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Posted: Apr 13, 2021 9:51 AM CT | Last Updated: April 13
Day one of the Nunavut Impact Review Board s final public hearings into Baffinland s Phase 2 expansion proposal at its Mary River Mine began Monday, April 12 in Iqaluit. (Nick Murray/CBC News)
Nunavut s Qikiqtaaluk communities are still concerned about the impact on marine wildlife if production ramps up at the Mary River Mine.
The issue was brought up Monday in Iqaluit during the first day of the final public hearings into Baffinland s Phase 2 expansion proposal.
Baffinland is requesting to double its shipping of iron ore from its Milne Inlet port to 12 million tonnes a year, which would see around 168 ships sail through waters near Pond Inlet, Nunavut, a summer home to one of the world s largest narwhal populations.
Despite Inuit opposition, Mary River mine hearing to go ahead next week
Gathering to be broadcast live on Uvagut TV
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. uses the port at Milne Inlet to ship iron ore to markets in western Europe. If the federal government permits its current expansion proposal, Baffinland will be allowed to ship up to 12 million tonnes of ore through this port, involving up to 176 ship transits. (File photo)
Despite persistent opposition from Inuit community groups, the Nunavut Impact Review Board will forge ahead next week with a long-awaited public hearing on a major railway-based expansion of the Mary River iron mine.