April 24 (Reuters) - Canada's Sherritt International
Corp S.TO on Monday reported the death of an employee at the
Moa Joint Venture (JV) mine in Cuba due to a vehicle-related
accident.
Moa JV is a 50/50 partnership between Sherritt and General
Nickel Company SA which mines and processes nickel laterite
deposits in Cuba for refining into finished nickel and cobalt
from its refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
Sherritt has began its investigation and is working with
local authorities to find the cause of the incident, the company
said in a statement.
(Reporting by Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna
Chandra Eluri)
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