Thursday 18 June 2015

Otmane El Rhazi : Rio’s Iron Ore Company of Canada fined under Fisheries Act

Otmane El Rhazi from Mining Weekly | Ferrous Metals Home.

A Canadian subsidiary of global mining major Rio Tinto has been fined C$30 000 for unauthorised dumping of effluent into fish-bearing water. The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court on Monday ordered the Iron Ore Company of Canada to pay a fine after pleading guilty to offences under the Fisheries Act related to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER).

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