The reported presumptive COVID-19 case at the Ekati Mine came back negative, according to the CBC. A spokesperson for the Arctic Canadian Diamond Company said in a previous email that testing of outbound employees on April 6 found a single presumptive case. The spokesperson has not confirmed with CKLB that…
Sixty Ekati employees will be heading back to the mine in early December in preparation for operations to potentially restart. Dominion Diamond Mines, the owner of the Ekati Diamond Mine, announced the “furloughed” employees would be returning in a press release on Friday. The release says Dominion and its lenders…
The deal to sell the Ekati Diamond Mine has fallen through after being refused by bond issuers on Friday. A press release says the approximate $280 million deal fell apart as the offer by two affiliated companies, a “stalking horse bid,” was rejected by Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, Argonaut…