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A third-party consultant has reviewed a plan to deal with humidity that affects roof stability in the warmer months and concluded a stop-work order can be lifted, Nova Scotia says

A Cape Breton coal mine that had been ordered to cease operations after two roof falls last summer is being permitted to resume year-round production.

The Nova Scotia Labour Department's senior executive director of safety says an "unthinkable act" could have occurred if workers had been in the Donkin coal mine access tunnel just 90 minutes earlier.

Around five and a half months after the Donkin Mine was shut down following a pair of roof falls back in July, a stop-work order at the facility has finally been lifted.

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The province of Nova Scotia says the stop work order for the Donkin Mine was lifted Wednesday, allowing the Cape Breton mine to resume production if it chooses to do so.

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The Nova Scotia government says a Cape Breton coal mine under a stop-work order since July can resume production. 

Nova Scotia's Labour Department says mine operator Kameron Coal can restart operations at the underground mine in Donkin, more than five months after issuing a stop-work order following two roof falls.

The stop work order for the Donkin coal which was imposed in July following a rockfall in the mine has been li...