Page 62 From Lip Heel repairs to Bucket and Dumpbox repairsrebuilding and manufacturing Lakehead Ironworks can keep your equipment up and running Our experienced workforce and quality service create shor ter downtimes for our customers We can build standard Buckets Dump Boxes as well as customized ones from basic to fully armored With the addition of a 5 Axis Plasma T able and a 750 ton Brake Press we are now able to create custom wear parts for those who have the capability to do in house repairs As a distributor of Hardox 450 plate we can offer a material which will outperform standard 400 plate by up to 40 in the eld We are a manufacturer of Sandvik Shark Mako Lips and we modifymanufacture Sandvik Buckets Ask us about ways that we can help prolong the life of your equipment and make it more efcient in the process Bring your project to the next level C ontact us today 38 Haniak Rd Rosslyn ON P7K 0C8 807 6220658 infolakeheadironworkscom LAKEHEAD IRONWORKS B y Kevin V inc en t T he w or ld s biggest mining c ompanies ar en t sh y when it c omes t o the t er m efcienc y when it is injec t ed in t o boar dr oom ban t er I t s a dou ble edged sw or d tha t deliv ers both pain and r ew ar ds T ha t w as the case la t e last y ear when Bar r ick in vir tual lockst ep with r iv al Newmon t announc ed they w ould hang on t o the 34 y ear old Hemlo M ine but cut c osts a t a high lev el Hemlo w as one asset tha t Bar r ick had pr evi ously c on t empla t ed selling but no w sa y s it is planning t o keep is its Hemlo mine in bet w een W hit e R iv er and M ar a thon which has been in oper a tion sinc e the mid1980s Bar r ick announc ed la y of s a t Hemlo as it tr an sitioned t o using c on tr ac t miners Bar r ick CEO M ar k Br ist o w said 61 people w ould be laid of but he added tha t most of the w or kf or c e w ould take v olun tar y sev er anc e pack ages T he a v er age age of the w or k f or c e a t Hemlo is 57 A fur ther 150 miners ar e scheduled t o lose their jobs in 2020 a t Hemlo he said when the open pit closes t o make w a y f or under g r ound mining something tha t should add about 10 y ears t o the lif e of the mine T he mo v es w er e all o v ershado w ed in the spr ing of last y ear b y Newmon t s r ejec tion of Bar r ick s an unso licit ed takeo v er of er I nst ead Newmon t pr oposed a join t v en tur e pr ojec t it t oo f ell b y the w a y side Bar r ick s chief oper a ting ofc er f or Nor th A mer ica C a ther ine R a w said o v er the past 34 y ears Hemlo had been a sig nifcan t cr ea t or of v alue f or its local c om munit y business par tners and w or kf or c e R ec en tly ho w ev er its per f or manc e had lagged high ligh ting the need f or r emedial ac tion B y r epositioning Hemlo as a smaller but mor e pr oft able business w e ar e ensur ing tha t it will c on tinue t o deliv er v alue t o its c ommunit y emplo y ees and other stakeholders f or y ears t o c ome A longer sustainable mine lif e will cr ea t e longer t er m emplo ymen t oppor tunities and longer t er m beneft shar ing with the local c ommunit y and ec onom y she said Page 62 From Lip Heel repairs to Bucket and Dumpbox repairsrebuilding and manufacturing Lakehead Ironworks can keep your equipment up and running Our experienced workforce and quality service create shor ter downtimes for our customers We can build standard Buckets Dump Boxes as well as customized ones from basic to fully armored With the addition of a 5 Axis Plasma T able and a 750 ton Brake Press we are now able to create custom wear parts for those who have the capability to do in house repairs As a distributor of Hardox 450 plate we can offer a material which will outperform standard 400 plate by up to 40 in the eld We are a manufacturer of Sandvik Shark Mako Lips and we modifymanufacture Sandvik Buckets Ask us about ways that we can help prolong the life of your equipment and make it more efcient in the process Bring your project to the next level C ontact us today 38 Haniak Rd Rosslyn ON P7K 0C8 807 6220658 infolakeheadironworkscom LAKEHEAD IRONWORKS Page 63 From Lip Heel repairs to Bucket and Dumpbox repairsrebuilding and manufacturing Lakehead Ironworks can keep your equipment up and running Our experienced workforce and quality service create shor ter downtimes for our customers We can build standard Buckets Dump Boxes as well as customized ones from basic to fully armored With the addition of a 5 Axis Plasma T able and a 750 ton Brake Press we are now able to create custom wear parts for those who have the capability to do in house repairs As a distributor of Hardox 450 plate we can offer a material which will outperform standard 400 plate by up to 40 in the eld We are a manufacturer of Sandvik Shark Mako Lips and we modifymanufacture Sandvik Buckets Ask us about ways that we can help prolong the life of your equipment and make it more efcient in the process Bring your project to the next level C ontact us today 38 Haniak Rd Rosslyn ON P7K 0C8 807 6220658 infolakeheadironworkscom LAKEHEAD IRONWORKS From Lip Heel repairs to Bucket and Dumpbox repairsrebuilding and manufacturing Lakehead Ironworks can keep your equipment up and running Our experienced workforce and quality service create shor ter downtimes for our customers We can build standard Buckets Dump Boxes as well as customized ones from basic to fully armored With the addition of a 5 Axis Plasma T able and a 750 ton Brake Press we are now able to create custom wear parts for those who have the capability to do in house repairs As a distributor of Hardox 450 plate we can offer a material which will outperform standard 400 plate by up to 40 in the eld We are a manufacturer of Sandvik Shark Mako Lips and we modifymanufacture Sandvik Buckets Ask us about ways that we can help prolong the life of your equipment and make it more efcient in the process Bring your project to the next level C ontact us today 38 Haniak Rd Rosslyn ON P7K 0C8 807 6220658 infolakeheadironworkscom 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