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Northern Ontario Manufacturers Legal Covid 19 update Zoom Call
We are pleased to have employment lawyer Zachary T. Courtemanche, from Weaver Simmons LLP located in Sudbury and North Bay, to speak to us about new developments and workplace challenges from the Omicron variant, Covid 19 as well as the most recent government announcements affecting Manufacturers. They will address workplace...
Genesis Metals closing in on 1moz gold in resources at Chevrier project
Scoops are true utility workhorses in your soft rock mine. They handle multiple tasks, including maintenance, re-supply, clean-up and rock dusting. To help get the job done, the redesigned battery-powered Joy 02ESV scoops offer excellent operator comfort and robust time between charges. Equipped with OptiDrive technology developed specifically for these...
Hong Kong financier funding restart of a Timmins gold mine project
Greenwater to invest up to $19 million in Gowest Gold’s Bradshaw deposit Financing from Hong Kong will help restart development at a gold mine project north of Timmins. Toronto’s Gowest Gold announced Jan. 24 that Greenwater Investment Hong Kong will be sinking up to $19 million into the mining development company’s Bradshaw...
LEDs combined with copper may be key to developing new medicines, electronics
Hokkaido University researchers have found a way to use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in combination with a copper-based molecular catalyst to develop a more sustainable way to make key chemical subunits that have potential uses in pharmaceutical and photoelectronic development. In a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the scientists...
Silver Lake Resources grabs troubled Harte Gold
Australia’s Silver Lake Resources (ASX: SLR) said on Friday it had won the bid for Harte Gold, whose sole asset is the Sugar Zone mine in Ontario, Canada. The announcement comes only days after a second potential, anonymous buyer for the troubled gold miner emerged. The deal comprises $74.5 million in credit to the...
First Nations chiefs concerned with Ring of Fire process
Letter sent to government says draft terms of reference ‘wrongly excludes us Indigenous peoples from all but token roles’ As Canada and Ontario discuss a potential agreement on how the regional assessment will be done in the Ring of Fire area, First Nations chiefs are calling to be equally consulted...
Canada Nickel Announces Successful Drill Results from Recently Acquired Deloro target
Canada Nickel Company Inc. today announced assay results from its Mahaffy, Dargavel, Kingsmill, and MacDiarmid properties, and provided an update on drilling and corporate activities. In addition to completed drill assay results, partial assays have been received to date from 11 holes drilled at the Company’s Nesbitt property – these results have also been...
Member Spotlight: B&D Manufacturing Ltd.
Tom DiFrancesco, General Manager – B&D Manufacturing Ltd. Founded in 1980, B&D Manufacturing is a dynamic Canadian company that designs, manufactures and distributes innovative mining products and technologies to increase production and improve safety for industries globally. Originally established as the manufacturer of its globally recognized Portable Align Boring Machines,...
Tracie Marsh-Fior Joins the MineConnect Board
MineConnect is pleased to announce that Tracie Marsh has joined the MineConnect board! Tracie Marsh-Fior, Chief Operating Officer at Pilot Diamond Tools, has over 20 years’ business management experience in both the private and public sector. As Chief Operating Officer Tracie is responsible for the overall operations at Pilot, a...
Kirkland Lake Gold bottoms out with new shaft sinking
Kirkland Lake Gold’s No. 4 shaft finally hits bottom, on track for late 2022 completion The digging is done on the new shaft at the Macassa Mine in Kirkland Lake. Kirkland Lake Gold announced this week that the sinking phase of its No. 4 Shaft has been completed, down to a...
Canada’s energy patch sees ‘significant’ boost in investment
Investment in Canada’s oil and natural gas industry will rise 22% this year to C$32.8 billion ($26.3 billion) amid higher prices for hydrocarbons, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. The C$6 billion gain in investment marks the second straight year of “significant” increases, the oil and gas industry...
Electra signs battery recycling and Cobalt supply agreement with Marubeni
Electra will also leverage Marubeni’s presence in Japan and Asia as a facilitator of battery raw material flows into the regional EV supply chain. Electra Battery Materials Corporation has signed a battery recycling and cobalt sulfate supply agreement with Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation. With this agreement, Electra and Marubeni have...
Global inflation ends era of ever-cheaper clean energy
The era of ever-cheaper clean power is over, giving a fresh jolt of uncertainty to global energy markets battered by one supply crisis after another. Relentless price declines over the past decade made renewables the cheapest sources of electricity in much of the world. In the past year, though, prices...
Next Week MineConnect Hosts “Ask the Expert: Discover the mining potential in Sweden”
Join MineConnect and Business Sweden for a special presentation by Christina Keighren and Patricia Boeg-Jensen from Business Sweden. A presentation of the six primary reasons why Sweden is an ideal destination for mining-related investments. The Business Case for Sweden will be presented and discuss Sweden’s long history of mining, the...
Second bidder emerges to buy White River-area gold mine
Harte Gold takes sale process to auction stage, will name successful bidder this week A second bidder has surfaced in competition with Australia’s Silver Lake Resources to buy insolvent Harte Gold and its Sugar Zone underground mine, north of White River. A Jan. 17 news release from the Toronto-based mine operator did not disclose...
Advanced manufacturing funding program now open
A total of $40 million is available over two years for companies to expand tools, technology, workforce Ontario manufacturing companies are being invited to apply to a new funding program designed to outfit them with new tools and technology to grow and stay competitive in the international market. The province...
Sudbury’s outskirts remain mineral-rich ground for exploration outfits
Palladium company to release pre-feasibility study on open-pit River Valley mine project Areas outside the Sudbury Basin are proving to be fertile ground for junior mining exploration companies probing for precious, base and so-called ‘green’ metals. Two projects are showing definite mining potential. New Age Metals expects to release a pre-feasibility...
Pandemic restrictions push Toronto mining convention to June
PDAC organizers forego March event for live and virtual events this summer The spread of the latest variant of COVID-19 in Ontario could have been a show stopper for an in-person meet-and-greet at the world’s biggest mining convention in early March in Toronto. But in wanting to be safe than...
Sudbury’s Schuster Boyd McDonald acquires Canadian Injury Management Services
We are excited to officially share the news about the recent acquisition of Canadian Injury Management Services by Schuster Boyd McDonald (SBM) and The JDB Group. Located in the North, Canadian Injury Management Services (CIMS) has been in operation since 2002. Led by Sandra Haddad, CIMS has built a wide...
New Member Announcement: Priority Management Sudbury
We are pleased to introduce our NEWEST associate member… Priority Management Sudbury!! “At Priority Management we provide world-class leadership and management training to help people in all areas become more effective and productive workers. Our WorkingSm@rt series of programs develop the skills to effectively plan, manage and execute work while...
Timmins Mechanical Solutions Marks 1st Company in Northern Ontario to obtain Cyber Secure Canada Certification.
Timmins Mechanical Solutions has finally marked the first company in Northern Ontario to obtain Cyber Secure Canada certification, one of only 20 Canadian companies nationwide to achieve this designation since it’s inception. As more companies and individuals turn to online activities, whether for business or communications, having cyber secure systems...
Labour shortage threatens to put mining industry on shaky ground
Major Drilling Group International (TSX: MDI) had an early Christmas present for investors in December. The specialized drilling services company reported a 50% increase in revenue in the second quarter of the 2022 fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2021, compared to the same period last year, and a doubling of...
MineConnect Hall of Fame 2021 – Submit your Nominations!
We are just over a month away until MineConnect’s AGM… which means our notorious Hall of Fame! Northern Ontario mining supply and service companies have impacted the evolution of mining worldwide and are responsible for much of the innovation that is employed today to increase mineral production, all the while...
Member Spotlight: NorthStream Safety and Rehab
With: Cory Stainthorpe, Executive Director, NorthStream NorthStream Safety & Rehab is a proudly women-owned Canadian company helping to keep businesses going despite the changing face of COVID-19. NorthStream is known for its effective drug and alcohol programs, training, pre-employment testing and the provision of qualified staff to sites (occupational services/first...
Gogama open-pit mine build on track for 2023 production start
Year of heavy spending ahead at IAMGOLD’s Côté Gold Project as mine site complex takes shape Construction of IAMGOLD’s Côté Gold Project at Gogama is nearing the halfway mark. The Toronto-based international miner said construction at Côté was at the 43 per cent mark at the end of the fourth quarter of 2021. Things...
