Environment Canada lays 200 Fisheries Act charges against ArcelorMittal
May 2, 2025 | 2:27 PM
OTTAWA — Environment and Climate Change Canada has laid 200 charges against mining company ArcelorMittal Canada for alleged violations of the Fisheries Act.
In a news release, the government says the charges stem from alleged illegal dumping by the company into fish-bearing waterways in Quebec between 2014 and 2022.
The dumping is alleged to have happened at the Fire Lake Mine and at the Mont-Wright mining complex, the largest open-pit iron mine in Canada.
Environment Canada says the waterways in question flow into the Moisie River, which is a provincially administered aquatic reserve and one of the major salmon rivers in North America.
