ALL EMPLOYEES AT VALE’S TOTTEN MINE SAFELY BACK ABOVE GROUND
September 29 2021 - 5:28AM
Vale informs that all 39 employees underground at its Totten Mine
in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada have now safely returned to surface.
“I’d like to congratulate our rescue team,” Vale Chief Executive
Officer Eduardo Bartolomeo said from Sudbury, where he met with
employees and rescue personnel.
“Bringing our 39 employees home safe and healthy was our top
priority and we’re glad that our emergency plans and procedures
worked to deliver that outcome. All the employees are safe now and
deserve our deep respect for their perseverance and strong
will.”
The employees had been underground since reporting for dayshift
Sunday when damage to the shaft rendered the normal conveyance
system inoperable. Employees exited the mine with support from
Vale’s mine rescue team through a secondary egress ladder
system.
“This is tremendous news flowing from very difficult
circumstances,” said Bartolomeo. “All of us at Vale were focused on
and committed to the safe return of our employees underground.
Hearing that every one of them is back on surface and returning
home is the best news we could have received.”
With employees safely returned to surface, Bartolomeo says an
investigation will be launched into what happened, so that the
company can learn from it and take steps to ensure it never happens
again.
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Danica Pagnutti
Vale
1-705-682-7165
danica.pagnutti@vale.com
Jeff Lewis
Vale
1-437-221-8158
Jeffrey.lewis@vale.com
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