by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
There’s a quiet kind of alarm in watching a mine sit still. No hoist moving, no ore coming up, no shift changes — just a headframe standing against the sky while the rest of the world scrambles for the very metal buried beneath it. That’s the reality at...
by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
There’s a conversation happening right now that cuts to the heart of what Northern Ontario’s mineral wealth could mean — not just for the economy, but for the security of nations. A two-day forum focused on the intersection of critical minerals and the...
by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
For the small city of Marathon on the north shore of Lake Superior, the question has never really been about the metal in the ground — everyone who knows this country knows it’s there. The question has always been whether someone would finally commit to pulling...
by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
Anyone who has spent time in the mining camps and exploration offices of Northwestern Ontario knows the frustration well — a promising discovery sits in the ground for years, sometimes decades, while the clock ticks and the money bleeds. The gap between finding...
by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
When more than 32,000 people walk through the doors of a single mining convention, it means something bigger than deal flow and handshakes — it means the world is paying attention to the ground beneath our feet. PDAC 2026 just wrapped in Toronto with a...
by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
For decades, the Ring of Fire has existed somewhere between promise and purgatory — a vast chromite-rich mineral belt in the James Bay Lowlands that Northern Ontario communities have been told, again and again, is just around the corner. But something has shifted in...
by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
When a Thunder Bay company walks into the world’s biggest mining convention and draws a crowd, it means something. PDAC 2026 is the kind of stage where junior explorers pitch billion-dollar dreams and global majors scout their next acquisition — and yet there...
by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
In communities built on extraction — where the boom-and-bust rhythm of mining has shaped generations — the instinct to diversify is hard-won and deeply practical. Northern Ontario businesses, many of them forged in the supply chains of the mining industry, are now...
by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
There’s a quiet confidence building in Northern Ontario’s mining sector — and now, the people telling those stories are reaching audiences they’ve never reached before. The Chronicle-Journal reports that efforts are underway to tap into a global...
by tundric | Mar 16, 2026 | Mining News
In a small town on the north shore of Lake Huron, a quarry operator is quietly rewriting the way it moves rock — and in doing so, telling a story about where extractive industry is heading. The trap rock quarry outside Bruce Mines, a community whose mining roots...
