Briefs

Glencore's Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations has been recognized with a special TSM Leadership Award for its outstanding performance in the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative.

The Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario has scheduled a 10-day inquest into the deaths of Jordan Fram and Jason Chenier, two Vale miners who lost their lives in a mining accident in Sudbury in June 2011.

MacLean Engineering has commissioned its 400th Series 900 Scissor Bolter in January at Vale’s Manitoba Operations.

A new economic impact survey commissioned by the Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export (CAMESE) estimates that the Ontario mining supply and service sector (MSS) had a direct impact of $3.

Lake Shore Gold Corp. has announced strong production growth for the first three quarters of 2013. Gold production for Q3 totaled 45,600 ounces, an increase of 58 per cent over the same period last year.

Alicia Woods' appearance on the Season 9 premiere of Dragon's Den on Oct. 15 exceeded her wildest expectations.

The future of Glencore's nickel operations in Sudbury will require deeper mines to access previously untapped deposits, said Marc Boissonneault, the company's vice-president of the company’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations.

The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) has issued a call for proposals for its Ultra-Deep Mining Network’s (UDMN) Think Deep Program.

Nominations for the Minerals Engineering International (MEI) 2014 Award are now being accepted. The award is given for an outstanding contribution to minerals engineering by a young person.

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