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Summer work in a laboratory at the Kittilä mine
This year too, the Kittilä mine is providing dozens of summer jobs and internships. Most of the trainees and summer employees will start their work in early May or in June. Three of the seasonal [...]
The mine’s Community Liaison Committee has held its first ever video meeting
The Kittilä mine’s Community Liaison Committee was established in fall 2013 as a channel for promoting interaction between the mine and its stakeholders and for fostering our coexistence with the local community. This allows us [...]
Helping local travel businesses obtain environmental certificates
Agnico Eagle Finland works in close cooperation with other companies in Kittilä. We have decided to help local travel businesses with environmental certification because the coronavirus epidemic interrupted the winter season in Lapland at its [...]
Agnico Eagle Finland, the Municipality of Kittilä, and Lapland Hospital District join forces to track the spread of coronavirus in Lapland
The Municipality of Kittilä and the Infection Control Unit of Lapland Hospital District asked Agnico Eagle Finland to participate in a cross-sectional COVID-19 study, which will analyze the distribution of infections and detect possible transmission [...]
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 [...]