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Nickel Rim South Mine wins national safety award

Sudbury INO Nickel Rim South Mine named as winner of the National Metal Mine John T. Ryan Award for mine safety
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Glencore Sudbury INO's Nickel Rim Mine

Another major Sudbury mining operation has been recognized for a national mine safety achievement.

Nickel Rim South Mine (Sudbury INO) has been named as winner of the John T. Ryan National Metal Mine safety award for 2022.

This follows the equally positive announcement that came out last week that Vale's Coleman Mine won the regional Ryan Award. 

It was at the same time that Vale revealed the national John T. Ryan Trophy for 2022 in the Select Mines category for outstanding safety was awarded to the Voisey's Bay Mine. 

The John T. Ryan Safety Award is regarded as the most prestigious mining safety award in Canada and several categories of the award are presented annually by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM). The award was presented at the recent CIM annual awards gala held in Montreal. 

Sudbury's Nickel Rim South Mine (NRS) is an underground hard rock mine, producing more than 1.3 million tonnes per year.  

The mine operates at depths between 1,100-1,720 metres below surface. NRS has been producing nickel and copper ore streams since 2010 (including minor amounts of cobalt, gold, silver, platinum and palladium) through the application of transverse blast-hole mining methods (bulk mining).  

As a testament to its safety success, NRS has received four John T. Ryan Safety Trophies (Regional Ontario Metal Mine) in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2021, said a CIM release.  

Now the achievement of receiving the John T. Ryan Safety Trophy (National Metal Mine) for 2022 serves as a pinnacle to this success, said the news release. 

Len Gillis covers mining and health care for Sudbury.com.


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Len Gillis

About the Author: Len Gillis

Graduating from the Journalism program at Canadore College in the 1970s, Gillis has spent most of his career reporting on news events across Northern Ontario with several radio, television and newspaper companies. He also spent time as a hardrock miner.
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