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Canadian environment authorities raid Vale offices in Ontario

Published 2015-10-09, 08:26 a/m
© Reuters. Canadian environment authorities raid Vale offices in Ontario
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Oct 9 (Reuters) - Environment Canada raided one of mining
giant Vale SA's VALE5.SA Sudbury, Ontario offices on Thursday,
investigating allegations that the company violated the
Fisheries Act in 2012, the company said on Friday.
Vale spokesman Cory McPhee said the company is cooperating
with the investigation.
"I can confirm that Environment Canada was on-site at one of
our Sudbury offices on Thursday collecting information related
to alleged violations of the Fisheries Act that allegedly
occurred in 2012," he said in an emailed statement.
McPhee did not immediately comment on whether the probe
could affect Vale's mining operations in the Sudbury area.
The Brazilian-based company's Canadian operations have
suffered a number of safety incidents in recent years.
In August, a nitrogen oxide leak sent a yellow plume up from
the Copper Cliff nickel and copper smelter in Sudbury, forcing
the company to declare an emergency. There were no injuries.

In 2013, Vale was fined C$1.05 million for an incident that
killed two workers at the Stobie mine, also in Sudbury.
In April 2014 another worker died at Copper Cliff's casting
and crushing plant. Ontario laid health and safety charges
against the company in March of this year. ID:nL1N10O123

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