Sierra Rutile Ltd was named \u20182012 International Company of the Year\u2019 by the UK\u2019s business, stock market and investment elite this month becoming, in the process, the first Sierra Leonean company to win a prestigious Alternative Investment Market (AIM) Award.<\/p>\n
Receiving the accolade, at the AIM Awards Ceremony in London, was Sierra Rutile\u2019s CEO John Sisay, who said:\u00a0 \u201cThis Award represents the achievement, dedication and hard work of every individual within the Company, and I am honoured to accept it on their behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n
The AIM \u2018International Company of the Year Award\u2019 goes to internationally based AIM-listed companies who have demonstrated outstanding all-round achievement.\u00a0 It comes after an exceptional year for Sierra Rutile which has been marked by record sales, record production rates and their best ever health and safety figures.<\/p>\n
Last quarter\u2019s production of 26,381 tonnes of rutile beat the Company\u2019s previous production record by 4%.\u00a0 Recent employee health and safety figures suggest that lost time injury frequency rates are down by over 50% on last year and are comparable with best international standards. Expansion plans are ahead of schedule with the successful construction of a dry mining operation, which is on target to begin operations in November; and a recently completed feasibility study into an additional dredge mining operation confirmed the Company\u2019s potential to become a significant long-term supplier of rutile to the world market.<\/p>\n
The Company, which has a 95% Sierra Leonean workforce, is also out-performing in other important areas.\u00a0 A Company commitment to rehabilitate all legacy disturbed land over the next six years is already ahead of schedule; and its longstanding programme to tackle HIV\/AIDS in the workplace and community has brought improved health education and access to HIV testing and treatment to a remote area of Sierra Leone, and has been held up as a model for corporate action against HIV\/AIDS in Sierra Leone and internationally.<\/p>\n
John Sisay says that he hopes that this award inspires other Sierra Leonean companies to realise their potential.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThis Award recognises that Sierra Leonean companies can deliver world class products and stand on an international platform as leaders within our fields.\u00a0 In a global economy hit by recession in Europe and stagnation in Asia and the United States, Sierra Leone has the advantage of growth.\u00a0 Our Country has unique gifts; if we work together to harness these, we can create a society in which everyone has the opportunity to benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Sierra Rutile Ltd was named \u20182012 International Company of the Year\u2019 by the UK\u2019s business, stock market and investment elite this month becoming, in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,1],"tags":[13917,13918,2096,4745],"class_list":["post-49406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-uncategorized","tag-2012-international-company-of-the-year","tag-alternative-investment-market-award","tag-rutile","tag-sierra-rutile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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