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The Kittilä mine’s rescue team assisted with an external rescue operation

2021-04-28T12:16:45+03:00February 23rd, 2021|Categories: Community, Safety & Environment|

February 23, 2021 On Friday, February 12, a serious snowmobile accident took place in the village of Kiistala, outside the Kittilä mine area. Since it takes about 45 minutes to drive from the Sirkka fire station to Kiistala, Lapland’s Rescue Services submitted a request for assistance to the Kittilä mine’s [...]

Kari Herukka receives Agnico Eagle Mine Rescue Hall of Fame recognition

2021-04-28T12:17:09+03:00February 18th, 2021|Categories: Safety & Environment|

February 18, 2021 Kari Herukka, who works as the safety expert for the Kittilä mine’s expansion project, was inducted to Agnico Eagle’s Mine Rescue Hall of Fame in recognition of his commendable work for our mine’s rescue operations. The recognition was awarded by the Kittilä mine’s General Manager Tommi Kankkunen [...]

Corporate Knights recognizes Agnico Eagle on their 2021 ‘Global 100’ list of Sustainable Corporations

2021-02-03T09:00:14+02:00January 26th, 2021|Categories: Agnico Eagle Global, Sustainability|

January 26, 2021 We are proud to announce that Agnico Eagle has earned a place on the Corporate Knights list of 2021 Global 100 Sustainable Corporations. With an overall score of 60.6%, Agnico Eagle placed seventy-third and is the top-ranked mining company appearing on the 2021 Global 100 list. This [...]

Monitoring fish populations is part of our environmental-impact monitoring

2021-01-08T14:10:16+02:00January 8th, 2021|Categories: Safety & Environment|

January 5, 2021 Our environmental-impact monitoring includes monitoring fish stocks by means of various methods. According to the monitoring results, the neighboring Seurujoki’s fish stocks are abundant and the fish are safe to eat. Among our monitoring methods are fishing logs, fishing surveys, sampling from electric fishing, determination of the [...]

Employee well-being promotes the well-being of the local community as a whole

2021-01-07T15:58:33+02:00January 7th, 2021|Categories: Operations, Safety & Environment, Sustainability|

December 30, 2020 The health, safety, and well-being of our employees will continue to be a key area for the Kittilä facility, and we have a strong mandate and support from the management. “Well-being is important for both individuals and the entire community. Healthy employees act more efficiently and safely [...]

Lapland’s Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment has approved commissioning of the Kittilä mine’s discharge pipeline

2020-12-28T11:47:27+02:00December 28th, 2020|Categories: Safety & Environment|

December 18, 2020 The Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centre) for Lapland gave its approval for the commissioning of the Kittilä mine’s discharge pipeline today. The construction of the pipeline was a significant investment, which will reduce the environmental impact of our operations even further. From [...]

Agnico Eagle Finland buys Christmas presents from local companies in Kittilä

2020-12-04T10:14:04+02:00December 4th, 2020|Categories: Community, Recruitment, Sustainability|

December 4, 2020 Each year, we have organized a Christmas party for our staff members and their spouses – actually, two Christmas parties, to allow as many of the shift workers as possible to attend. If COVID-19 hadn’t interfered with our plans, this year’s first Christmas party would have taken [...]

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