Quebec mining company fined $100 million for polluting fish-bearing waters
The company pleaded guilty to 100 counts, and most of the penalty will go to the federal Environmental Damages Fund, prosecutors said.
- ArcelorMittal Mining Canada was fined $100 million for discharging harmful substances into fish-bearing waters at the Mont-Wright and Fire Lake mining complexes between 2014 and 2022.
- The company pleaded guilty to 100 counts under the Fisheries Act and will pay $1 million per count, with most funds directed to the federal Environmental Damages Fund.
- George Dolhai, Director of Public Prosecutions, stated polluters must be held accountable; the Public Prosecution Service called this the harshest sanction ever imposed under the Act, with $249,903.61 in investigation costs.
- ArcelorMittal president and chief executive officer Mapi Mobwano said the settlement "will mark the end of this chapter," adding the firm is "committed to improving the environmental performance of our operations."
- Since 2019, ArcelorMittal has invested in water treatment infrastructure to address on-site water issues, with Mobwano expressing confidence the company has taken necessary steps to prevent future violations.
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Quebec mining company fined $100M for polluting fish-bearing waters
A Quebec mining company was handed a $100-million fine for releasing harmful substances into fish-bearing waters between 2014 and 2022 at the Mont-Wright and Fire Lake mining complexes in the Côte-Nord region.
The mining operator ArcelorMittal will have to pay a $100 million fine for a hundred or so violations related to the release of harmful substances into the waters of the Quebec North Shore. This is a record sanction in Canadian history.
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Quebec mining company fined $100 million for polluting fish-bearing waters
MONTREAL - A Quebec mining company was handed a $100-million fine for releasing harmful substances into fish-bearing waters between 2014 and 2022 at the Mont-Wright and Fire Lake mining complexes
The mine is ordered to pay $100 million for the release of harmful substances into fishy waters at the Mount Wright complex and the Fire Lake mine.
MONTREAL — ArcelorMittal was sentenced on Friday by the Court of Quebec to pay $100 million for violations of the Fisheries Act. "This is the highest penalty ever imposed" on the country under this Act, according to federal authorities. ArcelorMittal Mining Canada pleaded guilty to 100 counts of dumping of various harmful substances between 2014 and 2022 in fishy waters at the Mont-Wright mining complex and Fire Lake mine in the Fermont area of …
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