MIAMI, United States. — An employee of the Canadian company Sherritt International in Cuba died in a vehicular accident, as announced by that company on Monday in a release.
The information, disclosed by the British agency Reutershighlights that the victim worked at the Moa Joint Venture (JV) mine, located in the province of Holguín.
The note published by Sherritt includes statements from its president and CEO, Leon Binedell, who noted that “Sherritt is deeply saddened by this tragic incident.”
Sherritt has already begun an investigation into the incident and is working with local authorities to find the cause of the incident.
“Our priority is always the safety and well-being of our employees, and we would like to express our deepest condolences and deepest condolences to the individual’s family, friends and colleagues. We work hard to prevent accidents and are fully committed to understanding the root causes that led to this incident in order to prevent future incidents from occurring at our operations,” Binedell said.
Sherritt International is a Canadian company engaged in the production of nickel, cobalt and oil, as well as the generation of renewable energy and the development of mining projects in Canada and other countries, such as Cuba and Madagascar.
The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It is one of the world’s largest producers of cobalt, a key mineral for the production of rechargeable batteries used in electric vehicles and electronic devices. It is also committed to sustainable and responsible mining practices at all of its operations.
In the case of the Moa Joint Venture (JV) mine, it is a 50/50 partnership between Sherritt and General Nickel Company SA that extracts and processes nickel laterite deposits in Cuba to refine them into finished nickel and cobalt from its refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
