Donkin mine reopening after two-year idle

The Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration has confirmed its inspectors are on-site at the Donkin coal operation in Cape Breton as the mine resumes operations after two years on pause. The agency said its inspectors completed a thorough review of operational safety at the Kameron Coal-owned property, and it will continue to perform regular inspections, planned and…

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Scooptram fire traps miners – twice – at Hudbay’s Lalor

Operations were suspended late last week, and nearly 200 miners were trapped underground for hours, after a fire erupted on a scooptram at Hudbay Minerals’ Lalor operation in Snow Lake, Manitoba, on September 14. According to local news outlet the Thompson Citizen, the equipment actually caught fire twice, once as well on Sept. 15. Both times, workers rushed to refuge…

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