Page 10 least to two trade shows per year to promote member s products and ser vices portunities to all SAMSSA members which will improve their understand ing of exporting their productservic es globally tive web site for members and global and domestic customers Supply companies also have more in ternational opportunities than ever as GlencoreXstrata have operations across the world There are huge opportunities said JeanCharles Cachon a professor of commerce and administration man Sudbury Lar ge mining companies source 70 to 80 of their supply locally he said compared to only 30 to 40 in other parts of the world W e did a survey in 2008 and already porting Cachon said So there s quite a bit of foreign trade going on More and more of his students are choosing jobs in marketing for those companies Those who speak multiple languages have a big advantage Y ou have to keep in mind too that it s not only the big two companies Cachon said But there are also three or four small er ones and three have mines but the fourth one might be opening one soon too Then there are dozens that do exploration and those are typically smaller companies who employ most ly geologists but they spend a lot of money in this region too The lar gest part of the mineralized zone in the Sudbury Basin remains unexplored he said W ere far from the end Cachon said Production is increasing for some operations there have been three or four mines open in the last 10 years or so and mining produc tion across the world is expected to increase again in 15 to 20 years so the future looks very bright Full Membership in SAMSSA is open to mining supplyservicemanufac turing companies located in Northern ing at least two persons and actively creating wealth in the Region Full Membership is limited to each company on an individual basis as it relates to exposuremarketingpro motioneducation on all electronic media Contd from pg 08 Mining companies sour ce 7080 of supply locally By Gregory Reynolds Even after 131 years of mineral pro duction the Sudbury Mining Camp continues to be a hot area for mining exploration Copper precious metals and nickel continued to be the focus of explora tion in the Camp in 2013 along with other base metals and industrial min erals The Camp is one of the oldest and most active in the world with nickel copper mining operations related to the Sudbury Igneous Complex SIC providing the basis of economic ac tivity in the Sudbury region Since 1883 more than one billion tons of ore have been raised from Sudbury s deposits This is contained in the Report of Activities 2013 Resident Geologist Program Kirkland Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report Sudbury District Ontario Geological Survey Marianne Matichuk the mayor of the City of Greater Sudbury says since ies almost 140 years ago Sudbury has evolved from a simple mining community into an internationally renowned Canadian mining show case and one of the most productive Contd on pg 12 Mining opportunities still abound In City of Gr eater Sudbury SUDBUR Y MINING REPOR T 2014