Xstrata gives $5m for mines research centre.Xstrata Nickel matched its cross-town Sudbury rival CVRD-Inco with a $5 million donation towards Laurentian University's proposed mining centre of excellence. Mike Romaniuk, Xstrata's vice-president of Sudbury operations, delivered a surfboard cheque to Laurentian president Judith Woodsworth Dr. Judith Weisz Woodsworth is President of Laurentian University. She holds a Ph.D in French Literature from McGill University and served as a professor of Modern Languages and Academic Vice-President at Mount Saint Vincent University. on Dec. 18 before a large gathering of mining executives, labour leaders and university researchers and politicians including Minister of Northern Development and Mines Rick Bartolucci Rick Bartolucci (born October 10, 1943 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the Sudbury riding. He has been a member of the assembly since 1995, and is currently a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty. . Centre of Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI CEMI Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (University of North Texas, Denton, TX) CEMI Communications-Electronics Maintenance Instruction ) will be headquartered on the Laurentian campus and will focus on key areas of research in mineral exploration, mining tele-robotics, mine process engineering, deep mining and environmental reclamation. Last March, Inco pledged $5 million toward into the proposed $30 million initiative with Queen's Park There are a number of places in the world called Queen's Park or Queens Park. Australia
Romaniuk says Xstrata is always looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to find ore deposits and some fundamental research is necessarily, particularly in the area of geophysics to find new tools and techniques. With mining in the Sudbury Basin The Sudbury Basin, also known as Sudbury Structure, is the second largest known impact crater or astrobleme on Earth, and a major geologic structure in Ontario, Canada. The basin is located on the Canadian Shield in the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. always moving deeper and deeper, Romaniuk says research is needed to ensure resources at depth can be safely extracted, particularly with better mining and ground support methods. If Xstrata puts its Onaping Depth nickel-copper project into production, excavation will reach down 9,000 feet. For 2007, the company has approved a $14 million Sudbury Basin exploration budget which includes drilling 47 "high-quality targets." Romaniuk adds about 40 per cent of Xstrata's land position has yet to have a single drill hole. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "We've got a lot of opportunity." With individual research projects yet to be finalized, developing new systems to improve productivity, systems and reduce costs is a key CEMI focus, he says, as well as environment and land reclamation research work to reduce the impact of mining on the landscape. CEMI is still looking for its inaugural executive director. Woodsworth says an interim advisory board, which includes Xstrata, has compiled a short list of candidates with international experience and expects to announce CEMI's new boss "very shortly." By IAN ROSS Northern Ontario Business Northern Ontario Business is a Canadian magazine, which publishes monthly in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The magazine covers business news and issues in Northern Ontario. |
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