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A Nunavut iron ore mine’s expansion faces backlash from the Inuit community Hundreds of Mary River Mine employees were unable to return home as Inuit hunters fought for wildlife protection The proposed expansion of the Mary River Mine in Nunavut was interrupted by a week-long Inuit protest earlier this month. A group of seven hunters barricaded its main road and airstrip, which left 700 mine employees stranded at the facility. Inuit land defenders were outraged by the planned construction of a 110-kilometre railway, which would connect Mary River Mine to the nearest port in Milne Inlet. ...

Posted: Feb 17, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 17 Udloriak Hanson, Baffinland's vice president of community and sustainable development, says legal regulations would stop mining operations before any harvesting rights were infringed upon. (Submitted by Baffinland) In the wake of last week's blockade, Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation says it has heard the call to slow down plans to expand production at the Mary River mine.  "It's unfortunate that they felt they had to go to those extremes to be heard," said Udloriak Hanson, Baffinland's vice-president of community and sustainable ...