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AUDIO: Sudbury researcher John Gunn meets Sweden’s environmentally minded king – by Samantha Lui (CBC News Sudbury – July 13, 2016)

July 13, 2016

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/

John Gunn shared the story of Sudbury’s regreening efforts with the king and other researchers

The regreening of Sudbury’s damaged landscapes is a story known across the world. In fact, it’s even caught the attention of Carl Gustaf, the king of Sweden. Sudbury’s John Gunn was recently invited to attend the king’s 12th Royal Colloquiam just outside of Stockholm.

The event’s been held since 1992 by Gustaf, and it invites leading scientists and researchers to take part in discussions about issues relating to environment and development. Gunn, who is the director of the Vale Living with Lakes Centre in the city, shared details about Sudbury’s progress over the years with the king and other researchers around the world.

“It was a great honour to participate in such a discussion group with the king of Sweden,” he said. “Sweden and the adjoining Norway are very supportive of international studies in the environment. I was pleased to be able to go and represent Sudbury and provide some information.”

‘Good stuff, good value’ at gem show – by Keith Dempsey (Sudbury Star – July 13, 2016)

July 13, 2016

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Because of the Nickel City’s history of being a mining town, most will assume a gem and mineral show will be related to mining. But that’s not the case when it comes to the 34th annual Sudbury Gem and Mineral Show.

“It’s a family event and there’s something for everybody there,” said Ruth Debicki, vice-president of the Sudbury Rock and Lapidary Society. The event, taking place at the Carmichael Arena July 15-17, will feature 21 dealers with wholesale and retail sales, hourly door prize draws, and a grand door prize of a large Brazilian amethyst geode, with a value of $750. The draw will be on Sunday, at 4:45 p.m.

Sudbury Rock and Lapidary Society members will have exhibits and displays including minerals, rocks, gems, fossils, lapidary arts, beads, jewelry, rock crafts and lapidary arts.

MEDIA RELEASE: Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity Report Overlooks Sudbury’s World-Class Mining Clusters

September 5, 2018July 6, 2016

Sudbury is the Silicon Valley of underground mining research

Nickel Belt – (July 6, 2016): The Toronto-based Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity recently issued a report titled “Clusters in Ontario: Creating an ecosystem for prosperity” that, in the opinion of industry experts, overlooks Sudbury’s vibrant mining clusters.

Industrial clusters are interrelated businesses in compact geographical regions that are supported by educational, research and government institutions which enhance economic growth, prosperity and innovation through value-added manufacturing and internal/external exports.

Marc Serré, Nickel Belt MP and a member of The National Standing Committee on Natural Resources says, “Sudbury’s dynamic mining clusters are a globally unique concentration of Canadian hard-rock expertise and innovation, unique in North America and found in very few other cities around the world. My fear is that federal and provincial policy experts and politicians will read this report and assume any requests for multi-million dollar strategic investments for Sudbury to further enhance educational or research aspects would not be warranted.”

Toronto think-tank’s industry cluster model excludes mining – by Ian Ross (Northern Ontario Business – July 5, 2016)

July 6, 2016July 5, 2016

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Researchers at the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity sure didn’t do their homework in the eyes of Dick DeStefano, executive director of the Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Association (SAMSSA).

The influential Toronto-based think-tank released a working paper in late June highlighting five of the most impactful industry clusters in Ontario, and is recommending Queen’s Park put the right supports in place to recognize and strengthen them.

In its paper entitled “Clusters in Ontario – Creating an Ecosystem for Prosperity,” the institute focused on Windsor’s automotive industry; Toronto’s marketing, design and publishing companies; Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge’s “supercluster” high-tech triangle; Toronto’s financial services district; and the Niagara region’s hospitality and tourism sector.

Vale VP focused on safety – by Carol Mulligan (Sudbury Star – July 4, 2016)

July 5, 2016

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Returning to live in Sudbury in January of this year was a homecoming of sorts for Stuart Harshaw. He took over Jan. 1 as vice-president of Ontario operations for Vale Ltd., a company he has worked for since 1990 after graduating from Queen’s University as a metallurgical engineer.

Harshaw would go on to complete a master’s of business administration at Laurentian University in the early days of his quarter century with the nickel giant, 25 years in which he progressed through the ranks of the former Inco, which was purchased by Brazil-based Vale a decade ago.

In late 1999, Harshaw said he got “pulled into” marketing. He worked at what was then Inco’s corporate office for six years before going to London to run the company’s Middle East-Africa business for a time.

