Elliot Lake mining supplier Timberock International has been acquired by Komatsu Mining Corp. In a June 17 news release, Komatsu said adding Timberock to the fold supports its growth into the hard rock drilling and bolting areas of the industry. Timberock is an original equipment manufacturer and distributor specializing in underground... read more →

To most of the general public, the first visible sign of construction of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor and Detroit is a 170-metre long overpass connecting Hwy. 401 to what will be the new bridge’s Canada Customs inspection plaza. Work began in 2017 and should be completed by... read more →

Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives have pulled a major Toronto-area highway project quashed by the previous Liberal government from the dustbin, relaunching an environmental assessment (EA) into the potential Greater Toronto Area West Highway Corridor. Jeff Yurek, Ontario’s minister of Transportation, was in Brampton July 19 to announce the provincial about-face on the... read more →

Ontario Mine Rescue is marking its 90th anniversary on June 20, 2019. On that date in 1929, the provincial government of the day passed Workman’s Compensation Board Regulation 98, which outlined details to establish mine rescue stations and train mine rescue workers through the province. Ontario Mine Rescue was created following... read more →

With the market for automated vehicles continuing to gain traction, Volvo Group and U.S. tech firm Nvidia are teaming up on the development of the complex series of systems behind driverless trucks, construction equipment and public transport vehicles. The Sweden-based truck and heavy equipment manufacturer announced the new partnership June 18.... read more →

Altree Developments has announced a new mid-rise project for a three-acre property in east Toronto that sits atop the steep banks of the heavily forested Highland Creek valley — a location that’s a tremendous selling point, to be sure, but also makes for development challenges. The firm announced in March it... read more →

A West Coast shipyard will be sourcing finished product from Algoma Steel to build support ships for the Canadian navy. Seaspan Shipyards of North Vancouver, B.C. announced June 18 that the plate for Canada’s new Joint Support Ships project is coming from the Sault Ste. Marie sheet and plate producer. The award... read more →