{"id":7428,"date":"2024-06-04T13:19:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/?p=7428"},"modified":"2024-06-04T13:19:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:19:19","slug":"tasekos-gibraltar-mine-idled-in-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/04\/tasekos-gibraltar-mine-idled-in-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Taseko\u2019s Gibraltar mine idled in BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7429\" src=\"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gibraltar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gibraltar.jpg 800w, https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Gibraltar-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A breakdown in talks with local union representatives is being cited for Taseko Mines\u2019 decision to suspend operating at its Gibraltar copper-molybdenum in the Cariboo region of south-central British Columbia, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCollective bargaining with Gibraltar&#8217;s union representatives has been ongoing in recent weeks, and ended late yesterday without an agreement being reached,\u201d the company said. \u201cGibraltar&#8217;s unionized workforce informed the company that they intended to take strike action as of midnight, May 31.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the decision made by the miner to shut down mining, Taskeo said Gibraltar is now on care and maintenance with only essential staff and critical systems maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe company remains committed to the bargaining process and reaching a fair and equitable agreement,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gibraltar is the second largest open-pit copper mine in Canada. It has a life of mine annual production of 130 million pounds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasekomines.com\/\"><em>www.tasekomines.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A breakdown in talks with local union representatives is being cited for Taseko Mines\u2019 decision to suspend operating at its Gibraltar copper-molybdenum in the Cariboo region of south-central British Columbia, Canada. \u201cCollective bargaining with Gibraltar&#8217;s union representatives has been ongoing in recent weeks, and ended late yesterday without an agreement being reached,\u201d the company said. \u201cGibraltar&#8217;s unionized workforce informed the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[495],"tags":[2922,2868,2864],"coauthors":[1644],"class_list":["post-7428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-gibraltar","tag-open-pit-copper-mine","tag-taseko-mines"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7431,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7428\/revisions\/7431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7428"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=7428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}