Sudbury’s Nobel Prize-winning project explained – by Postmedia Network (Sudbury Star – July 4, 2016)

July 4, 2016

http://www.thesudburystar.com/

Deep inside the Canadian Shield, two kilometres under Sudbury, a massive physics lab is unravelling the secrets of the universe.

In the sheltered darkness, alongside a working mine, the SNOLAB has helped Canadian experimental physicists find out why the sun shines, and continue the search for the ever-elusive dark matter. SNOLAB’s director Art McDonald, a Nobel laureate and Order of Canada recipient, is a bit of a rockstar in the tight-knit world of physics.

McDonald has used that subterranean lab to prove the existence of neutrinos — subatomic particles that are one of the building blocks of the universe. It earned him his Nobel prize and accolades the world over. Last week, just days before the international particle physics conference Neutrino 2016 begins in London, England, an exhibit showcasing the world class science of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) and SNOLAB opened at Canada House, near Trafalgar Square. It runs until Sept. 17.

‘Major’ Sudbury project receives $5 million – by Carol Mulligan (Sudbury Star – June 30, 2016)

June 30, 2016

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Laurentian University has received $5 million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. toward a $100-million research project that will develop a mass of expertise on how to improve mineral exploration.

The NOHFC announcement was made Wednesday by Northern Development and Mines Minister Michael Gravelle, who said the project dovetails nicely with the mineral development strategy his government announced in December.

That strategy is part of the Government of Ontario’s blueprint to make Ontario the global leader in the mining industry. Getting to that No. 1 spot depends on how well mining research and innovation are harnessed, said Gravelle.

School of architecture gets $10 million gift – by Jim Moodie (Sudbury Star – June 30, 2016)

June 30, 2016

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The banners on downtown Sudbury’s newest edifice now read McEwen School of Architecture. So did the yellow ball caps handed out at a stylish announcement Wednesday, and a large wooden sign that was unveiled amid a cascade of sparkly confetti.

The name change owes to a massive boost from Rob and Cheryl McEwen, who have gifted the school a cool $10 million. Both were on hand Wednesday to see their name affixed to the facility and speak to the motivation behind the donation.

“Cheryl and I are certain that the goals of the McEwen School of Architecture will unleash the genius of the North and usher in new, innovative approaches to the design, form and function of buildings and communities, not only across Canada but around the world,” said Rob McEwen, founder of Goldcorp and head of McEwen Mining.

NEWS RELEASE: Clusters in Ontario – Creating an Ecosystem for Prosperity ( Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity June 29, 2016)

June 29, 2016

http://www.competeprosper.ca/

This is a highly controversial report for the people of northern Ontario as it ignores the vibrant and globally recognized mining cluster in Sudbury, Ontario. In fact, the world’s most important academic on economic clusters – Harvard University’s Michael Porter – in a 1991 report titled Canada At The Crossroads, commissioned by the Government of Canada and the Business Council on National Issues, highlighted Sudbury’s mining cluster! He did not mention the hospitality and tourism cluster in St. Catharines! – Stan Sudol (RepublicOfMining.com Publisher/Editor)

Click here for full report: http://www.competeprosper.ca/uploads/WP26_clusters_FINAL.pdf

Toronto – A new working paper from the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity suggests that the province of Ontario could increase its prosperity through the growth of clusters and makes recommendations on how to improve the ecosystem that fosters successful clusters including the loosening of foreign direct investment restrictions and reducing government involvement in venture capital markets.

As of 2015, the prosperity gap, measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), between Ontario and its North American peers stood at $12,500 per capita. This prosperity gap reflects lagging productivity. It means that the average worker in Ontario produces less output (such as goods or services) than his or her North American counterparts. If Ontario wants to close its prosperity gap and become more competitive, it must address its greatest challenge: increasing productivity.

Sudbury experiment heads to London – by Mary Katherine Keown (Sudbury Star – June 27, 2016)

June 27, 2016

http://www.thesudburystar.com/

Get your geek on with Mayor Brian Bigger and the folks from SNOLAB, as they enchant a whole new continent with an exhibit of the orb’s great achievements.

Bigger is heading to London, England, on Tuesday with his chief of staff, Melissa Zanette, as well as Ian Wood, head of the Greater Sudbury Development Corporation, to sell Sudbury to a global audience and to launch a SNOLAB exhibition at Canada House, the country’s high commission in the United Kingdom. The exhibit, coincidentally, opens on July 1.

“I really believe it’s a fantastic opportunity to advocate for our city and to promote economic development, and to represent our city,” Bigger said. “There’s a lot of focus on our city through the scientific community for Arthur McDonald’s Nobel Prize in physics and so this is SNOLAB’s opportunity to present Sudbury and all the scientific work that’s been done there.”

