The Federal Tiber, the first ship to carry commercial ore from Mary River in 2015, lies off Milne Inlet. Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. is looking at alternative routes for its bulk carriers to take Mary River iron to market. (File photo)
Consultants’ report states Mary River mine expansion would see some ore shipped west
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. is considering shipping ore west from its expanded Mary River mine through the Northwest Passage. That’s according to a report prepared by Stantec Consulting on behalf of the company.
Martha Lenio cleans up by a creek during the City of Iqaluit’s annual waterways cleanup event on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Lenio had already filled a bag with garbage from the creek, including what appeared to be a broken hockey stick and a water gun. (Photo by Emma Tranter)
Makusi Alaku of Kangiqsujuaq drum dances outside the Pingualuit park base camp at Manarsulik Lake in Nunavik at sunset on Saturday, Aug. 17. The offices of Nunatsiaq News will close for Labour Day on Monday, Sept. 2. We wish all our readers a happy and peaceful long weekend. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Pingualuit park warden Adamie Tuniq, from Kangiqsujuaq, demonstrates Inuit games, and particularly the one-foot high kick, on the deck of the Pingualuit park base camp on Sunday, Aug. 18. The offices of Nunatsiaq News will be closed for the Labour Day holiday on Monday, Sept. 2. We wish all our readers a happy and peaceful long weekend. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
A Coast Guard helicopter slings cargo out to Canadian Coast Guard ships Henry Larsen and Captain Molly Kool, anchored in Frobisher Bay on Thursday, Aug. 29. (Photo by Elaine Anselmi)