DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,152

KENNECOTT RAWHIDE MINING COMPANY
DENTON RAWHIDE MINE
FALLON, NEVADA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a cer-
tification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance,
the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or
(a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met. It is deter-
mined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of Section
222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition re-
ceived on November 21, 2002 and filed by company official on behalf
of workers at Kennecott Rawhide Mining Company, Denton-Rawhide
Mine, Fallon, Nevada. The subject firm is a joint venture of Kenne-
cott Minerals Company and Pacific Rim Mining Corporation. The work-
ers produced gold and silver, which was refined into pure gold and
silver while still under the ownership of the subject firm.
The investigation revealed that gold accounted for major por-
tion of subject firm's total sales. Sales of gold, in terms of
dollars, decreased in January through November 2002 compared to the
same period in 2001. Employment at the subject mine decreased in
January through November 2002 compared to the same period in 2001.
U.S. imports of gold bullion not less than 99.95 percent gold
by weight, unwrought, nonmonetary: gold content increased in Janu-
ary through October 2002 compared to the same period in 2001.
The Department conducted a survey of the major declining cus-
tomers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of refined
gold and silver in 2000, 2001 and January-November 2002. The survey
revealed that a respondent increased its purchases of gold bullion
from foreign firms while decreasing its purchases of gold bullion
from the subject firm in January through November 2002 compared to
the same period in 2001.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investiga-
tion, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or di-
rectly competitive with refined gold and silver produced at Kenne-
cott Rawhide Mining Company, Denton-Rawhide Mine, Fallon, Nevada
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of work-
ers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Kennecott Rawhide Mining Company, Denton-
Rawhide Mine, Fallon, Nevada who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 20, 2001
through two years from the date of certification are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of January, 2003



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance