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How mining company Vale plans to dismantle Sudbury's Superstack

How mining company Vale plans to dismantle Sudbury's Superstack

CBC16-05-2025
Paul Guenette, the project lead for Vale's Superstack dismantling, explains how the world's second tallest chimney will be dismantled from the top down.
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