Sustainable Development

Three Northern Ontario mining companies will participate next year in a pilot project designed to find out if crops suitable for producing biodiesel fuel can be grown on mine tailings.

In their past lives as environmental co-ordinators for two different mines in the Timmins area, Linda Byron-Fortin and Colin Webster often ran into each other at industry conferences.

Metals contaminating the soils surrounding mine sites can be slowly removed by the root systems of plants, a process known as phytoremediation. West Kentucky University biology professor Shivendra Sahi spoke about the subject Oct.

There could be a day in the distant future when former mine sites are filled with large pine trees blowing in the breeze, instead of barren expanses of rock.

Getting miners to report compressed air leaks is an easy way for mining companies to reduce energy costs, according to study commissioned by the Ontario Mining Association (OMA).

More than 500 delegates will gather at Laurentian University in Sudbury Oct. 19-27 to discuss how mining companies can avoid doing damage to the environment.

Competitively priced, reliable electricity has fueled Ontario's prosperity for a century, but tough choices will have to be made to ensure a sufficient supply of power in the years ahead, former Minister of Mines Sean Conway told mining industry lead

The technology selected for a ventilation on demand pilot program at Inco's Creighton Mine is being supplied by Sling Choker Manufacturing of Sudbury.

An industry-leading energy conservation pilot program launched by Inco in 2000 is evolving into "an energy-smart" way of doing business throughout the company's Ontario operations.

Inco's Stobie Mine in Sudbury is saving hundreds of thousands of dollars a year by pumping out water during off-peak hours.