Posted Monday, February 21st, 2005 by Chris Blackwell
The Sudbury Area Mining Supply & Service Association (SAMSSA) introduces a new service on its web site effective immediately. This “OPPORTUNITIES” service is available on the SAMSSA home page. This service allows anyone worldwide to open negotiations with SAMSSA members regarding their products and services. SAMSSA members are using the following definitions as their operating [...]
Posted Monday, February 21st, 2005 by Chris Blackwell
Northern Ontario Business February 2005 By IAN ROSS Ten years ago, Sudbury’s Jim Richard could not have fathomed he would be working on designing advanced drilling technology destined for space. Back then, as vice-president of sales for Electric Vehicle Controllers Ltd. (EVC), he was building and installing electronic control systems for underground mining locomotives. “I’m [...]
Posted Monday, February 21st, 2005 by Chris Blackwell
Northern Ontario Business February 2005 By IAN ROSS Dan Newell grew up in a mining town. He knows how skilled immigrant labour grew Northern Ontario. The Copper Cliff (in Greater Sudbury) native vividly remembers how Italian, Finnish and Polish miners and their families shaped Sudbury’s nickel basin in building its mines, smelters, community halls and [...]
Posted Monday, February 14th, 2005 by Chris Blackwell
Sudbury—a recently concluded study reveals that Northeastern Ontario’s mining industry has entered a new – and historic – phase, the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) announced here today. “For the first time in Sudbury’s 120 year history as a mining community, it is now clear that more people are employed in the [...]
Posted Monday, January 31st, 2005 by Chris Blackwell
John Deyell, Canada’s High Commissioner to the Republics of Zambia and Malawi in southern Africa, will visit a number of Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) members on Monday, January 31. Previous to this appointment, Mr. Deyell was Director General for eastern Africa in the Canadian International Development Agency in Ottawa. Over the [...]
Posted Wednesday, December 15th, 2004 by Chris Blackwell
Precise sets new course with drill bit Headline News Northern Ontario Business SAMSSA MEMBER By IAN ROSS A North Bay mining supplier expects big things from a novel piece of highly engineered mining equipment. The ripple effect of the booming world metals market has been felt at J.N. Precise, which moved into a spacious new [...]
Posted Wednesday, December 15th, 2004 by Chris Blackwell
SAMSSA’s marketing video is available for your viewing in two downloadable formats. Please select the format your media player supports. Note: most current media players support .wmv format. SAMSSA Video – Format: .wmv Size: approx. 1M SAMSSA Video – Format: .mpg Size: approx. 12M Download/viewing tip: Depending on your internet connection, you may wish to right [...]
Posted Monday, December 13th, 2004 by Chris Blackwell
The Sudbury Area Mining Supply & Service Association (SAMSSA) has elected a five member Board of Directors that brings both new faces and former directors to the table for the fiscal year 2004-05 The Board was announced at its Annual Meeting held on December 2, 2004 in Sudbury. Returnees to the Board include Mike Castron, [...]
Posted Thursday, December 9th, 2004 by Chris Blackwell
SUDBURY, Ontario, November 9, 2004 — The Honourable Diane Marleau, Member of Parliament for Sudbury, and Ray Bonin, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt, today announced FedNor support to the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) for development and expansion activities. SAMSSA is looking to increase its membership and expand its operations in [...]
Posted Tuesday, November 9th, 2004 by Chris Blackwell
The Honourable Diane Marleau, Member of Parliament for Sudbury, and Ray Bonin, Member of Parliament for Nickel Belt, today announced FedNor support to the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA) for development and expansion activities. SAMSSA is looking to increase its membership and expand its operations in order to help members maximize sales [...]