DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,294

CYPRUS THOMPSON CREEK MINING COMPANY
CLAYTON, IDAHO


Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance


In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on November 6, 2000, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Cyprus
Thompson Creek Mining Company, Clayton, Idaho. The workers
produce molybdenum.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm exports a large percentage of its product.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's
major domestic customers regarding their purchases of molybdenum.
The respondents indicated no offshore purchases of molybdenum
during the relevant period.
The petitioner claimed that price and imports caused
declines in sales, production and employment. Price is not a
criterion for worker group certification. The United States is a
net exporter of molybdenum.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Cyprus
Thompson Creek Mining Company, Clayton, Idaho, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of February 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance