Setting the gold standard Gold mining company Agnico Eagle Mines has been recovering precious metals since the days of sock-hops and Elvis Presley – 1957, to be exact. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, the firm today operates eight mines across Canada, Finland and Mexico. It also carries out mining exploration and development activities in these countries, along with the United States and Sweden. With 2016 annual revenues of $2.1 billion (CDN), Agnico Eagle is one of the largest goldminers in the world, employing approximately 8,400 full- time and contract workers. Digging for data efficiency Agnico Eagle is always looking to improve operations. In 2010, the company recog- nized a need to improve environmental health and safety (EHS). It was using paper-based spreadsheets to track

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