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Vale Inco makes no change to Sudbury plans
By resourceINTEL · October 28, 2009 · 6:06 am · 1 Comment
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Brazilian-owned Vale Inco has not changed its operating plans in Sudbury, Ontario, beyond what it has already announced, spokesperson Cory McPhee said on Tuesday.
Local media reported this week that the company, which restarted partial production in Sudbury this month using nonstriking workers, is training employees to run the Copper Cliff smelter complex.
“This is really nothing new,” McPhee said.
“We have been training employees in smelter operations since we first made the decision to resume partial production.
“In other words, the smelter training was taking place at the same time as the training was under way in the mill and the mines, months ago.”…read more at the Mining Weekly
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