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The rescue of 33 Chilean miners after more than two months underground this past fall had the rapt attention of billions around the world.

The fourth and smallest mine operator in the Sudbury Basin plans to resume shipping ore by the end of the summer.

India is showing a keen interest in developing its mining and mineral sector.

Human resources will be the biggest challenge facing the Canadian mining industry over the next 10 years as the majority of its workforce reaches retirement, according to a recent workforce report.

Fuller Industrial, a Sudbury-based company specializing in rubber lining, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to supply carbon steel, rubber lined pipe and fittings for the Ivanhoe Mining/Rio Tinto Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia.

Cliffs Natural Resources has selected Sudbury as “a technically feasible site” for a ferrochrome processing facility, but is looking to the province of Ontario to cut a deal on the cost of power.

Rematech Industries Inc. is ready to take on the world.

The Northern Ontario forest industry has used aerial photography and geomatics as planning tools for years. Now, a Thunder Bay-based business is also introducing these services to exploration and mining companies.

Steve Marshall, vice-president of the Morris Group of Companies, sees an industry-changing landscape about to rise across North America built on steel boxes, and it’s starting in Northern Ontario.

Tracks and Wheels Equipment chairman and CEO Conrad Houle and his staff have a lot to live up to as they embark on the company’s 31st year in business. It isn’t easy for Houle to put on a brave face as he talks about his company’s plans for 2011.