More than 300 workers at risk of temporary layoffs at Ekati diamond mine
Ekati mine aerial view, August 2010. (Image by Jason Pineau, WikiMedia Commons)
More than 300 Dominion Diamond employees and contract workers are at risk of being laid off at the Ekati diamond mine after a fire at the mine’s processing plant on June 23.
Operations at some of the open pits are expected to be temporarily shut down to cut costs while the processing plant is being repaired.
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