Mine Safety

• Report says humidity affects roof stability in Nova Scotia mine under stop-work order

  A consultant who produced a report on Cape Breton’s idled Donkin coal mine says seasonal weather and humidity affect roof stability at the underground operation.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2023
  
• Problems with roof supports leads to temporary closure of coal mine in Cape Breton

  Inspectors were sent into the Donkin Mine on Monday where they found a "very small amount" of roof material had fallen on the floor of the tunnel.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2023
  
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• Inspections to increase after fire shuts down Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine

  No one was in the mine when the fire broke out on April 30, but the department has yet to say what caused the fire or where it happened.

  Canada

  May 12, 2023
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• Stop work order partially lifted at Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine

  Production was shut down Feb. 13 after a rockfall in an area of the mine that saw another roof collapse two weeks earlier.

  Environment

  Mar 9, 2020
• N.S. coal mine failed to report ‘massive’ cave-in until inspectors show up 15 days later

  Documents obtained through freedom-of-information legislation outline the inspections, citations and fines imposed on the Donkin mine in Cape Breton, N.S.

  Environment

  Feb 5, 2019
• Mining company faces new charges in worker’s cyanide poisoning death in NE Ontario

  A Toronto-based mining company is facing new charges in connection with the death of a worker last year.

  May 31, 2016
• What’s in Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley tailings? Should you be worried?

  The bad news: A five-million-cubic-metre spill of mine tailings is a lot. The good news: It's rare. The impact: Almost totally unknown, at this point.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2014