Evraz

A man was taken to hospital after an incident at a metal recycling facility in Regina. Evraz North America says an employee suffered severe injuries Tuesday at Wheat City Metals Recycling. The company says the man is in critical but stable condition. Evraz says operations at the facility have been put on hold.

A fire burning at a business north of Regina is under control. Crews were called this afternoon to Wheat City Metals in the RM of Sherwood for a report of a fire.  Smoke could be seen from throughout the city. Regina fire said they had some initial concerns about the blaze, but found a source of […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to the list of those sanctioned by the country. Abramovich is a significant shareholder in Evraz, a steel mill company in Regina. The announcement comes just a day after the United Kingdom announced sanctions against Abramovich. He is now one on a growing list of […]

The International Trade Centre located in Evraz Place has a new name. The centre will now have Viterra attached to the front of its name, making it the Viterra International Trade Centre. The naming comes after an agreement between REAL and Viterra that will last for the next ten years. Tim Reid, the president and […]

One person is recovering from injuries not said to be life-threatening after a workplace accident at the EVRAZ Regina steel mill on Friday. In an e-mail, the company says the worker, who was performing some electrical work on a piece of equipment when the accident happened, is not an employee of EVRAZ and was working […]

Workers at Regina’s Evraz Steel mill have been given updates on their layoff statuses before the start of the weekend. Steel division workers were notified on Friday that their shutdown initially scheduled for the end of March will instead happen on Friday afternoon. Their three-day layoff is still in effect until Monday. The expectation is […]

Workers at Regina’s Evraz Steel Mill are getting some unexpected time off. A cyberattack on Evraz’s North American operations Wednesday night is causing what the company says is interruptions at its Regina operation and as a result, temporary layoffs are being issued. Evraz spokesperson Patrick Waldron would not confirm that the company had been hit […]

Evraz is facing a $230,000 fine, plus a $92,000 surcharge, for a workplace injury in 2018. The Ontario-based company pleaded guilty to failing to ensure an effective safeguard was in place where a worker may contact a dangerous moving part of a machine resulting in a serious injury. The charges stem from an incident that […]

Evraz has been fined $126,000 after an employee was injured at work. The Toronto-based company pleaded guilty to one count under the Occupational Health and Safety regulations in Regina provincial court on Monday. The charge is for failing to provide proper lighting while workers were present resulting in a serious injury. This stems from an […]