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Terrapure Environmental® (Terrapure) and Vale Canada received an Environmental Leader Award for Project of the Year for their new, sustainable option for managing biosolids during winter months, when farmland application is prohibited and storage is complicated. Instead of incinerating or landfilling nutrient-rich organics, Terrapure worked with Vale to develop a program to apply treated biosolids to its Central Tailings Area for reclamation and revegetation. It was the first project of its kind in Ontario.
Canada Cobalt Works Inc. today announced the addition of approximately 4,800 hectares to its Castle mine land package near Gowganda, Ontario, more than doubling the total size from 29.6 sq. km to approximately 78 sq. km.
Despite the announcement that Sault Ste. Marie was Noront's choice for its ferrochrome smelter to refine chromate from the Ring of Fire, an upbeat Timmins Mayor George Pirie says Timmins still has a chance to become the preferred site.
