MayJune 2020 MaiJuin 2020 17 critic al piec e is t o k eep the mines w ork ing saf ely so that the y c ontinue t o r equir e g ood and servic es and the y c a n c ontinue t o pa y f or those g oods so our member s c an k eep moving I think that s the k e y piec e c ontinuing t o k eep the mines w orking is g oing t o be critic al moving f orw ar d K eeping the mines open is easier said than done however Governments and c ompanies ar e doing the best the y c an t o try and mitig at e the spr ead of the virus thr ough disinf e cting social dist ancing and self isolation when nec es sary Ho w e v e r if those str at egies f ail t o pr e v ent ne w c ases the impact s c ould be unpr e dict able f or miner s and mine supplier s I ha v e n t been in c ont act with all our member s but the ones I do t alk t o ar e trying t o abide by those guidelines and ensur e a saf e w orking en vir on ment Br adet t e said A t the end of the da y when God f orbid one of their emplo y ees g e t s inf ect ed then what s the mov e then T h at is the g ame chang er I think the g o v ernment is doing the right thing s he c ontinued T he y r e trying t o implement e v e ry thing in their po w er t o try and mitig at e this but ho w do y ou plan f or something lik e this It s impos sible It s r eally kind of sc ary times her e As an or g aniz ation Mine Connect is trying t o support the c ompanies by g e t ting ac cur at e inf ormation fr om them so w e c an c o n v e y that inf ormation t o the g o v ernment so it c an mak e the right decisions Br adet t e said While nobody kno ws when this C O VID 19 crisis will br eak ha ving plans t o bring busines ses back is critic al T hat s the type of str at egizing that w e r e trying t o do t o ensur e that when this all c omes out w e br eak this cy cle what ar e our member s g oing t o need t o help r amp back up and t o bec ome activ e and whole ag ain Matthew P arizot Rio Tint o suspends K ennec ot t f ollo wing earthquak e On Mar 18 Rio Tint o s K ennec ot t c opper mine near S alt L a k e City Ut ah w as hit by a 5 7 magnitude earthquak e t e mpor arily halting oper ations at the mine A c c o r ding t o Rio Tint o all the mine s emplo y ees w e r e saf ely ac c ount ed f or and e v acuat ed fr om an y risk y ar eas Limit ed damag e t o the oper aion has been f ound and a det ailed inspection is underw a y in c onjunction with the loc al emer g ency servic es and the Ut ah Department of Tr ansport a tion T he saf ety of our emplo y ees and wider c ommunity is our f i r st priority and ha ving ensur ed that all our emplo y ees ar e saf e and the oper ations ar e shut w e ar e no w w orking with the loc al emer g ency servic es and r e gulat o r s t o ensur e the as set is saf e bef or e r esuming an y oper ations Rio Tint o Copper Dia monds chief e x ecutiv e Arnaud Soir at said T he inactiv e South Magna t ailing s st or ag e f acility near the mine merit ed special at t ention f ollo wing the earth quak e and the S t at e Road 201 e xpr es s w a y out of S alt L a k e City w as closed until the f acility c ould be inspect ed Rio Tint o announc ed in Dec ember 2019 that it w ould be in v esting U S15 de v elopment s Unlock Y o ur Mill s Full Potential Small F o otprint Hug e Throughput StackCell s high per f or mance twostage otation technology greatly improves throughput by lowering residence time compared to conventional cells This compact powerhouse requires a fraction of the space and can be stacked to accommodate plant expansions S t a c k Cell s Ad v a nt ag es Cont act Eriez Flot at ion Di vision 1 60 49522300 or visit EriezFlot at ioncom R e q u ir es Less P o w e r R e duces F o undat ion Loads HighR a t e Flot at ion R e duces Cape x