My Story and Career
Newfoundland entrepreneur Glen McKay has more than four decades of experience as a business executive in mining, construction and private investing. He is the founder of several businesses and remains active in the day-to-day operations of Newfoundland Hard-Rok Inc., an explosives manufacturer with two manufacturing plants on the Island of Newfoundland that also provides drilling and blasting services to the mining, quarrying and heavy construction industries. Through wholly own subsidiaries it also has a manufacturing plant at the Vale Voisey’s Bay nickel mine in Labrador and another at the Baffinland Iron Ore Mine at Mary River, Baffin Island. Early in his career, Glen began working in business development and as a branch manager at Minpaco in St. John’s. This led him to form his first company in 1978, MRO Supplies Ltd., which provided specialized equipment for several industries, including mining, quarrying, heavy construction, pulp and paper, forestry and f