October 31, 2019
A Komatsu 530E haul truck exits the crusher pit after a Hitachi 5500 shovel fills the truck bed with crushed ore to be processed at the Hycroft Mine this summer.
The decision to lay off 109 workers and cease operations at the Hycroft Mine west of Winnemucca is a "result of current and expected ongoing cost pressures," company officials said.
The mine would employ 515 employees once fully operational. According to the plan approved by the BLM, this is a decrease of 291 workers from the previously authorized 806 employees. The company currently has about 120 employees at the mine.
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