Page 8 By Gregory Reynolds The City of Greater Sudbury has ex panded its traditional mining base development and supply and services In fact over the past decade the city has become a world class centre of tion and research in deep mining At the same time it has remained a tightknit community that is proud of its heritage that stretches back through 1 13 years of mineral production One or ganization speaks for the city s supply and service sector SAMSSA Those initials stand for Sudbury Area Mining Supply and Service Associa tion SAMSSA with its 125 members rep resents the interests of the lar gest con centration of expertise in mining sup plyproducts and services from within the most recognized centre of excel lence worldwide Its mission is to Provide the most in novative and highest quality mining supplyproductsservices for domestic and worldwide markets mestically and globally channels to actively promote SAMS SA members in active mining centers product and service enhancements through continual research and devel opment ing and related clients of member suppliersproducts and services for worldwide distribution Contd on pg 10 Mining cannot exist without supplies and services and SAMSSA is sour ce SUDBUR Y MINING REPOR T 2014