CEMI releases results of $6.7M deep underground mining research – by Marina von Stackelberg (CBC News Sudbury – June 24, 2016)

June 24, 2016

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/

New tools and guidelines could prevent rock walls from collapsing

New research spearheaded in Sudbury could prevent injuries, deaths, and mine shut-downs by helping mining companies predict and prevent rock walls from collapsing kilometres below the earth’s surface.

“There was a need by the deep mining industry to better understand how the rock in underground mines behaves in response to the mining process itself,” said Damien Duff.

Duff is vice-president of geoscience and geotechnical research and development at the Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) in Sudbury, the group that led the research.

PRESS RELEASE: CEMI’s S.U.M.I.T. deep mining program delivers industry value results: A Rich Partnership of Academic and Industry Research Teams

June 23, 2016

CEMI S.U.M.I.T. Deep Mining Program Participants

Mining Deeper, Safer, and More Economically

Sudbury, ON (June 23, 2016) – CEMI (Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation) has completed a one of a kind $6.7 million collaborative R&D initiative. The SUMIT Program – Smart Underground Monitoring & Integrated Technologies for deep mines (managed by CEMI and led by Laurentian University in partnership with Queen’s University and the University of Toronto, with contributions from the University of Waterloo, the University of Alberta and Carleton University) aimed at developing and advancing smart engineering techniques, technologies and tools to facilitate step-change advances in productivity, efficiency, energy optimization in underground mining at depth.

Through collaborative research and development with the support of Vale, Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations – A Glencore Company, Rio Tinto, and the Ontario Government, SUMIT focused on three challenges associated with deep underground mining: 1. Rock mass characterization to “better see into the ground” and anticipate risks and interpret dynamic processes; 2. Enhanced mine development for faster mine construction to increase economic returns; and 3. Sustaining deep mines through energy optimization and underground environmental controls.

Sudbury activists not getting credit: Mine Miller – by Carol Mulligan (Sudbury Star – June 21, 2016)

June 21, 2016

http://www.thesudburystar.com/

In a morning filled with more than a dozen heartfelt speeches, Tom Rannelli’s address at the 32nd Workers’ Memorial Day stood out.

The head of Mine Mill Local 598/Unifor Pensioners received the only standing ovation at the two-hour event after he shared a personal peeve with about 150 people there to commemorate workers who were killed or suffered illnesses as a result of their jobs.

Employees who work in mine rescue, and health and safety advocates in mining are not receiving the recognition they deserve, said a fired-up Rannelli. “How come nobody in labour ever gets the Order of Canada?” he asked. Not one person has received Canada’s national honour from the labour movement as far as he knows. “This has to change,” said Rannelli, adding he was more than peeved, he was “pissed off.”

[Mining deaths] Losses still felt in Sudbury today – by Carol Mulligan (Sudbury Star – June 21, 2016)

June 21, 2016

http://www.thesudburystar.com/

Many of the same people spoke at Monday’s 32nd Workers’ Memorial Day as they have in other years, but their message never fails to resonate. Mines are deadly environments where death, injury and disease are ever present. So, then, is the need to strive for improved health and safety, and to reach the goal of zero harm underground and in surface plants.

The annual event held by Mine Mill Local 598/Unifor drew more than 150 people to the union’s Richard Lake Campground for two hours of speeches and remembrances. The day was first held 31 years ago, a year after the June 20, 1984, deaths of four men in the No. 5 shaft at Falconbridge Mine.

As often as the tragedy is recalled, the story of how Sulo Korpela, Richard Chenier, Daniel Lavallee and Wayne St. Michel lost their lives still causes chills to run down the spine. The men died after a 3.5-magnitude rock burst struck at 10:12 a.m., damaging the mine between the 3,800-foot and 4,200-foot levels.

Sudbury forum: Natural resources still king – by Debbie M. Nicholson (Sudbury Star – June 18, 2016)

June 20, 2016

http://www.thesudburystar.com/

Debbi M. Nicholson is president and CEO of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce network is celebrating resource champions across the nation. Chambers recognize that Canada’s future prosperity means creating the conditions for our natural resource sectors to succeed.

Greater Sudbury is home to the largest integrated mining complex in the world. Mining and mining supply and services is a key economic driver for our community and employs more than 14,000 people in Sudbury. The natural resource sector contributes greatly to the economic vitality of our community and this is why we decided to join the Resource Champions Initiative of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

Canada’s chamber network – a group of 420 chambers from across the country representing every industrial sector – knows how important forest products and fisheries, miners and farmers, and energy producers of all stripes are to Canada’s economy.