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Updates to www.valeinconegotiations.com

July 12th, 2010

Q&As on return to work, benefits reinstatement, vacation canvas, etc.

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Message to Employees – July 1, 2010

July 1st, 2010

Enough is enough.  And we’ve had enough.  Enough misrepresentation of Vale’s bargaining positions. 
We don’t understand why USW officials said in the last two days that Vale tried to change the deals that were reached on Tuesday, June 22 after a marathon bargaining session.  
Here’s what really happened.  We reached unconditional agreements for settlement for both Sudbury [...]

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A Message To All Ontario Operations Employees

June 29th, 2010

Hello everyone,
I am writing to provide you with the latest news regarding our efforts to negotiate new collective agreements with USW Locals 6500 and 6200 and end the strikes.
We recognize that employees are anxious for information and are anxious to return to normal operations. Until now, both the union and the company have operated under [...]

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VALE INCO ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE TO VALE

May 27th, 2010

TORONTO, Ontario, May 27, 2010 – Vale Inco announced the natural next step in the company’s
evolution today by changing its name to Vale – a milestone that aligns it more fully with other Vale
operations worldwide and reflects its position as part of the world’s second largest mining company.
A world leader in nickel, the former Inco [...]

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Ontario Operations resumes production

May 20th, 2010

The safe and dedicated work of repair teams is being credited with a return to production at the Copper Cliff Smelter this week following an incident in which an extension of the Fluid Bed Drier stack at the complex fell to the ground earlier this month. The single furnace was back on-line and in production [...]

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