Copper Cliff North Mine is an
underground
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* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
Places
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* The Underground ...
nickel
Nickel is a chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28. It is a silvery-white lustrous metal with a slight golden tinge. Nickel is a hard and ductile transition metal. Pure nickel is chemically reactive but large pieces are slow ...
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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in
Copper Cliff
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. It is owned and operated by
Vale Canada Limited.
The mine was the 2007 winner of the
John T. Ryan Trophy for
metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...
mines. Employing approximately 260 people, the mine went through 2006 without a lost-time-accident, producing of 4,200
tonnes
The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton (United States c ...
of
ore
Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.Encyclopædia Britannica. "Ore". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 7 Apr ...
per day.
See also
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Copper Cliff South Mine
Copper Cliff South Mine is an underground nickel mine in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by Vale Canada Limited.
Part of the mine is located under the town of Copper Cliff, which means that additional care must be put i ...
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List of nickel mines in Canada
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List of mines in Ontario
This is a list of mines in the Canadian province of Ontario and includes both operating and closed mines.
*Adams Mine
*Agnew Lake Mine
*Amalgamated Larder Mine
*Argonaut Mine
*Armistice Mine
*Associated Goldfields Mine
*Barber Larder Mine
*Barto ...
References
Mines in Greater Sudbury
Nickel mines in Canada
Underground mines in Canada
Vale S.A.
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