Suppliers team up for shiploader upgrade The recent upgrading of a shiploader at Lafarge North America’s Marblehead, Ohio limestone quarry by six Sudbury suppliers is a good example of the synergies inherent in the region’s mining cluster, claims Paul Ballard of the Fluid Power House. View Article
Xstrata boosts recycling capacity Much of the nickel and other metals mined in the Sudbury Basin is exported to the four corners of the world, but more and more of it is finding its way back in the form of cellphone, laptop and hybrid car batteries.
Day group purchases powerful new helicopter Day Helicopter Services recently purchased a $4 million helicopter capable of lifting more than twice the weight of the company's next most powerful helicopter, the Eurocopter AStar.
Ionic Engineering wins refinery contract Ionic Engineering, a Sudbury-based industrial automation and robotics company, will be kept busy for the next three years with modernizing a nickel refinery at Vale Inco's operations in Thompson, Manitoba.
Pumps and sumps The following is an interview with Dan Adams, technical representative with ITT Flygt. Based at the company’s Sudbury branch, Dan serves the needs of the mining industry across northeastern Ontario. ITT Flygt is based in Sweden and has operations in 130 countries.
Atlas Copco’s Swellex plant begins production Atlas Copco is producing Canadian-made Swellex rock bolts at a new 94,000-square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in North Bay.
