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Women in Mining: Lindsay Martin

Women in Mining: Lindsay Martin

Mom proves her worth underground Lindsay Martin is proof that women can be both a mom and a miner.
Women in Mining: Imola Götz

Women in Mining: Imola Götz

Mining engineer an “oddity” in Canada Imola Götz’s choice to study mining engineering wasn’t an unusual one while growing up in Romania.
Women in Mining: Maureen Jensen

Women in Mining: Maureen Jensen

Mining a fantastic career for securities commission head But for a twist of fate, Maureen Jensen may never have become a geologist.
Atlas Copco wins international design award for rig control system

Atlas Copco wins international design award for rig control system

The new Atlas Copco Rig Control System, RCS 5, and its interface design earned a bronze award in the digital design category at the 2013 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) competition.
Nevada business group opens doors for suppliers

Nevada business group opens doors for suppliers

A Sudbury company is mining business opportunities in Nevada’s mining industry, thanks to a growing partnership with Canada and a business group from the U.S. state.

News in briefs

New shaft hoisting ore at Lac des Iles North American Palladium Ltd. has begun hoisting material through the new shaft at its Lac des Iles palladium mine in northwesternern Ontario.
College invites manufacturers to innovation sandbox

College invites manufacturers to innovation sandbox

ICAMP opens doors Manufacturers and entrepreneurs from North Bay and the rest of Northern Ontario have a standing invitation to come and “play” in a sandbox with the latest in 3D laser scanning, polymer printing and robotic technology.
Hoverbarge proposed for year-round access to Ring of Fire

Hoverbarge proposed for year-round access to Ring of Fire

CEMI proposes novel means of transportation for construction material and equipment While the battle over the mode and route of a fixed transportation link to Northern Ontario’s mineral- rich Ring of Fire drags on, a novel means of transporting const
World’s largest cage headed to Indonesia

World’s largest cage headed to Indonesia

Engineered by FLSmidth and manufactured by Stainless Steel Technology FLSmidth and Sudbury fabricator Stainless Steel Technology are about to deliver two 300-man cages to Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold’s Grasberg complex in Indonesia.
Vale celebrates Totten Mine startup

Vale celebrates Totten Mine startup

Mine of the future brimming with state-of-the-art technology It’s not every day that a new mine goes into production – not even in Sudbury, one of the world’s most important centres of mineral wealth – but, this month, Vale celebrates the official ha