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Covid-19 / Cameco To Restart Cigar Lake Mine After December Pandemic Shutdown

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Canada-based uranium miner Cameco is planning to restart production at its Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan in April, the company said in a statement on Friday.

Cameco suspended operations at Cigar Lake in mid-December 2020 because of the increasing risks posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The company said at the time that the availability of workers in critical areas was shrinking, with more individuals screening out or living in communities with pandemic-related travel restrictions.
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