Briefs

The Ionic Engineering group of companies has announced the launch of Black Rock Engineering, a new business unit wholly dedicated to providing multi-disciplinary engineering consulting services to industrial and municipal clients.

Cambrian College has concluded a pilot project for Sudbury-based Renewable Resource Recovery Corp.

Laurentian University has established a new School of the Environment with 13 faculty members forming its core and 13 more soon to be cross-appointed from other departments.

Glencore’s Kidd Operations in Timmins has won the 2014 Tom Peters Memorial Reclamation Award at the seventh annual Ontario Mine Reclamation Symposium June 17 and 18 in Peterborough.

Mining equipment manufacturer Rock-Tech is relocating to a 30,000-square-foot facility in Sudbury’s Walden Industrial Park.

A report issued by the Canadian parliament’s Standing Committee on Natural Resources paints an optimistic picture for the mining of rare earth elements in Canada.

Two tradeswomen - Dani Drewek and Sarah Hunter – are among 12 women recognized as 2014 Influential Women of Northern Ontario Award winners.