Ontario-based company had hoped to double its production of iron ore at its Baffin Island mine in Nunavut to 12 million tonnes a year
Ottawa has turned down Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s application to increase its iron ore output in Nunavut, citing environmental concerns, putting an end to a multiyear conflict that sparked a national debate about responsible resource development in Canada.
On Wednesday, Federal Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal released his long-awaited decision on whether to allow the expansion. Over four years of hearings on the expansion, significant environmental concerns were voiced by stakeholders about the existing operation which went into production in 2014.
In May, the Nunavut Impact Review Board, or NIRB came out against the expansion, saying it had the potential to result in “significant adverse ecosystemic effects on marine mammals and fish, caribou and other terrestrial wildlife.”
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