A lot of really big numbers were discussed at the latest Timmins Chamber of Commere “State of Mining” event. It featured André Leite , Ontario vice-president of Agnico Eagle Mines.
He talked about Agnico being the biggest mining company in Canada, how it has close to 5,000 employees in the province and expects to have 21-hundred more in Eastern Canada in the next
“People is the key factor for us to achieve, both in our culture perspective, so we have a very strong focus on Agnico Eagle culture,” he stated,” we are a truly Canadian mining company, we’re invested here and we have our culture at heart and we live buy it. ”
That includes training employees on the job and ensuring they have adequate housing.
He added that mines are the biggest classroom the company has.
“We need everyone that can train to be trained. In a lot of these jobs – most of them – you need to train on the job. So you don’t go to school to become a miner.”
Agnico is Canada’s largest mining company. Leite says it paid half-a-billion dollars in in taxes in Ontario last year.
Among its properties is Detour Lake.
