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N.W.T. church to ring bells each morning for 6 killed in plane crashPeople in the Northwest Territories town of Fort Smith continue to support each other and mourn after six people died in a plane crash.CanadaJan 25
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N.W.T. plane crash: Fatal flight was headed to Diavik diamond mineThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a plane that crashed near Fort Smith, N.W.T., was a British Aerospace Jetstream registered to Northwestern Air Lease.CanadaJan 23
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Rio Tinto to expand aluminum smelter with $1.4B investment using greener technologyThe pending shutdown of Arvida is poised to impact between 300 and 350 employees. The new facilities will create 100 permanent jobs, Rio Tinto said.CanadaJun 12, 2023
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Missing radioactive capsule found on side of highway in Western AustraliaIt is believed that the capsule, which contains a small quantity of radioactive Caesium-137, fell from a delivery truck during transport from a desert mine.TrendingJan 30, 2023
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Rio Tinto, Ottawa partner to invest $737 million in Quebec steel and titanium projectRio Tinto says the partnership will support a first step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its titanium dioxide, steel and metal powders business by up to 70%.CanadaOct 11, 2022
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Rio Tinto puts forth offer to take Turquoise Hill Resources privateTurquoise Hill said its board of directors would establish a special committee of independent directors to review and consider the proposal.EconomyMar 14, 2022
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Rio Tinto smelter workers go on strike in Kitimat, B.C.Approximately 900 Rio Tinto workers at the company's aluminum smelting facilities in Kitimat, B.C. have gone on strike.EconomyJul 25, 2021
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Rio Tinto execs step down after destruction of sacred Australian Indigenous sitesThe move came after activists and investors said the mining company had not done enough to address the blasting of the 46,000-year-old site against the wishes of traditional owners.WorldSep 10, 2020
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Dominion Diamond proposes transaction to exit CCAA status, reopen Ekati mineAccording to court documents, Dominion had revenue from diamond sales of about US$528 million in 2019 and employed 634 people at Ekati before the pandemic.CanadaMay 22, 2020
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Positive sign for developers of proposed Saskatchewan diamond mineRio Tinto Exploration Canada is planning to exercise all of its options in a diamond exploration site east of Prince Albert, Sask.CanadaNov 18, 2019
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