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Nunavut iron mine proposes bigger ships, no spring ice-breaking

By Lisa Gregoire, Nunatsiaq News December 5, 2016

Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. has revised its latest plans for the Mary River iron mine expansion, proposing to increase open-water shipping out of Milne Inlet with bigger ships, but abandoning an unpopular plan for ice-breaking during the busy spring hunting period.

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