UNDERGROUND

Interconnectivity helps haulage jump 20% underground at Glencore

IT IS so cold at Glencore's Kidd copper mine in Canada during winter that miners wear masks so they can breathe safely.

 A worker uses a smartphone device down one of the deepest mines in the world, Kidd metals mine in Canada, operated by Glencore

A worker uses a smartphone device down one of the deepest mines in the world, Kidd metals mine in Canada, operated by Glencore

  The word "challenging" is surely an understatement of the conditions faced by Glencore's workforce at what is the world's deepest base-metal mine below sea level. It is not until workers reach...

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