Volvo CE’s Dig Assist Start and Load Assist are now standard on excavators and wheel loaders, respectively, in North America. Dig Assist Start, the basic package of Load Assist, is now available on Volvo’s EC220E to EC480E excavators. It increases the accuracy of the machines and enables operators to create more... read more →

Algoma Steel is being recognized for its efforts to promote mental health in the workplace. On June 5, the Sault Ste. Marie branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) will acknowledge the Sault steelmaker for including a mental health component in its health and safety training. Starting this year, each Algoma... read more →

A significant remediation project on the site of a contaminated mine northeast of Whitehorse is moving to the next phase. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada said May 31 it has awarded Pelly Construction Ltd. a $44.4 million contract for work at Faro Mine — an abandoned lead-zinc mine that opened... read more →

The Ontario Government has passed the Getting Ontario Moving Act which will enable the upload of new subway builds to the province, while striving to keep roads safe for workers and the public. The Act, which was introduced in the legislature on May 2 by Minister of Transportation Jeff Yurek, aims... read more →

Sudbury will play host to the 2019 Mining and the Environment International Conference June 23-28. The event is a joint effort of Laurentian University’s School of the Environment and Goodman School of Mines, and the Canadian Land Reclamation Association. It will bring together technical experts from the industry, government and academia interested... read more →

The procurement battle for one of the largest transit infrastructure projects in the country is down to three consortia. The City of Edmonton released a three-team shortlist for the approximately $2.6 billion Valley Line West LRT project June 5. The groups advancing to the request for proposals stage include the Urban... read more →

he Quebec Port Authority (QPA) has signed a long-term commercial agreement with Hutchison Ports and Canadian National Railway (CN), to build and operate the new container terminal, known as project Laurentia (previously Beauport 2020). Hutchison Ports was selected after a competitive process in which QPA invited the leading international port operators... read more →

The southern terminus of that road would be in Aroland’s traditional territory. Noront said the signing of this agreement is recognition of that territorial claim. “Noront is actively reaching out to the traditional land holders in the area and engaging them in early dialogue on how the projects and associated infrastructure... read more →