Resources

• ONTARIO AND INDIA: SHOWCASE OF COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION, A WIN-WIN SITUATION
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Business Times. Volume XXIX, NO. 1, pp. 21-23, 2010 (PDF 4.7MB)
  
  
• RETURNING FORMER MINES TO NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
  Andrew Bickmore, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Business Times, Volume XXIX, NO. 1, p. 24, 2010 (PDF 1.8MB)
  
  
• ONTARIO LABOUR MARKET DEMAND PROJECTIONS
  Mining Industry Human Resources (MiHR) Council, Mining Industry Workforce Information Network Kanata, Ontario, 2009 (PDF 716KB)
  
  
• NATURAL RESOURCE-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT USING A CLUSTER APPROACH
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry and Jim Evans, Blue Heron, J.P. Richards (ed.), Mining, Society, and a Sustainable World, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 2009 (PDF 681KB)
  
  
• GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION AND ITS REWARDS: THE ONTARIO EXPERIENCE
  Christine Kaszycki, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, Russian Delegation, Toronto, Ontario, 2009 (PPT 5.5MB)
  
  
• CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CANADA’S MINERAL EXPLORATION SECTOR: DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEREVER WE WORK
  Jon Baird, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Economic Club of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, 2009 (PDF 181KB)
  
  
• CATALYZING THE ONTARIO MINERAL INDUSTRY CLUSTER: LESSONS LEARNED
  Kevin Costante, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. International Northern Partnerships Conference, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, 2009 (PPT 1.7MB)
  
  
• CAN NATURAL RESOURCES CREATE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT USING A CLUSTER APPROACH?
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Cluster and Competitiveness: Development and Implementation of Cluster Policies at Regional Level, Orbita, Moscow Area, Russia, 2009 (PPT 1.2MB)
  
  
• MINING’S CONTRIBUTION
  R. Anthony Hodge, International Council on Mining and Metals. Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, 2009 (PPT 1MB)
  
  
• MINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CANADA
  Chris Daniels, Susan Catto, and Paul MacDonald, Leadership Vision Series/Mining Sector. ADCAM Media and Financial Post Magazine, Toronto, Ontario, 2009 (PDF 2MB)
  
  
• SUPPORT FOR MINERAL EXPLORATION COMPANIES AND IT’S REWARDS, THE ONTARIO EXPERIENCE
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Global Mining Summit, Kolkata, India, 2008 (PPT 4MB)
  
  
• IMPACTS OF PREVALENT GLOBAL SCENARIO TO THE INDIAN MINING INDUSTRY: PROPOSED STRATEGIES & MILESTONES
  Dr. Ratan Tatiya, Essel Mining & Industries Limited, Aditya Birla Group. International Mines and Machinery Exhibition, Kolkata, India, 2008 (PPT 3MB)
  
  
• ONTARIO COMPANIES SHOWCASED AT INTERNATIONAL MINES AND MACHINERY EXHIBITION (IMME)
  International Mines and Machinery Exhibition. Kolkata, India, 2008 (PPT 1MB)
  
  
• EXPLORATION COMPANIES WITH PROPERTIES IN ONTARIO
  International Mines and Machinery Exhibition, Kolkatta, India, 2008 (PDF 75KB)
  
  
• THE PAN-CANADIAN MINING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION STRATEGY: STRENGTHENING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF A RESPONSIBLE CANADIAN MINING INDUSTRY THROUGH EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION
  The Canadian Mining Innovation Council. Federal, Provincial and Territorial Mines Ministers, 2008 (PDF 361KB)
  
  
• ONTARIO MINING: A PARTNER IN PROSPERITY BUILDING, THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF A ‘REPRESENTATIVE MINE’ IN ONTARIO
  Peter Dungan and Steve Murphy, Policy and Economic Analysis Program, Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto. Ontario Mining Association, Toronto, Ontario, 2007 (PDF 315KB)
  
  
• VALUE-ADDED EXPORT AND COMMERCIALIZATION PROJECT – STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS
  Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Incorporated. Ontario Mineral Industry Cluster Council, 2007 (PDF 1.2MB)
  
  
• GETTING TO KNOW CLUSTERS, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
  Mukesh Gulati and Dr. Tamal Sarkar, Foundation for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Clusters, New Delhi, India, 2006 (PDF 510KB)
  
  
• ONTARIO’S MINERAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
  Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Toronto, Ontario, 2006 (PPT 369KB)
  
  
• MARKETING ONTARIO'S SUCCESS IN MINE REHABILITATION
  Indira Singh and Leah Bayly, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Canadian Land Reclamation Association 2006 Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, 2006 (PDF 34KB)
  
  
• MINING INDUSTRY: HIGH-TECH, INNOVATIVE, STRATEGIC
  Dick Destefano, Executive Director of Sudbury Area Mining Service & Supply Association. Sudbury Mining Solution Journal, Volume 3, Number 3, p. 9, 2006
  
