Minister rejects Mary River mine expansion on Baffin Island ironore Canada Nunavut BaffinIsland environment mining BaffinlandIron
on Thursday expressed the company’s disappointment at Northern Affairs MinisterHis comments followed the federal government’s decision on Wednesday to accept the recommendation of the Nunavut Impact Review Board that the Phase 2 proposal, in its current form, should not proceed, citing potentially significant adverse impacts on vegetation and freshwater, as well as adverse eco-systemic impacts on marine mammals and fish, caribou and other terrestrial wildlife.
Baffinland said its proposed expansion had widespread support from local communities, HTOs and the International Union of Operating Engineers. “Given the clear benefits to Inuit, Nunavut and Canada as a whole, and the fact that Baffinland high-grade ore is also the greenest path to steel production, the Minister’s decision is both surprising and disappointing.”
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