Layoffs begin at Key Lake, McArthur River uranium operations: Cameco to top up workers’ benefits

PRINCE ALBERT — The last of 845 employees facing a 10-month layoff at two uranium operations in northern Saskatchewan will have worked their last shift by the weekend.
Cameco announced the shutdown at its Key Lake mill and McArthur River mine in November.
Only care and maintenance crew will remain.
The company says it has finalized a plan it hopes will ensure skilled workers are still around if and when the doors reopen late this year.
Spokeswoman Carey Hyndman says Cameco is offering to t