Dominion Diamonds to start rehiring Tuesday after fire forced layoffs at Ekati

Dominion Diamonds says it's sticking by its word and will be rehiring the employees it laid off in June.

The mining company temporarily laid off about 300 workers from itsEkatidiamond mine after a fire at a processing plant on June23.

• Temporary layoffs coming for Ekati staff, as fire repairs will take 3 months

At the time, the company said it needed to save money while it closed down operations to repair the plant.

In a news release,CEO Brendan Bell saidthe plant should be back up and running by the end of the month.

It says itwill be rehiring all of its laid off employees and contractors that were affected by the shutdown.

Bell saidthat rehiring will begin on Tuesday,with all employees expected back at work by the end of September.