Nickel Rim South Mine (NRS) is a 1.3Mtpy underground hard rock mine, located within the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario.  Operating at depths between 1,100-1,720 metres below surface, NRS has been producing nickel and copper ore streams since 2010 (including minor amounts of cobalt, gold, silver, platinum and palladium) through the application of transverse blasthole mining methods (bulk mining).  The current life of mine is Q1 2024 and the site employs approximately 280 direct employees.  The site has been ISO 14001 Certified since 2014, and its underground mobile shop has achieved the CAT 5 Star contamination control award 11 years consecutively (2013 – 2023).  

Coleman Mine started production in 1970 and has been a key producer of copper and nickel in the Sudbury Basin. Coleman currently mines one large nickel ore body, and two high grade copper vein orebodies utilizing a variety of mining methods. The mine also utilizes the largest Kiruna trolley electric truck fleet in the world. Coleman Mine employs over 500 permanent employees, along with various contractors and is the proud winner of the Regional John T Ryan award for 2022 for the first time in its history. Thank you to all the workers at Coleman Mine that contributed to this achievement and worked safely.