Health checkMining companies created COVID-19 testing facilities in response to the pandemic

Mining companies created COVID-19 testing facilities in response to the pandemic

By Carolyn Gruske

March 25, 2021

Lab technicians at Agnico Eagle Mines process COVID-19 PCR tests. Courtesy of Agnico Eagle Mines

Running a medical testing laboratory is not something most mining companies expect to do as part of their normal course of operations, but in 2020 it became something that two Canadian miners undertook just to ensure they could stay up and running.

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