Page 77 The wait is over buttbuster the perimeter control product of choice for underground blasting applications is available for the North American market through Nordex Explosives Ltd Produced as a onepiece custom length semirigid coiled charge buttbuster is ideal for rapid loading of perimeter boreholes in underground mines It s specically designed to create smooth walls and have a safer controlled blast in development headings and shaft sinking Perimeter Control that s easy to control features For more information on buttbuster contact Nordex Explosives Ltd 7056423265 reliable safe efcient A former deputy minister of T r ansport Canada is recommending an airport port transportation authority model for the Ring of Fire mineral develop ment area It would be at arm s length from the management responsibilities said Nick Mulder author of the Northern Policy Institute commentary The AirportPort T ransportation Author ity Model is applicable for Ontario s Ring of Fire Mineral Development It would decide on the chair and the the plans for the road and railroad or nalize all the funding with the mining companies and transportation compa nies and private sector interests pen sion funds whatever in 2012 under the banner of a New Deal for Northern Ontario Some First Nations spokespersons have a dif fer ent version of a New Deal There is no road or rail access to the Ring Mulder described his recommenda tion during his July 8 Northern Policy Institute speaker s breakfast at the V alhalla Inn in Thunder Bay where he indicated the Ring of Fire infra structure authority would not be in volved in the social and economic in frastructure needs of the First Nation communities in Northern Ontario Those 40 or whatever number of communities there are have their own special needs Mulder said It isn t up to a businessdriven or marketdriven kind of entity that I am recommending they should decide on what kind of water or sewer or oth er kind of systems they need or local roads in the community or so on Mulder said some of the monies re or railroad could come from the pro should be raised in the marketplace or through the mining companies Over the next year or so there are four essential things that ought to be on the Ring of Fire Mulder said The mining companies have to de cide what to do and right now the prices aren t very good Some com panies like Clif fs have withdrawn or aren t doing much more Other ones are still proactive Mulder said the needs of the First Na tion communities also have to be con Port Authority supported as part of New Deal for Northern Ontario By Gregory Reynolds Contd on pg 78