mining in the arctic

The mining company Canadian Orebodies has announced an exploration program this summer to find iron ore at Haig Inlet and the Belcher Islands. They have three different sites they want to open.… En savoir plus

DID News Alert May 14, 2012. This past week, Iqaluit was the stage for Baffinland’s three-day technical meetings regarding the Mary River iron mine and it’s potential impacts.… En savoir plus

Interesting video by Memorial University professors John Sandlos and Arn Keeling talking about the abandoned Pine Point zinc mine, on the south shore of the Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. The mine was opened from 1964 to 1988. 

Article taken from Nunatsiaq News, April 6th 2011 www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/87678_community_engagement_in_mining_means/

Article written by Jane George.