Agnico Eagle’s Meliadine mine extension project on hold by NIRB
Agnico Eagle’s Meliadine extension project — which proposes, among other things, a windfarm and an on-site airstrip — can’t proceed to the
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Nunavut Impact Review Board
Northern Affairs minister approves Baffinland’s temporary production increase — with conditions
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. can officially increase its production until the end of this year at the Mary River Mine in Nunavut’s
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Baffinland promotes proposed production increase at Nunavut regulator meeting
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. says it will stop production at its Mary River iron mine, end shipping and cut jobs
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Nunavut Impact Review Board rejects proposed Baffinland expansion in Arctic Canada
Final decision will come from federal minister within 90 days The Nunavut Impact Review board has recommended Baffinland’s Phase 2 expansion not
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‘Why lock the door?’: Nunavut television network in Arctic Canada wants to broadcast upcoming Baffinland hearings
‘Inuit have the right to hear what is happening on Inuit land; it is our right,’ says NITV executive director
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‘If not this, then what?’ Nunavut Government in arctic Canada says economy needs controversial mining expansion
Deputy minister tells NIRB expansion could also increase access to country food The government of Nunavut has painted a gloomy
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Agnico Eagle pipeline plans in Arctic Canada halted after Indigenous community outcry
A Nunavut regulator has given mining company Agnico Eagle a “significant rebuke” over a controversial pipeline proposal for the Meliadine
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Canadian Indigenous community benefit agreement worth $1B over life of Mary River Mine in Nunavut
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association have a new agreement for Inuit oversight of the Mary River Mine.
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Public hearing on oil and gas development in eastern Arctic begins in Iqaluit
The final round of public hearings on potential oil and gas development in the Canadian waters of Davis Strait and
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