The Nunavut Impact Review Board wants to see more information about the impact of the proposed Mary River mine project on walrus and other marine mammals. Point 44 out of 356 in the pre hearing decision's "commitment list" given December 9 to Baffinland asks for its final environmental impact statement on project to "include the risk of marine mortality from vessels strike...focus the assessment on bowhead, walrus, beluga, narwhal and ringed seals."

The Nunavut Imact Review Board recently sent a long list of points that Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. will have to address in its final environmental impact statement for its Mary River iron mine project on northern Baffin Island.

Baffinland, a private company now under the control of ArcelorMittal, the European steel-making giant, and a private investment firm, Iron Ore Holdings LP, wants to see the Mary River mine churn out 21 million tonnes of iron ore a year, which will then be shipped out year-round to markets in Europe and Asia for at least 20 years.

(Sourced from www.nunatsiaqonline.ca)