Posted Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 by SAMSSA
By LINDSAY KELLY Northern Ontario Business By 8:30 a.m. on the day of his presentation to members of the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA), Michael MacFarlane had already been up for four hours and worked for three. As the senior vice-president of technology and innovation for AngloGold Ashanti, MacFarlane lives in Sudbury [...]
Posted Monday, April 30th, 2012 by SAMSSA
Members of the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) recently got a look at some of the contracts they’ll be able to bid on as part of Vale’s $2 billion emissions reduction project. The project director of Vale’s Clean AER (atmospheric emissions reduction) project, Dave Stefanuto, gave a presentation on the initiative at a April 26 gathering of SAMSSA members.
Posted Monday, March 19th, 2012 by SAMSSA
Source: Northern Ontario Business by: Lindsay Kelly At first glance, the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) website doesn’t look any different. But a handful of new features being introduced over the next few months is poised to enhance its market appeal on a global platform. The goal is to become the most [...]
Posted Thursday, March 8th, 2012 by SAMSSA
“The mining industry in Northern Ontario is a bright light in our economy,” said Sean Strickland, Chief Executive Officer of the secretariat. “It has been and is forecasted to continue to be a major driver of construction projects in Ontario that are creating great opportunities for growth, expansion and job creation
Posted Friday, March 2nd, 2012 by SAMSSA
Thanks to Ontario Business Report February 2012 They went looking for diamonds in the rough, but found something perhaps even more valuable. In 2002 DeBeers, the world’s leading diamond miner and trader, ventured into Ontario’s far north muskeg near Hudson’s Bay seeking the precious stones. What it discovered instead was copper and zinc. But that [...]
Posted Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 by SAMSSA
Miners and suppliers operating in the Thunder Bay district needs thousands of skilled trades and technicians as new mines open up for production.
Posted Thursday, February 16th, 2012 by SAMSSA
Vale has approved a $2-billion investment in the “Clean AER Project”, one of the largest environmental investments in Ontario’s history.
The Clean AER Project (AER stands for atmospheric emissions reduction) will see sulphur dioxide emissions at Vale’s smelter in Sudbury reduced by 70% from current levels. This reduction is in addition to the 90% reduction in sulphur dioxide emissions realized since 1970 and complements the ongoing success story that is the re-greening of the Sudbury region.
Posted Thursday, February 9th, 2012 by SAMSSA
Lake Shore Gold Corp. (TSX:LSG) (NYSE Amex:LSG) (“Lake Shore Gold” or the “Company”) today announced that the Company has entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSX:FNV)(NYSE:FNV) (“Franco-Nevada”) through which Franco-Nevada will pay to the Company US$35 million for a 2.25% net smelter return (“NSR”) royalty on the sale of minerals from the Company’s Timmins West Complex.
Posted Thursday, February 9th, 2012 by SAMSSA
“We are sitting ducks.”
That’s the way Anthony Campbell, the former head of the Intelligence Assessment Secretariat of the Privy Council Office, put it to me the other day.
Posted Monday, January 23rd, 2012 by SAMSSA
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.