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Peter Martell

Highland Valley Copper mine will not renew dam building contract

LOGAN LAKE - Highland Valley Copper Mine will not renew a contract with the company that has been building up the dam around the tailings pond every year for the past 15 years. Cantex Mining Services Inc. will not continue to build the dam around the mine’s tailing pond in 2016, the company announced last...

Highland Valley Copper mine announces layoffs

LOGAN LAKE – Highland Valley Copper mine announced a number of layoffs at its Logan Lake mine today, Nov. 5. The company laid off nine non-union, or management personnel in an effort to trim six per cent of its workforce by the end of 2016. “This is an ongoing response to market conditions,” Peter Martell...