Mining giant Vale is preparing to hire hundreds of more workers to finish a gigantic nickel processing plant in southern Newfoundland. Vale, previously known in Canada as Vale Inco, will process concentrate from the Voisey’s Bay mine in northern Labrador at Long Harbour, on Newfoundland’s Placentia Bay. The plant is scheduled to be up and running in 2013, producing nickel rounds from the ore mined in Labrador. More than 2000 workers will be needed for the massive project before it is finished. Ten percent of the work has been completed so far, although what has been accomplished covers a fairly vast area. The nickel project also means new infrastructure for the town; the company paid for a brand-new fire hall.