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Frontier Lithium appoints new member to board of directors
Frontier Lithium Inc. appointed Marc Boissonneault to its Board of…
Taking a Stand: How Organizations Can Overcome Hate and Inspire Meaningful Societal Change
Talent Canada, a national media brand that looks at…
End verticals’ focus on zero-defect manufacturing inflates demand for material test equipment
Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis of the global material…
Progressive Planet appoints Vice-President of Research and Development
Progressive Planet Solutions Inc. appointed Roger Mah as Vice-President of Research…
Trivium Packaging releases inaugural sustainability report
Trivium Packaging released its inaugural sustainability report that highlights…
Advanced Manufacturing survey launches, manufacturers encouraged to respond
Plant magazine and CanadianManufacturing.com are undertaking an annual survey…
New recruiting network exclusive to manufacturing
A new recruiting network has been launched targeted specifically…
Why Lack of Communication is the #1 Killer of Employee Performance
For many CEOs and executives nowadays, communication is by far their greatest challenge. That is not to say they are not good communicators. Quite the contrary, in fact.
Demo Days is now live, featuring videos for manufacturing decision makers to keep on top of market trends
Annex Business Media’s manufacturing network has launched its one-of-a-kind…
Hexagon to host a Smart Manufacturing Virtual Open House
Hexagon’s manufacturing intelligence division will host a Smart Manufacturing Virtual…
Communicating Effectively When Everyone is Zoomed Out
Recent events have increased adoption of technology to communicate by using virtual meetings.
Lumsden Belting expands facilities
Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Lumsden Belting, has added a new 23,000-square-feet…
Increase in manufacturing jobs: report
Employment in Canada increased by 351,300 jobs from March…
Take the 2021 Manufacturing Management Salary Survey Now
Salary information, which is kept confidential, helps to compare manufacturing wages to industry averages.
FedDev Ontario invests in two automotive parts suppliers
FedDev Ontario invests in repayable contribution of $3.9 million…
EPRA encourages recycling of electronics
The Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA) is a not-for-proft organization that focusses on the proper recycling of electronic products to ensure health and safety is not compromised when dealing with these items.
Strong finish in gold production for Victoria Gold
Q4 2020 results exceed targets at Eagle Gold Mine
enCore Energy completes acquisition of Texas-based uranium production, resource assets
Vancouver-based enCore Energy Corp. has executed a Share Purchase…
Pure Gold Mining celebrates first gold bar
Ore taken from new Western Ontario mine
Regina’s Evraz steel mill hit with 500 layoffs, slow demand
Steel industry is struggling because projects are being built with cheaper steel obtained offshore.
Stelco loses $88M as prices fall and upgrade project stifles shipments
They fell over the summer as the company upgraded its blast furnace.
Mining metals needed for electrification faces low price obstacle
More than $1 trillion of investment needed in key aluminum, cobalt, copper, nickel and lithium over the next 15 years.
Russel Metals earns $18M in Q3, despite sales decline
Costs were cut, BC real estate sold line pipe inventory offloaded as business gradually recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump proclamation exempts Canadian aluminum from tariffs
… but he reserves the right to reimpose the 10% levies on national security grounds if exports spike again.
Locweld awarded $50M contract for steel transmission towers
Destined for Hydro-Québec’s new 735 kV Micoua-Saguenay line.
US companies seeking tariff relief faced red tape, delays
Commerce Department was overwhelmed by companies lobbying to avoid the tariffs, could not meet its own deadline.
US abruptly lifts tariff aimed at Canadian alumunium
…but they’re still on the table, as are threatened Canadian countermeasures.
E2Metrix technology gets $4.5M boost from Natural Resources Canada
Ecothor will help clean out contaminants and solids, recycle mining wastewater.
Rio Tinto CEO loses $3.5M over destroyed indigenous sites
Follows the destruction in May of two 46,000-year-old rock shelters in Juukan George in Western Australia state.
$5M from feds to ensure better traceability of aluminum
Follows 10% tariff slapped on Canadian aluminum by the Trump administration.
58% of Americans oppose Trump tariff on Canadian aluminum: survey
Polling firm Leger says numbers reflect a lack of a clear rationale for the action by the mercurial US president.
Feds invest $98M for the minerals and metals sector
The feds are supporting the Geo-mapping for Energy and Minerals program and the Targeted Geoscience Initiative
