Colin Pegues

Mr. Colin Pegues

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Canada Vale Canada Ltd.

Biography

Colin Pegues is currently the Mine Manager for Vale’s Copper Cliff Mine Project. Colin’s career in the mining industry began when he joined Vale, formerly INCO, in 2004 as an Engineer-In-Training. From there he advanced to roles of increasing responsibility in both operations and engineering. While he was in an Operating Superintendent role at Stobie Mine 2015, Colin was asked to move with his family to Zambia, Africa to become the Mine Manager at Lubambe Copper Mines Ltd. a Vale Ltd. joint venture. While in Zambia Colin’s diligent focus on safety and production improved efficiencies and reduced costs while reducing injury rates. During his tenure he also took over management of the Safety, Health and Environmental Dept. and continued to reduce injury rates across the entire organization (over 40% reduction since 2015). He established the mines first Mine Rescue team and commissioned the onsite Mine Rescue station. He actively participated in community projects including the construction of a school and medical facilities to support the community around the mine. In both cases travel time and distance were drastically reduced for children getting to school and patients seeking medical attention. Upon return to Sudbury in 2017 Colin’s top priority is to help deliver CCM South Project from execution to operating mine by early 2020. The Operations Readiness team is currently focused reviewing project deliverables with the view that risk can be engineered out of a process through lessons learnt from the past and integration of new technology. Contributing to a healthy community is a top priority for Colin. He currently serves as the Co-Chair of the CIM’s Sudbury Chapter. He has always participated in community activities including Sudbury Rocks and Miners for Cancer events. Colin is Professional Engineer in the Province of

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Operational Readiness: Applying lessons learnt from Totten Mine to Copper Cliff Mine Phase 1
Colin Pegues Vale Canada Ltd.
Jason Mackinnon Vale
Meagan Lawrence Vale Canada Ltd.
Operations Technical Session
Underground Mining II
CIM 2022 Convention Vancouver
Increasing the gender diversity at the Copper Cliff Mine Complex from 5% to 15% between 2020 and 2022
Colin Pegues Vale Canada Ltd.
Mining for Talent Technical Session
How to Make Mining Interesting for Young People
CIM 2023 Convention Montreal
Panel: Forging the Future: The Imperative of OT-IT Integration in Mining
Nathan Stubina Pace Global
Neha Singh PACE.global
Martin Provencher None
Christina Visser Ionic Technology Group
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Digitization in Mining: Risks and Opportunities Panel Session
CIM Connect 2024 Vancouver