Sustainable Development

Sagamok First Nation sees benefits from Totten A decade ago, mineral extraction was just a blip on the radar of the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation.

Safety a priority for Sudbury mine In early September, workers at Totten Mine achieved one million hours of work without a lost time injury, a milestone for the new mine, which had up to 600 people from six different contractors working together to b

With sulphur dioxide emissions from Vale’s operations in Sudbury down from two million tonnes a year in the 1970s to the current level of between 130,000 and 150,000 tonnes, most people would jump to the conclusion that SO2 is no longer much of a pro

Timmins clean-up wins Tom Peters Memorial Mine Reclamation Award Goldcorp’s Porcupine Gold Mines was presented with the Tom Peters Memorial Mine Reclamation Award at the sixth annual Ontario Mine Reclamation Symposium June 18 and 19 for transforming

The sixth annual Ontario Mine Reclamation Symposium takes place June 18 and 19 in Cobalt.

99 per cent reduction in diesel particulate emissions In Sudbury and the surrounding Northern Ontario mining landscape, diesel-powered equipment and machines are almost as common as the rocks they work hard to move.

Fish dates back to the dinosaur age and can live more than 100 years Two mining companies with operations in the Timmins area – Xstrata Copper and Lake Shore Gold – are helping to restore as prehistoric fish species to a part of the Mattagami River t

A Sudbury-based scientist and his team are conducting research to develop protocols for the restoration of mined lands that could be applicable across the Hudson Bay Lowlands in Northern Ontario.

20-centimetre-long rainbow trout are poured into the fast-flowing water of Onaping River in Sudbury.

Vale has approved a $2-billion investment in the Clean AER Project , one of the largest environmental investments in Ontario’s history.