GOUVERNEUR — A St. Lawrence County zinc mine is back in operation, a decade after closing. Rehabilitation work on the Empire State Mine began last fall. Mining restarted in March and, as of now, the mine has more than 200 employees, said owner Titan Mining Corporation, in a release. The 2,700 acre mine had been […]
GOUVERNEUR — A St. Lawrence County zinc mine is back in operation, a decade after closing.
Rehabilitation work on the Empire State Mine began last fall. Mining restarted in March and, as of now, the mine has more than 200 employees, said owner Titan Mining Corporation, in a release.
The 2,700 acre mine had been closed since 2008. Its reopening was helped by an allocation of four megawatts of low-cost power from the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project in Massena, according to a NYPA release.
Titan invested some $33 million and NYPA provided $330,000 in funding as part of a $1.2 million Empire State Mines program to train up to 60 local workers as certified underground miners. NYPA also provided the mine’s restart with a $500,000 loan from its North Country Economic Development Fund, administered by the Development Authority of the North Country, the release said.
At a ceremony earlier this month, Titan officials, including former New York State Gov. George Pataki, cut a ribbon officially opening the mine.
Output from the mine has increased from 443 tons in March to 776 tons in May, according to a company release.
Keith Boyle, Titan’s COO, said things were going well. “Overall, the positive momentum at the mine should make for a strong second half of 2018 as more stopes are developed.” Stopes are areas of mines where material has been extracted.
Pataki, New York governor from 1999 to 2006, serves as one of Titan’s four directors. The company, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, is publicly held.
Zinc is used to galvanize steel and cast alloys. In addition, pennies are 97.5 percent zinc, according to the U.S. Mint.
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GOUVERNEUR — A St. Lawrence County zinc mine is back in operation, a decade after closing.
Rehabilitation work on the Empire State Mine began last fall. Mining restarted in March and, as of now, the mine has more than 200 employees, said owner Titan Mining Corporation, in a release.
The 2,700 acre mine had been closed since 2008. Its reopening was helped by an allocation of four megawatts of low-cost power from the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project in Massena, according to a NYPA release.
Titan invested some $33 million and NYPA provided $330,000 in funding as part of a $1.2 million Empire State Mines program to train up to 60 local workers as certified underground miners. NYPA also provided the mine’s restart with a $500,000 loan from its North Country Economic Development Fund, administered by the Development Authority of the North Country, the release said.
At a ceremony earlier this month, Titan officials, including former New York State Gov. George Pataki, cut a ribbon officially opening the mine.
Output from the mine has increased from 443 tons in March to 776 tons in May, according to a company release.
Keith Boyle, Titan’s COO, said things were going well. “Overall, the positive momentum at the mine should make for a strong second half of 2018 as more stopes are developed.” Stopes are areas of mines where material has been extracted.
Pataki, New York governor from 1999 to 2006, serves as one of Titan’s four directors. The company, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, is publicly held.
Zinc is used to galvanize steel and cast alloys. In addition, pennies are 97.5 percent zinc, according to the U.S. Mint.
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GOUVERNEUR — A St. Lawrence County zinc mine is back in operation, a decade after closing. Rehabilitation work on the Empire State Mine began last fall. Mining restarted in March and, as of now, the mine has more than 200 employees, said owner Titan Mining Corporation, in a release. The 2,700 acre mine had been […]
GOUVERNEUR — A St. Lawrence County zinc mine is back in operation, a decade after closing.
Rehabilitation work on the Empire State Mine began last fall. Mining restarted in March and, as of now, the mine has more than 200 employees, said owner Titan Mining Corporation, in a release.
The 2,700 acre mine had been closed since 2008. Its reopening was helped by an allocation of four megawatts of low-cost power from the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project in Massena, according to a NYPA release.
Titan invested some $33 million and NYPA provided $330,000 in funding as part of a $1.2 million Empire State Mines program to train up to 60 local workers as certified underground miners. NYPA also provided the mine’s restart with a $500,000 loan from its North Country Economic Development Fund, administered by the Development Authority of the North Country, the release said.
At a ceremony earlier this month, Titan officials, including former New York State Gov. George Pataki, cut a ribbon officially opening the mine.
Output from the mine has increased from 443 tons in March to 776 tons in May, according to a company release.
Keith Boyle, Titan’s COO, said things were going well. “Overall, the positive momentum at the mine should make for a strong second half of 2018 as more stopes are developed.” Stopes are areas of mines where material has been extracted.
Pataki, New York governor from 1999 to 2006, serves as one of Titan’s four directors. The company, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, is publicly held.
Zinc is used to galvanize steel and cast alloys. In addition, pennies are 97.5 percent zinc, according to the U.S. Mint.
