We are reaching out this morning to make you aware of a new initiative OCE has launched in response to Covid-19 and the Province of Ontario’s call to action for suppliers, manufacturers and service providers to assist the healthcare effort. To help coordinate these efforts, OCE has created the Covid-19 Collaboration Platform, an online portal...

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Ontario Ontario has created a list of essential workplaces in response to COVID-19. Here’s the link to the Ontario list: The resources excerpt followsResources Businesses that ensure global continuity of supply of mining materials and products (e.g. metals such as copper, nickel, and gold) and that support supply chains in Northern Ontario including: Mining operations, production,...

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Given our connectedness and integration with the mining, forestry, and construction industry supply chains, we will continue to offer the following essential training and development programs that have been modified with enhanced health and safety parameters: Service Type Common Core.  This program will continue to be offered at the NORCAT Underground Centre in Onaping, ON. This program is...

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In response to the COVID-19 virus pandemic and given these uncertain times for businesses in our community, the Nickel Basin Federal Development Corporation is prepared to offer to our existing clients the following measure of assistance: Effective April 1, 2020, to July 31, 2020, we will suspend the accrual of interest and postpone payments on loans....

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Eric White (CBC Sudbury -March 25, 2020) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ As of Wednesday, only businesses deemed by the province to be “essential” are allowed to keep running in the face of COVID-19. That includes some of the biggest employers in the northeast: mines, sawmills and steel plants are all staying open. Mike McQuade, CEO of Algoma steel...

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In order to minimize the spread of COVID-19 and other illnesses that cause a rise in body temperature (fever), it is critical that your employees be screened for elevated temperatures and quickly identified even if they are not showing any symptoms. The core temperature in the human body is used to determine if the subject...

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As businesses start to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic, we felt it important to communicate with our valued clients, contacts and friends during this time. We will continue doing business so that we can support one another and help clients and community members through these unprecedented times. Maestro Digital Mine is focused on the health...

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Sudbury, ON – March 11, 2020– Several new training programs from NATT Safety Services offer more opportunities for people needing mining and construction training. New training programs including Basic Rigging Fundamentals, 0-8 Ton Crane, Common Core Surface Miner, and a new Fire Extinguisher Simulator training, complement the existing safety training programs offered. “These training programs...

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NORPRO, the leading provider of broad-spectrum security solutions for mines in Northern Ontario, has managed to stay one step ahead of this pandemic. As critical security personnel, all guards have been trained in accordance with NORPRO’s internal COVID-19 protocols which include screening questionnaires, temperature checks, and electronic tracking documentation. All static and dynamic guards have...

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March 19, 2020 by Alisha Hiyate and Magda Gardner As the world seemingly moves into lock down to halt the transmission of the novel COVID-19 virus, the uncertainty and restrictions on movement are taking a toll on markets and commodities. After initially benefiting from uncertainty around the virus and peaking at US$1,687 per oz., the...

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