{"id":3230,"date":"2020-09-29T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amq-inc.com\/gala-des-mercuriades-lexcellence-de-lindustrie-miniere-recompensee\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T17:29:15","slug":"gala-des-mercuriades-lexcellence-de-lindustrie-miniere-recompensee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amq-inc.com\/en\/gala-des-mercuriades-lexcellence-de-lindustrie-miniere-recompensee\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Mercuriades Awards Gala : recognition for excellence in the mining industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Qu\u00e9bec City, September 29, 2020<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Once again this year, the Qu\u00e9bec Mining Association (QMA) is proud to see that the achievements of the mining industry have been recognized. Two of its members won a Mercuriades award presented by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des chambres de commerce du Qu\u00e9bec (FCCQ), while four other members were among the finalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two companies, both QMA members, were presented with awards that recognized their leadership and achievements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Agnico Eagle Mines \u2013 \u201cContribution to Economic and Regional Development\u201d inthe large business category;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Raglan Mine, a Glencore company \u2013 \u201cWorkplace Health and Safety\u201d in the largebusiness category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Four other QMA members were also finalists in this high-profile competition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Qu\u00e9bec Iron Ore \u2013 \u201cManuvie Employer of the Year\u201d category;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canadian Malartic Mine \u2013 \u201cDesjardins Sustainable Development\u201d category;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Englobe \u2013 \u201cWorkplace Health and Safety\u201d category;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quebec Metallurgy Center \u2013 \u201cContribution to Economic and RegionalDevelopment\u201d category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00ab The role played by the mining industry in Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s socio-economic development, and its contribution to wealth creation, are self-evident. However, there are other little-known aspects of our sector of activity that are highlighted by competitions such as the Mercuriades Awards \u2013 from mining companies\u2019 constant focus on the sustainable and responsible development of their operations to their obsession with worker health and safety. Our members are determined to make a difference and this recognition of their efforts by the FCCQ motivates them even more strongly to strive for excellence. \u00bb<\/p>\n<cite>&#8211; Jos\u00e9e M\u00e9thot, the QMA\u2019s President and CEO<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Qu\u00e9bec Mining Association<\/strong><br>The Qu\u00e9bec Mining Association (QMA) was founded in 1936 and speaks proactively for mining companies involved in exploration, extraction and processing, mining contractors and junior mining companies, along with suppliers, institutions, non-profit organizations and other mining sector partners. It is proud of the 40,540 jobs and total expenditure of $8.5 billion generated by Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s mining industry over the last year. The QMA\u2019s mission is to promote, support and proactively develop a responsible, committed and innovative mining industry in Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qu\u00e9bec City, September 29, 2020&nbsp;\u2013 Once again this year, the Qu\u00e9bec Mining Association (QMA) is proud to see that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communiques-de-presse-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Les Mercuriades Awards Gala : recognition for excellence in the mining industry - Association Mini\u00e8re du Qu\u00e9bec<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/amq-inc.com\/en\/gala-des-mercuriades-lexcellence-de-lindustrie-miniere-recompensee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Les Mercuriades Awards Gala : recognition for excellence in the mining industry - 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