The roof cave-in at Elliot Lake's Algo Centre mall on the weekend had many in the northeastern Ontario community and former uranium mining town questioning why local industry expertise wasn't immediately employed.
The search for victims resumed earlier this week at the urging of Premier Dalton McGuinty as more heavy equipment has been transported to the site to demolish portions of the building in the search for possible survivors.
Angie Robson, a spokeswoman in Vale in Sudbury, said none of their mine rescue personnel have been summoned.
“We have been in touch with authorities, who have requested that Vale put a structural engineer and a mining engineer on stand-by to assist and provide advice. We have also offered to provide any other support or assistance that may be required.”
Alex Gryska, manager of the mine rescue office at Workplace Safety North in North Bay, said some of his 850 members, including rescue personnel, who work in mines from Red Lake to Kirkland Lake, are available if asked by provincial emergency coordinators. So far, no call has come.
One Sudbury mining high-tech company, Penguin Automated Systems, a robotics, communications and control systems was at the scene this week employing some of their robots equipped with cameras. Company president Greg Baiden was unavailable for comment.
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