  
• MINING CLUSTERS FUEL ECONOMIC GROWTH: INTERELATED INDUSTRIES DRIVE WEALTH CREATION
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Sudbury Mining Solution Journal Volume 3, Number 3, pp. 32-35, 2006 (PDF 1MB)
  
  
• A MODEL OF GOVERNANCE: ONTARIO MINERAL INDUSTRY CLUSTER COUNCIL
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. The Global Practitioners Network for Competitiveness, Clusters and Innovation, 9th Annual TCI Conference, 2006 (PDF 596KB)
  
  
• BRAINPOWER
  Norm Tollinsky, Sudbury Mining Solution Journal, 2006 (PDF 52KB)
  
  
• LOOKING FOR THE MOTHERLODE? JUST POINT AND CLICK
  Stephen Strauss, The Globe and Mail, 2006 (PDF 13KB)
  
  
• MINERALS-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – ONE VIABLE ALTERNATIVE
  Magnus Ericsson and Pentti Noras, Raw Materials Group and Geological Survey of Finland. Stockholm, Sweden, and Espoo, Finland, 2005 (PDF 93KB)
  
  
• OUTREACH DURING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELLIOT LAKE
  Rio Algom Limited and Denison Mines Incorporated, Community Report, 2005 (921KB PDF)
  
  
• CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE PROPOSED FOR SUDBURY
  Sudbury Mining Solution Journal, 2005 (4MB PDF)
  
  
• MINING BOOMS IN ONTARIO'S NORTH
  John W. McCurry, Northern Ontario/Mining. United States, 2005 (236KB PDF)
  
  
• THUNDER BAY BLENDS OLD, NEW INDUSTRIES
  Conway Data Incorporated, Northern Ontario. United States, 2005 (79KB PDF)
  
  
• AN OVERVIEW OF THE BASELINE DATA FOR THE ONTARIO MINERAL INDUSTRY CLUSTER QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT
  Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity. The Ontario Mineral Industry Cluster Quantitative Assessment, 2005 (380KB PDF)
  
  
• ACHIEVING HIGHER VALUE-ADDED IN ONTARIO'S MINERAL INDUSTRY CLUSTER
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin Volume 98, Number 1090, pp.12-14, 2001 (104KB PDF)
  
  
• POISED TO COMPETE GLOBALLY: THE ONTARIO MINERAL INDUSTRY CLUSTER IS IN POSITION – READY TO PROPEL ONTARIO’S MINING INDUSTRY FORWARD
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Canadian Mining Magazine pp.10-12, 2005 (PDF 318KB)
  
  
• INDUSTRY CLUSTERS - THE GOVERNMENT ROLE
  Indira Singh, CANADIAN GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE MAGAZINE, Volume 11, Number 3, pp. 26-27, 2005 (PDF 1.8MB)
  
  
• AGREEMENT MARKS DEVELOPMENT OF METAL CLUSTER OMAN
  Boris Doesborg, the Global Practitioners Network for Competitiveness, Clusters and Innovation (TCI Network). Times of Oman, 2005 (12KB PDF)
  
  
• HELPING TO CREATE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE - A GUIDE ON GOOD PRACTICES IN PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURIAL ATTITUDES AND SKILLS THROUGH EDUCATION
  European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise. Brussels, 2004 (1.3MB PDF)
  
  
• R&D CAN HELP MINING REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. RE$EARCH MONEY Volume 18, Number 1, p. 8, 2004 (14KB PDF)
  
  
• TARGETTING CLUSTERS, ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE
  Stuart A. Rosenfeld, James Jacobs, and Cynthia D. Liston, SystemNet and the Trans-Atlantic Technology and Training Alliance. Regional Technology Strategies, Carrboro, North Carolina, 2003 (230KB PDF)
  
  
• CAN GOVERNMENT CATALYZE CLUSTERS? EXAMPLES OF GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. The 6th Annual International Conference of the Competitiveness Institute, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2003 (142KB PDF)
  
  
  
• WINNING PROSPERITY, THE CHALLENGE AND FUTURE FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO'S MINING CLUSTER
  Joe Babiec, On The Frontier Group. 2003 (862KB PDF)
  
  
• STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS (SWOT) SUMMARY
  The Ontario Mining Cluster Forum – Summary Report. Toronto, Ontario, 2003
  
  
• NATURAL RESOURCE BASED CLUSTERS IN THE NEW ECONOMY: THEORY AND REALITY
  Indira Singh, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. The 4th Annual International Conference of the Competitiveness Institute, Tucson, Arizona, 2001 (104KB PDF)
  
  
  
• CANADA'S "MINERAL CLUSTER:"STRUCTURE, EVOLUTION, AND FUNCTIONING
  Archibald R. M. Ritter, Carleton University, Department of Economics and School of International Affairs. Seminario Internacional Sobre Clusters Mineros En America Latina, Santiago, Chile, 2000 (PDF 1MB)