day Mining Transformed event where scores of mining supply and mining technology companies set up to showcase their goods and...
Canada Nickel ties into a major Timmins discovery
Canada Nickel Company claims it’s made a major discovery at its Reid Property, north of Timmins, that rivals the size of the company’s nearby flagship Crawford deposit. CEO Mark Selby said in a news release that the “large-scale discovery” is “90 per cent of the size of Crawford,” ranking it as...
Cambrian College to host battery test site for mining vehicles
Cambrian College is helping to step up Sudbury’s role as a key centre for Battery Electric Vehicle knowledge and innovation. Details were revealed at the recent Mine Operators and Maintenance Engineers conference, hosted by the Sudbury branch of CIM (Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum) on how Cambrian College...
Canada, South Korea seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday agreed to deepen cooperation on critical minerals used in electric vehicles (EVs) batteries as both countries seek to cut emissions to fight climate change. Yoon visited London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, and then New York...
Australian explorer aims to be Ontario’s first lithium miner and refiner
An Australian lithium explorer operating in the Armstrong-area is teaming up with a Canadian multi-national to develop a lithium mining and processing business in northwestern Ontario. Green Technology Metals (GT1) has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Lithium Americas Corp. (LAC) of Vancouver to start a lithium supply chain for the auto sector....
Manitoulin Transport expanding Dryden terminal
Manitoulin Transport said it’s expanding its terminal on Richan Road in Dryden. In a news release, the Gore Bay-headquartered motor carrier said it’s expanding its service in the northwestern Ontario community to better serve its customers. The company is having almost 10,000-square feet grafted onto the building and increasing capacity to...
Renamed Noront Resources officially launched as Ring of Fire Metals
Noront Resources, once the exploration front runner in the Ring of Fire, has undergone some cosmetic changes as fall exploration activity resumes in the James Bay region. Now under Australian ownership in Wyloo Metals, most of Noront’s senior team has been reformed and rebranded under the new name of Ring of Fire...
Northwest lithium quarry developer taking orders from international customers
The lithium resource industry is starting to gain rapid momentum in northwestern Ontario. Kenora-area mine developer Avalon Advanced Materials announcing it has secured a “firm commitment” from an undisclosed company to purchase petalite concentrates from the company’s Separation Rapids Lithium Project. The volume and the specific term on this pending deal, known...
Opportunity Australia at Norcat Today – Networking and B2B Sudbury
Austmine is travelling to Sudbury on September 26th to meet with Northern Ontario Suppliers. This is a great opportunity to learn about Australia’s mining landscape and network with Australian suppliers. Agenda 2:30 – 3:30 pm Active Mining & Advanced Exploration Projects in Northern Ontario 3:30 – 4:30 pm Austmine –...
Sudbury mining companies adapt in the age of change
Three senior mining executives, including the heads of Sudbury’s two major mining companies, spoke at length at the Maintenance, Engineering and Mine Operators conference in Sudbury this week about how the industry is faring at a time when the demand for critical minerals is high and the availability of skilled labour...
