The Canadian company Sherritt International reported on Wednesday the death in a work accident of a worker after falling from a ladder at the nickel-cobalt mine that is exploding in Moa, Holguín.
“This incident has been a heartbreaking event that underscores the importance of maintaining a strong safety culture throughout our operations,” Sherritt Chairman and CEO Leon Binedell said in a statement.
The mining company said that it has initiated an investigation together with the Cuban authorities to determine the causes of the accident.
The mining company said that it has started an investigation together with the Cuban authorities to determine the causes of the accident, the second reported by the Canadian company in Cuba in less than a month.
In April, also at the Moa mine, an employee died in an accident with a vehicle.
The president of the company affirmed that “together with our Cuban partners, we are applying immediate measures to improve our attention to security in Moa, since the safety and well-being of our employees remain our highest priority.”
The Moa nickel-cobalt mine is a 50/50 joint venture between Sherritt and General Nickel Company SA, in which they mine and process nickel laterite deposits in Cuba to refine them into finished nickel and cobalt from their refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Sherritt is also working on the exploration and drilling of crude oil on the northern Cuban platform, in conjunction with the state company Unión Cuba Petróleo (Cupet) and Energás, a company specialized in the production of electricity with the gas that accompanies this raw material.
His interests in Cuba began in 1991 in the extraction of nickel and cobalt, the exploration and production of oil and gas, and have since spread to other spheres, such as electric power, agriculture and tourism.
The regime has a debt with the Canadian that amounts to about 362 million dollars and that will be paid with the increase in extraction and delivery to the company over five years.
The regime has a debt with the Canadian that amounts to about 362 million dollars and that, through an exchange agreement, will be paid with the increase in extraction and delivery to the company for five years.
Several of the lands adjacent to the Moa mines, and on which the company is expanding, are owned by the Pitt-Wasmer family, from whom they were confiscated in 1960 after the triumph of the revolution.
The “cobalt swap” William Pitt said to 14ymediois an illegal action both by the Cuban government, which trades in foreign property, and by the Canadian company, which becomes an accomplice in the theft of the island’s resources.
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