Update May 9th, 2022
May 9th, 2022
Steel erection of the permanent Effluent Water Treatment Plant located within the Plant Site area.
Planned activities for the week of May 9th include on-going Earthworks within the Tailings Management Facility, drilling, blasting, foundation work and the start of steel erection within the Process Plant Site area, drilling, blasting and placement of rock for the Highway 11 Realignment, and the installation of power lines and road construction.
What's coming next:
Greenstone Mine will be conducting scheduled blasts within the Project Area and within the Highway 11 Realignment Area. Blasting will occur on a regular basis during the construction and operations phases of the Project. Blasting Notices are posted on the website homepage.
‘No Trespassing’ signs within the former Barton Bay Trail area due to work activities being undertaken for the construction of the Highway 11 Realignment and the MacLeod High Tailings (MHT) seepage collection system have been installed for everyone’s safety as this work continues. With the MHT pump well building in place, pumping of historical tailings water to the Temporary Effluent Water Treatment Plant is underway. Earthworks in the Kenogamisis Pit located North of Highway 11 behind Between Bridges Inn will continue with loading and hauling of pit run material to the future Plant Site area as needed. Concrete installation is on-going within the future permanent Truck Shop, Process Plant west end and the Power Plant. Structural steel for the Truck Shop continues to arrive. Steel erection for the Effluent Water Treatment Plant is well underway. First and second floor complexing of the Administration Building continues, with exterior sealing commencing. M1 Pond excavation is complete and work on installing the liner continues. Temporary Power Line work will continue within the future Plant Site area.
Ongoing hauling of material from the S4 Aggregate Pit to the future Tailings Management Facility (TMF) area continues. Construction of sedimentation ponds for water management, and excavation and backfilling work for construction of the Goldfield Creek Diversion dyke and channel continue.
Drilling and blasting within the future Highway 11 Realignment footprint (west side) continues. Placement of materials continues east of Michael Power Boulevard. With the Michael Power Boulevard Crossing in use, motorists are asked to obey the 60 km/h maximum speed limit and to proceed with caution. Work within the future MTO Patrol Yard continues with excavation for building footings underway.
Construction in and around Greenstone Mine involves the use of heavy equipment such as zoom booms, cranes, drills, excavators, skidders, wood chippers, bulldozers, tri-axle haul trucks, articulated trucks and loaders. For health and safety reasons, we caution the general public to follow and obey all posted signs across the Project area.
The safety of our employees, contractors and the general public is paramount as we construct the Greenstone Mine.
Work on the construction of Enbridge’s 13 kilometre (km) 6-inch diameter steel natural gas pipeline to provide the project with clean, affordable natural gas has started. More information on Enbridge’s project can be found here: https://www.enbridgegas.com/about-enbridge-gas/projects/greenstone-pipeline-project