Birchtree Mine

Birchtree Mine is an underground nickel mine, owned and operated by Vale Inco in the city of Thompson, Manitoba, Canada.

Birchtree mine first opened in 1966, and was placed on standby between 1978 and 1988. The mine reopened again in 1989. [cite book
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title = Canadian Mines Handbook 2003-2004
publisher = Business Information Group
date =2003
location = Toronto, Ontario
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id = ISSN 0069-9289
isbn = 0-919336-60-4 ] In 2000 Inco authorized US$48 million [cite web| title=Inco approves $48 million to deepen BT mine (select 2000s) |url=http://www.inco.com/about/history/default.aspx# |format=HTML|accessdate=2007-06-12] to complete the Birchtree Deepening Project. The Deepening Project would allow Inco to access ore between the 3950 level and 2300 level. In 2002 [cite web| title=BT Mine Shaft deepening|url=http://www.gov.mb.ca/iedm/mrd/busdev/exp-dev/highlights01.html |format=HTML|accessdate=2007-06-12] Birchtree Mine started producing ore from between 2750 level and 2300 level. In 2003 the first ore was extracted between 3950 level and 3450 level.

In 2005 Birchtree mine was the recipient of the John T. Ryan Trophy for having achieving the lowest accident frequency of all Canadian metal mines.

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