The Canadian Exploration Company mined, milled and smelted gold from the deposit from 1909 to 1916. In 1910, it produced 1,373 ounces of gold – the largest producer in Ontario at the time. In production intermittently from 1908 to 1939, mining operations discharged about 200,000 tonnes of mine tailings directly to... read more →

Philippi-Hagenbuch has released a new version of its Autogate Tailgate for off-highway trucks that require a 100-percent positive seal. The design incorporates a fluidic seal material to create a watertight seal that keeps liquid materials within an off-highway truck body. The tailgate can be designed for any size off-highway truck.... read more →

New measures include creating opportunities for more competition in P3s by accounting for international experience, opening P3 projects to greater innovation by making output specifications less prescriptive and rebalancing the Infrastructure Ontario bid evaluation criteria to better reward design innovation. “We want to attract investment and expertise from around the... read more →

Unique architectural projects are often seen as ways of boosting tourism. If that's true, then visitors may soon be pouring into the small Danish town of Brande (pop. ~7,000). Last month the local city council approved a 1,049-foot (320-meter) skyscraper that Danish clothing giant Bestseller hopes to build in the... read more →

The most recent edition of Facts of Figures of the Canadian Mining Industry, published in March by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), showed that the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut together received 22 per cent, or $570 million, of total 2017 Canadian spending on exploration and the territories also... read more →

A life-changing infrastructure project for northwestern Ontario has passed a regulatory hurdle. The Ontario Energy Board has approved Wataynikaneyap Power LP (Watay Power)’s leave to construction application to proceed with the massive northwestern Ontario power line project. The $1.6-billion project involves stringing 1,800 kilometres of power lines to connect 17... read more →

With the explicit encouragement of a hands-off federal government, three automakers are creating a new safety group with the engineering group SAE International to draft national standards for autonomous cars. This week, Ford, Toyota, and General Motors joined the SAE to form the Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC), a group... read more →

Through the act, the government is taking over 30 actions, along with regulatory changes, to cut business costs, harmonize regulatory requirements with other jurisdictions, end duplication and reduce barriers to investment, indicates a government release. As part of the legislation, the Labour Relations Act, 1995 will be amended to deem... read more →

First Cobalt stated the high purity of their product meets the specifications of potential customers, and positions them to be the first North American producer of processed cobalt to supply battery plants in the U.S. Restarting the mothballed refinery requires $30 million in startup money and an 18 to 24-month... read more →