DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,190

EAGLE MINE LLC
EXPLORATION DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF LUNDIN MINING
NEGAUNEE, MIGHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 18, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers and former workers of Eagle Mine LLC, Exploration
Department, a subsidiary of Lundin Mining, Negaunee, Michigan
(Eagle Mine-Exploration Department). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of nickel and
copper concentrate. Workers within the Exploration Department
are separately identifiable from workers at the subject firm's
Champion, Michigan location.
The subject worker group (Eagle Mine-Exploration
Department) does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Eagle Mine-Exploration
Department have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the articles produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Eagle Mine-Exploration Department.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Eagle Mine-
Exploration Department, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of nickel and copper concentrate, meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Eagle Mine LLC, Exploration Department, a
subsidiary of Lundin Mining, Negaunee, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 17, 2018, through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on the
date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 19th day of February 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance