Voisey's Bay Mine Expansion

END USER NAME: Vale-Voisey Bay Mine

location: Newfoundland, Canada

EPC COMPANY/CUSTOMER: METSO Outotec

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About The Project:

In July 2015, Vale’s Board of Directors sanctioned the development of the underground deposits at Voisey’s Bay, launching the Voisey’s Bay Mine Expansion Project. The project celebrated its first blast when construction recommenced in 2018. The first blast opened hundreds of new employment opportunities to drive both the construction and operations phases. The expansion has also increased economic participation for local Innu and Nunatsiavut Inuit communities.

The approximate 2-billion-dollar project will secure the future of mining in Voisey’s Bay providing access to two separate underground deposits, Reid Brook and Eastern Deeps. In June 2021, the project hit an important milestone when the first ore was mined at the Reid Brook deposit. The expansion on track to be completed in 2022.