Vale to suspend Sudbury nickel operations
2021-06-02 12:05:38 [Print]
Brazil's Vale will suspend operations at its Sudbury nickel operations, after its proposal for a five-year contract was rejected by United Steelworkers Local 6500, according a securities filing on June 1st.
Local 6500, which represents 2,600 workers in Sudbury, said in a statement that 70 per cent of those who voted were opposed to the Vale offer and wanted the union – whose bargaining committee had recommended the preliminary deal – to return to the bargaining table.
Sudbury produced 43,200 tonnes of nickel in 2020, less than half of Vale's overall Canadian output of the base metal.
Local 6500, which represents 2,600 workers in Sudbury, said in a statement that 70 per cent of those who voted were opposed to the Vale offer and wanted the union – whose bargaining committee had recommended the preliminary deal – to return to the bargaining table.
Sudbury produced 43,200 tonnes of nickel in 2020, less than half of Vale's overall Canadian output of the base metal.
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