Last year, the global population reached seven billion.
More than half of us now live in urban centres and experts estimate that figure will climb to 70% by 2050. China is witnessing the largest rural to urban migration in the history of mankind in its stampede to industrialize and modernize. China also has become the world’s second largest economy and currently needs to build the equivalent of two cities the size of Toronto and Sydney, Australia, every year to accommodate this rapid growth.
Representatives from Goldcorp Porcupine Gold Mines announced on Monday that it will commence development of the Hollinger Open Pit Mine Project following corporate approval to fund the project.
Sandi Boucher knows she has a pretty good gig. The general manager of the fledgling Thunder Bay Centre of Change gets a daily dose of inspiration from the 30 entrepreneurs under her roof.
Sudbury firm Bestech announced this month that it has achieved a major milestone with the assignment of the complete detailed engineering design of Xstrata Nickel’s Fraser Morgan project.
After completing what it calls an in-depth technical review, the Ministry of the Environment has approved Vale Ltd.’s application for more time — 10 years — to comply with new standards for nickel emissions that go into effect in 2016.
The Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Services Association (SAMSSA) honoured two of its own luminaries and welcomed a new board of directors during its annual general meeting on Friday. Bruce Diplock of Dixon Electric and Mark Andrews of Carriere Industrial Supply Ltd. (CIS), who have dedicated a combined 70-plus years to the industry, were inducted into SAMSSA’s Hall of Fame before a crowd of more than 100 at the morning event held at Sudbury’s Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel.
Dick DeStefano is the Executive Director of Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA). destefan@isys.ca This column was originally published in the December, 2011 issue of Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal. Stan Sudol has one of the most active mining logs in North America: www.republicofmining.com It has recently been added to a Top Ten Mining Blog list by Australian Mining magazine. We asked Stan for his comments and views on Northern Ontario Mining and its technology cluster.
Professors Philippe Lalande and Daniel Spooner, from the University of Montreal’s School of Industrial Design, will be in Sudbury for the Lighting Up Design and Innovation for Business Success, Nov. 25 at the Living with Lakes Centre. The event starts with a free public introduction on “Shaping Sudbury’s Future by Design: opportunities for business and education,” from 10 a.m. to noon. Space is limited.
Michael Allan McCrae | November 20, 2011 Print Article Scientists claim to have made the world’s lightest material—so light it can float on top of dandeloin fluff—and they made it out of nickel. The metal used matters less than the structure. The material, developed by researchers at HRL Laboratories, LLC, is made out of micro-lattices [...]
