Pacific Minerals has confirmed with a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) notification that the Bridger Coal operation will permanently idle on or after Nov. 19.
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Hudbay ratifies USW labor agreement for Manitoba miners
Canadian copper and zinc miner Hudbay Minerals has ratified new three-and-a-half-year collective agreements with two of its workers’ union representatives.
Read MoreAgnico Eagle, Kirkland Lake merge to create gold behemoth
Agnico Eagle Mines confirmed it has entered into a merger of equals agreement to buy Kirkland Lake Gold for C$13.5 billion in stock.
Read MoreMiners return to surface after Canadian mine incident
A total of 39 miners have now been returned to the surface at Vale’s Totten operation in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, after the mine’s primary shaft sustained damage and trapped the workers underground.
Read MoreMSHA Awards Brookwood-Sago Safety Grants
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced the award of $1 million in Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety grant program funding to support education and training to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in and around the nation’s mines.
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