Vale Inco - Copper Cliff Complex
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SAFETY: Sudbury to host 2016 mine rescue contest
ONTARIO – Sudbury will be the host of the 10th International Mines Rescue Competition from August 19-26, 2016.
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COMMENT: One dead, one injured at Sudbury smelter
An accident at 6:30 pm on April 6 at Vale’s Copper Cliff smelter has killed one man and severely injured another while they were working in the casting/crushing plant.
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ENVIRONMENT: First new converter delivered for Vale’s Clean AER project
ONTARIO – Vale has taken delivery of the first of four new converters as part of its Clean AER (atmospheric emissions reduction) project in Sudbury. The project involves a complete retrofit of the converter aisle in the Copper Cliff…
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CAPITAL SPENDING: Vale plans $3.5-B in Sudbury, closure for Thompson
RIO DE JANEIRO – At the end of October the world’s largest mining company, Vale SA announced its worldwide capital spending plans of US$24 billion for 2011. Although the bulk of the spending will be in Brazil, projects in Canada will receive…
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NICKEL MINING: Vale Inco mucking from three mines, smelter operating
ONTARIO – Vale Inco, the Brazilian miner whose 3,000 unionized Sudbury workers have been on strike since July …
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CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE: Vale Inco, Steelworkers settle in for long strike in Sudbury
The history of labour negotiations in Sudbury is long and adversarial. When talks broke down between Inco and the l…
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NICKEL DEVELOPMENT – Vale Inco earmarks $132 million for Coleman mine
ONTARIO – VALE INCO, a subsidiary of the Brazilian mining conglomerate COMPANHIA VALE DO RIO DOCE, intends to spend…
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NICKEL DEVELOPMENT – Totten mine, Voisey’s Bay refinery to go forward
SUDBURY – CVRD INCO has earmarked US$66 million toward development of the Totten nickel-copper underground mine nea…
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NICKEL RESOURCES – Creighton hiding more metal at depth
ONTARIO – CVRD INCO believes the Creighton mine near Sudbury has potential mineralization at depth to extend the li…
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SAFETY TROPHY – CVRD Inco wins Ontario mine rescue test
ONTARIO – The overall winner of the 2007 Ontario Mine Rescue competition was the team from CVRD INCOs East mine. S…
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ANOTHER TAKEOVER PERSPECTIVE: Norilsk enters battle for LionOre
Just when we thought nickel couldnt get any more interesting, Russias NORILSK NICKEL has waded into the fray by m…
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UNDERGROUND PUMPING – Solids pump restores sump capacity at South mine
ONTARIO – CVRD INCOs South mine, in the famous Sudbury Basin of Ontario, extracts over 900,000 tonnes of nickel- a…