One of the overriding challenges for Cameco in 2021 was the volatility of the pandemic, from ensuring the safety of its workers and operations, to dealing with supply chain shortages.
That’s according to its recently released Environmental, Social, Governance report.
Cameco spokesperson, Jeff Hryhoriw notes that even with the pandemic, the Saskatoon-based company recorded its best safety performance in its history.
The report also highlight’s uranium mining company’s work with northern communities where its mill and mining operations are.
Hryhoriw says they are one of Canada’s largest employers of Indigenous people and a leading supporter of Indigenous business, with 82 per cent of the services for its northern operations coming from local companies and suppliers.
To continue building and developing Cameco’s workforce, about 200 people enrolled in 15 free training courses in the north to enhance employability.
Hryhoriw adds that a northern Saskatchewan Indigenous apprenticeship program for instrumentation technologists was implements in 2021, and five people from the program are now working with Cameco, and three of them are women.