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Consortium considers trial After 30 or more years of aborted efforts to replace drill and blast technology with mechanical cutting in hard rock mining, the industry may be on the cusp of a breakthrough.

Autonomous tramming, iPads for everyone The next new mine in the Sudbury Basin will look a lot different than the mines currently in operation, but several cutting-edge technologies being introduced at Vale’s Totten Mine offer a preview of mining in

Bruce Power announces $1 million for MIRARCO research chair Bruce Power, operator of Ontario’s Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, has agreed to fund an Industrial Research Chair at MIRARCO Mining Innovation in Sudbury to study the long-term potential

A group of dissident shareholders of Zenyatta Ventures took control of the company at a special meeting in Toronto May 11th, turfing four of the six directors, including president Aubrey Eveleigh and executive chairman Keith Morrison.

Copper Cliff and Onaping Depth projects underway Vale and Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations have received board approval for major mine development projects in the Sudbury Basin.

MacLean units in production at Musselwhite, Nickel Rim South and Borden A MacLean Engineering boom truck, currently undergoing trials at Glencore’s Nickel Rim South Mine in Sudbury is the underground equipment manufacturer’s eighth battery-powered un

ATV is designed for extreme conditions Felix Lopes has Sherp fever, and he’s betting his fervour for the rugged all-terrain vehicle (ATV) will catch on amongst industry types throughout Ontario.

Road ownership and governance still to be decided On August 21, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s office announced it has taken “an important step forward toward developing the Ring of Fire, working with Webiquie, Marten Falls and Nibinamik First Nati

First full-scale underground deployment in North America for Sudbury-based company The first, full-scale underground deployment of a rail-veyor material handling system in North America has been commissioned at Agnico-Eagle’s Goldex mine in northwest

Hydraulic air compressor can slash cost of pneumatic power, cool deep mines and serve as a means of carbon capture A long-forgotten, century old technology for producing compressed air is one step closer to rebirth.