Canadian company Sherritt International announced on Wednesday Death of a worker who fell from a ladder in a mine as a result of a work accident Nickel-cobalt erupted in Moa (northeast of Cuba). “This has been a heartbreaking event that highlights the importance of maintaining a strong safety culture in our operations,” said Leon Binedell, Sherritt Chairman and CEO. said.
The mining company said it had launched an investigation with Cuban authorities to determine the causes of the accident, of which the Canadian company reported the second in Cuba in less than a month. In April, another worker at the Moa mine was killed in a vehicle accident.
“Together with our Cuban partners, we are implementing urgent measures to increase our attention to safety in Moa, as the safety and well-being of our employees remains our top priority,” said the company’s president.
The Moa nickel-cobalt mine is a 50/50 joint venture between Sherritt and General Nickel Company SA, which extracts and processes nickel laterite deposits in Cuba from their refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Canada, into finished nickel and cobalt. province of Alberta. Sherritt also conducts crude oil exploration and drilling on the northern Cuban platform with state-owned company Unión Cuba Petróleo (Cupet) and Energás, a company specializing in the generation of electricity with the gas accompanying this raw material. His interest in Cuba began in 1991 with nickel and cobalt extraction, oil and gas exploration and production, and has since expanded to other fields such as electric power, agriculture and tourism.