By: Nick Liard

After more than 120 years of operation and more than 375,000,000 tonnes of ore produced, Vale has announced Stobie Mine will be placed on care and maintenance later this year.

The company states around 230 people work in the mine and while they will do everything to reduce impact, it will likely result in job loss.

Stobie opened in 1890 and has produced more ore than any other mine in the history of Sudbury.

The suspension of operations will result in a reduction of 4-5 kilotonnes of nickel and 5-8 kilotonnes of copper production yearly.

A specific date has not been set.

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