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MIRARCO Newsletter – May 2021
May 31, 2021
News Stories & AnnouncementsDr. Nadia Mykytczuk appointed leader at MIRARCOMIRARCO Mining Innovation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk as the Interim President and CEO of MIRARCO...
Read MoreNew Engineering Research Project Receives Support by Federal Agency
May 13, 2021
Sudbury, Ont. – MIRARCO Mining Innovation, a research arm of Laurentian University, is pleased to announce it has received funding for a research project aimed at incorporating realistic discrete fracture...
Read MoreNew Research Opportunity to Mitigate Risk for Snow Melt Management for Tailings Ponds in Mining Operations Receives Support from the Government of Ontario
May 4, 2021
Sudbury – May 3, 2021 - MIRARCO Mining Innovation, a research arm of Laurentian University, is pleased to announce the awarding of funding from the Government of Ontario’s Voucher for Innovation...
Read MoreMIRARCO Appoints New Lab/Field Manager
May 4, 2021
MIRARCO is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Alex Hutchison as the Lab/Field Manager.Dr. Hutchison is an experimental research engineer with a Ph.D. in Mining Engineering and Mineral Processing...
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2025 (3)
- September 4, 2025 - Laurentian University celebrates the inductions of two community members to the Royal Society of Canada (News Release)
- March 12, 2025 - Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk Honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal for Outstanding Contributions (News, News Release)
2024 (3)
- August 12, 2024 - Evolution of MIRARCO: Pioneering mining innovation from geomechanics research (Magazine articles, News)
- June 21, 2024 - On June 10, 2024, it was announced that MIRARCO was the recipient of a $5 million grant from Natural Resources Canada. (News, News Release)
- June 17, 2024 - Government of Canada Announces $10 Million to Support Critical Minerals Mining in Northern Ontario (News, News Release)
2023 (9)
- November 21, 2023 - Advancing innovation for sustainable mining and mineral processing (Magazine articles, News)
- October 17, 2023 - Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk Appointed Technical Advisor to Renforth’s Surimeau Battery Metals Project (News)
- August 23, 2023 - MP Lapointe and MP Serré announce boost for projects funded by the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator Network (MICA) (News, News Release)
- July 26, 2023 - MIRARCO-Laurentian team working in Peru to continue environmental research with UNAM and Core Foundation (News, News Release)
- July 26, 2023 - MIRARCO receives grant from MICA network to support tailings bioleaching (News, News Release)
2022 (2)
- December 9, 2022 - Dr. Nadia Mykytczuk received the 36th annual Northern Ontario Business Award (News)
2021 (14)
- August 19, 2021 - Laurentian researcher named strategic advisor for ‘green’ miner’s South American endeavours (News)
- May 13, 2021 - New Engineering Research Project Receives Support by Federal Agency (News, News Release)
- February 19, 2021 - Laurentian University Commences Proceedings Under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (News)
2020 (6)
- October 26, 2020 - Mirarco Appoints Dr. Chris Lane, P.Eng. Ph.D. as new Software Director (News Release)
- October 22, 2020 - North Bay environmental group uneasy with investment in small modular reactors (News)
- October 14, 2020 - Production of Electricity Using SMRs for Off-Grid Mining and Other Applications (News)
- February 13, 2020 - Natural Resources Canada awards $1.5 million to natural heat exchange research project (News)
2019 (6)
- February 15, 2019 - Canada Invests in Climate Change Research for Abandoned and Orphaned Mines (News Release)