Sudbury has become one of the world’s most significant producers of nickel and copper and lays claim to be the center of the mining industry in Canada. Mining manufacturing, sales, educational facilities, research and development, mine services, specialized mine contracting, processing and smelting facilities along with a suite of major mining companies call Sudbury home.

The Sudbury Basin has over 100 years of production history. The nickel and copper producing mines in Sudbury were the building blocks and flagship operations for former Canadian mining titans INCO and Falconbridge, before their sale in 2006 to Vale and Glencore (Xstrata) respectively.