Despite a crackdown by the federal government late last year, Canadian critical-minerals companies continue to pursue M&A deals with potential Chinese buyers
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From street level, West Coast Reduction cuts an imposing presence on Vancouver’s waterfront. Across the railway tracks at the north end of Commercial Drive, ranks of towering storage tanks surround the massive blocks of its industrial plant.
Looking down on an aerial view from Google Maps, however, the tanks and buildings look a little hemmed in by container yards of the terminals that surround it, which is exactly how owners of the decades-old agricultural rendering plant feel these days.
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Posted: Dec 10, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
The dredge sytem that will scoop out thousands of tonnes of contaminated sludge and sediment from 53-years of accumualted pulp mill effluent at Boat Harbour. (Nova Scotia Lands Inc.)
The Trudeau government has ordered an outside review of the $292-million Boat Harbour cleanup in Nova Scotia adding another layer of scrutiny to a dredging project already undergoing a federal environmental assessment.
The external technical review launched Nov. 17 will require the Nova Scotia government to justify its decision to store huge amounts of polluted pulp mill sludge inside a waste containment cell at the existing treatment site after the cleanup. The review is expected to take 12 to 14 weeks.