Could be.
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We should complete the optimization plan to get the most out of the line given the circumstances
John Weissenberger: Canada used to be able to build pipelines — quickly and cost effectively
The achievements of Canada's lost civilization cannot be overstatednationalpost.com
Impressive in its own way was the original Trans-Mountain pipeline, from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C., traversing 1,150 kilometres of mostly rugged, mountainous terrain. Construction began in February 1952, finishing eight months later, costing the equivalent of $1.1 billion today. Expansion of the pipeline, proposed by Kinder Morgan in 2013 — 910 kilometres of line for an estimated $6.8 billion — did not go well. Initial federal approvals alone took three years, followed by a taxpayer buyout and an ultimate cost of $34 billion for six years of construction.
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Except Trudeau said there was no case for Canadian Natural Gas to be sold to Europe. He canned a large NG port project. We will see how the liberals deal with this case going forward.
Friggin’ Baffin Island’s gonna get a working rail line and the Ottawa LRT will still be broken when it snows a bit.Baffinland Mine is a very large and very rich deposit of iron ore in, well, Baffin Island. The ore is such a high grade that it requires no processing beyond crushing. They have been trucking to a port via a haul road but have been approved for a 149 km rail line that will enable them to increase production.
Baffinland gives green light to rail line to boost mine’s output, lifespan
Newspaper of record for Nunavut, and the Nunavik territory of Quebec
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Baffinland Mine is a very large and very rich deposit of iron ore in, well, Baffin Island. The ore is such a high grade that it requires no processing beyond crushing. They have been trucking to a port via a haul road but have been approved for a 149 km rail line that will enable them to increase production.
Baffinland gives green light to rail line to boost mine’s output, lifespan
Newspaper of record for Nunavut, and the Nunavik territory of Quebec
that article is a good summation of why we are in the fix we are in. Their plans for trucking to the current harbour took years to process and were eventually blocked. Their rail request was blocked or deemed unfeasible at the time and even now their current MP is suggesting another environmental assessments.
Best I can figure, Baffinland is a consortium partially owned (I don't know what percentage) by a US private equity firm. One rumour I have heard - unsubstantiated - is the owners were not honouring local investment, hiring and environmental agreements with the territorial government.that article is a good summation of why we are in the fix we are in. Their plans for trucking to the current harbour took years to process and were eventually blocked. Their rail request was blocked or deemed unfeasible at the time and even now their current MP is suggesting another environmental assessments.
100% - we've bled so so many CDN mining champions over the last 2+ decades. We are decades late to the game in playing the 'economic warfare' game.
