CANADA’S LEADING ASBESTOS OPERATION FACES CLOSURE
July 1st, 2011
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
CANADA'S last major, fully-operational asbestos mine is in danger of being shut down "indefinitely" come November, due to unresolved labour issues.
LAB Chrysotile in Thetford Mines, Québec is the last year-round asbestos operation in the country, and is currently responsible for the bulk of Canada's CAD90 million (USD 95 million) chrysotile asbestos sector. Canada is the only developed nation still producing asbestos, with all remaining asbestos operations in Québec.
Production was shut down at the underground mine and processing ...
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