Working Hand in Hand with the People of Lapland.
The core of our operations does not only include share prices, employees, and a gold deposit. We are just as much about people, families, and communities. More than half of our employees hail from Kittilä, and over 90% call Lapland home.
The Agnico Eagle award 2019 goes to a team of three persistent Swedish teachers
The Agnico Eagle Award 2019 was granted to a group of three teachers from Lycksele in Västerbotten, northern Sweden – Thorbjörn Grahn, Jan-Åke Unée and Eric Sjölund (who sadly passed away earlier this year) – [...]
Kittilä’s river restoration project bringing local waterway back to life
After years of dredging and neglect, a restoration project is set to improve the Parvajoki River – which runs through the village of Kittilä in Finland – and promote a thriving fish habitat. The project [...]
Towards diesel-free mining: Testing battery-powered mining equipment at the Kittilä mine
The Kittilä mine is taking part in the Sustainable Intelligent Mining Systems (SIMS) project, under the European Union’s most extensive research and innovation program, Horizon 2020. Partners in the SIMS project include manufacturers of mining [...]