Yukon’s Minto copper mine closed all of its open-pit mining operations on October 1
Yukon’s only operating hard rock mine is hunkering down — and literally going underground — to wait out a bad season.
The Minto copper mine closed all of its open-pit mining operations on October 1, meaning that 58 employees contracted through Pelly Construction Ltd. have been laid off.
In April, Minto’s general manager said that open pit mining was expected to continue until September of this year, meaning that the decision wasn’t unexpected.
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