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The suspense is over. Cliffs Natural Resources has announced it will build its $1.85-billion chromite processing facility, which will process chromite ore from its Ring of Fire project, near the town of Capreol, located north of Sudbury.

Sudbury will host its biggest mining conference ever June 11 to 14 when an estimated 750 delegates from 30 or more countries arrive in the city for MassMin 2012 , the 6th international conference and exhibition on mass mining.

Laurentian University ’s School of Engineering began 2012 with a touch more swagger thanks to a $10 million gift from Stan Bharti, chairman and CEO of Toronto-based merchant banker Forbes & Manhattan .

Carmen Gigliotti goes about his business as a barber with a smile on his face. There is no doubt he loves what he does.

Mark Andrews, the recently retired vice-president of Carriere Industrial Supply (CIS), a Sudbury-based manufacturer of buckets and other wear products, and Bruce Diplock, until recently owner of Sudbury-based Dixon Electric, have been inducted into t

Miners using jacklegs and stopers know all about the hazards of oil fog. As compressed air passes through the tool, it siphons oil from the in-line lubricator.

Rector Machine Works , a full-service machining and fabrication shop in Sault Ste. Marie, has announced plans to acquire an 18 x 38-foot Hypotherm burning table and two Mazak CNC machines.The acquisitions are part of a $1.

Two major mine developments in Ontario’s remote James Bay Lowlands will result in spending of as much as $4 billion between now and 2016.

A junior mining company with a development project in Northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire has found a novel way of mixing philanthropy and self-interest.

Noront Resources , a junior mining company working toward the development of its Eagle’s Nest nickel-copper-PGE deposit in Ontario’s Ring of Fire , is lending its support to a youth empowerment program for First Nation kids who could one day end up w