Vale Ontario Operations (Nickel)
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MINE RESCUE: Vale’s West Mines team wins Ontario title
ONTARIO – Vale’s West Mines team were crowned with the coveted golden hard hats when they won the Ontario provincial mine rescue competition that took place at Thunder Bay’s Fort William Gardens June 11-12. The team of dedicated…
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MINING PEOPLE: Vale, Cassius Ventures, Minera Alamos, and Rubicon Minerals
Samantha Espley, Vale’s general manager of mines and mill technical services (Ontario operations), has won the 2015 award for Support of Women in the Engineering Profession from Engineers Canada. She received recognition for hr achievements as…
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Will Sudbury super stack be needed by Vale after retrofit project?
At more than 388m high and just over 36m wide at base, Vale’s “Super Stack” in Sudbury is unquestionably the city’s most outstanding feature.
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INQUEST: Look into double fatality at Stobie to begin April 20
SUDBURY, Ontario – The Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario announced yesterday that an inquest will begin on April 20 into the deaths of Jason Chenier and Jordan Fram. The inquest is expected to last 10 days, and the jury is may make…
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SAFETY: Vale team off to international mine rescue competition in Poland
SUDBURY, Ontario – The mine rescue team from Vale’ East mine, winner of the provincial competition in June, is off to Poland later this week for the international contest in Poland.
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AWARD: Goldcorp wins for reclamation of Coniaurum property
ONTARIO – Goldcorp of Vancouver has won the Tom Peters Memorial Mine Reclamation Award for its work on the Coniaurum property in Timmins. The award was presented at the Mining and Environment Conference held last month in Sudbury. The prize is…
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ENERGY MANAGEMENT: Bestech helps Vale and Xstrata save money
SUDBURY, Ontario – Miners around the world are facing more than their fair share of challenges – from stringent environmental and regulatory pressures to an urgent need to improve operational costs, productivity and safety, all while having to…
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STRIKE: Vale Inco to restart production with non-union staff
Sudbury and Port Colbourne facilities using staff employees and some outsourced staff. The company said it beg…
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NICKEL MINING: FNX decides to carry on despite mill closure
ONTARIO – FNX Mining of Toronto has announced plans to continue mining with its full complement of employees despit…
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HOT TOPIC: Which merger would have been better?
Think for a minute of the original merger proposal made in 2005, that of Inco and Falconbridge. Would the outcome h…
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READER COMMENTS: How many Sudbury layoffs
Lately the industry is abuzz following news that Xstrata Nickel is cutting almost 700 jobs in Sudbury, Ont. Two of …
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MERGER – HudBay, Skye deal includes Fenix nickel project
WINNIPEG – HUDBAY MINERALS and Vancouver’s SKYE RESOURCES are planning to combine their respective businesses. Of p…