The mining industry in Canada north of the 55th parallel: a maritime traffic generator?

Têtu, Pierre‐Louis; Pelletier, Jean‐François; Lasserre, Frédéric

doi:10.1080/1088937x.2015.1028576

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“…Churchill was previously shown to receive the highest number of vessels and volume of ballast discharge, and to be environmentally similar to a large number of connected source ports with established high risk NIS (relative to other ports in the Canadian Arctic) [60]. Shipping activity for the port of Deception Bay is related to two nickel mining sites, one of which exports concentrate to Quebec, and the other to Europe [27, 61, 62]. It is among the top 3 ports in the Canadian Arctic with respect to number of arrivals and volume of untreated ballast water released from international and coastal domestic merchant vessels.…”

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Ecological risk assessment of predicted marine invasions in the Canadian Arctic

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Climate change is impacting environmental conditions, especially with respect to temperature and ice cover in high latitude regions. Predictive models and risk assessment are key tools for understanding potential changes associated with such impacts on coastal regions. In this study relative ecological risk assessment was done for future potential introductions of three species in the Canadian Arctic: periwinkle Littorina littorea, soft shell clam Mya arenaria and red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus. These species occur in locations connected to Canadian Arctic ports through shipping and have the potential to be introduced via ballast water discharge. The methodology proposed in this study is unique in the sense that it considers not only ballast water origin, but also the distribution of the species being assessed and the sensitivity of the receiving habitat. It combines detailed information (ballast water source of each tank, transit time, time of the year when the water is released, environmental suitability of receiving habitat, impact, and habitat sensitivity) in order to assess ecological risk. Through the use of this approach it is highlighted that domestic discharge events pose a higher relative overall risk on a vessel-specific and cumulative annual bases than international discharges. The main ports of Deception Bay and Churchill were classified as being at moderate to high relative risk for L. littorea and M. arenaria, especially from domestic vessels, while relative overall risk for P. camtschaticus was low for international vessels and null for domestic vessels due to few ships transiting from its range of distribution to Canadian Arctic ports. This work can serve as an approach to help build a list of potential high risk species–a “grey” watch list–for the Canadian Arctic, and provides useful information for consideration in future decision making actions such as the identification of high risk pathways, species and ports.

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Ecological risk assessment of predicted marine invasions in the Canadian Arctic

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Section: Projets D'investissements Miniers Chinois Dans L' Arctiqueunclassified

“…La Chine, qui n'est pas un État côtier de l'Arctique, semble attentive au potentiel économique de la région (Ebinger et Zambetakis, 2009;Holslag, 2009;Spears, 2009;Lasserre, 2010a;Xing et Clark, 2010;Kapyla et Mikkola, 2013;Arnarsson et al, 2014;Alexeeva et al, 2015), et plus particulièrement à l'exploitation de ses gisements miniers (Lasserre, 2010a(Lasserre, , 2010b(Lasserre, , 2010c(Lasserre, , 2010dAlexeeva et Lasserre, 2013;Wright, 2013;Têtu, Pelletier et Lasserre, 2015;Têtu, Moffet et Lasserre, 2015). À cet effet, de nombreux chercheurs soulignent que l'allongement de la période de fonte de la banquise estivale arctique, conforme à bon nombre de modèles climatiques, rend plus accessibles les routes et sites d'exploration miniers de la région, notamment dans l'Arctique canadien et au Groenland, mais également en Russie et en Scandinavie (Lasserre, 2010b(Lasserre, , 2011Arnarsson et al, 2014, p. 88-104;Lasserre, 2014;Têtu, Pelletier et Lasserre, 2015;. Dans ce contexte d'ouverture relative des accès maritimes et du fait de l'importante demande domestique chinoise en matières premières, on souligne également que les entreprises chinoises du secteur extractif seraient en mesure d'effectuer des économies sur les coûts de transport maritime, et pourraient plus aisément accéder aux gisements miniers du Groenland et de l'Arctique canadien (Ebinger et Zambetakis, 2009;Chircop, 2011;Conley et al 2013;Alexeeva et Lasserre, 2013;Huang et Lasserre, 2013;Lasserre et Têtu, 2014;Alexeeva, Lasserre et Têtu, 2015;Hansen et al, 2016).…”

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“…Les projets miniers visés par des intérêts chinois au Groenland, au-delà du 49 e parallèle canadien, et dans le Grand Nord québécois − ce dernier territoire étant défini comme les terres arctiques du Québec (Hamelin, 1996) et correspondant au territoire du Plan Nord, ce vaste programme de développement durable du Nord québécois (Société du Plan Nord, 2015) − ont été identifiés à partir des bases de données des différents départements miniers des territoires visés ici. Les données ont ensuite été validées à partir de travaux récents (Lasserre et Têtu, 2014;Têtu, Pelletier, Lasserre, 2015;Têtu, Moffet, Lasserre, 2015;Lajeunesse et Lackenbauer, 2016;Lasserre et Têtu, à paraître). Ensuite, par des recherches simples et avancées sur le World Wide Web, les entreprises chinoises mères et leurs filiales, chinoises ou étrangères, ont été identifiées, à partir principalement des sites Internet des investisseurs chinois et, le cas échéant, de leurs partenaires.…”

Section: Identification Des Projets Miniers Visés Par Des Intérêts Chinois Et Les Acteurs Concernésunclassified

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Projets d’investissements miniers chinois dans l’arctique

Têtu

Lasserre

2017

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La Chine, premier importateur mondial de matières premières depuis le début du 21e siècle, est attentive au potentiel minier de l’Arctique. Des investissements directs à l’étranger (IDE) chinois dans des projets miniers dans l’Arctique canadien, le Grand Nord québécois et au Groenland ont contribué à faire naître une certaine sinophobie, en raison notamment de la méconnaissance des facteurs qui déterminent le choix de cette région pour ces investissements. Les résultats démontrent que ces territoires sont attrayants en raison de la stabilité politique et du climat compétitif des affaires qui les caractérisent, ainsi que de la qualité de leurs ressources physiques. En revanche, le manque d’infrastructures dans l’Arctique et le coût et la disponibilité de la main-d’oeuvre constituent des facteurs limitatifs.China, the world’s largest importer of raw materials since the beginning of the 21st century, is keeping a watchful eye on the mining potential of the Arctic. Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in mining projects in the Canadian Arctic, Northern Quebec and Greenland have contributed to a certain sinophobia, due in part to a lack of understanding of the factors determining the choice of this region for these investments. The results show that these territories are attractive because of their political stability and competitive business climate as well as the quality of their physical resources. Nonetheless, this attractiveness is diminished by a lack of infrastructure in the Arctic as well as the high cost and reduced availability of labour

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“…In the eastern Canadian Arctic for example, lead and zinc have been shipped every summer from the mid-seventies to the early 2000s from mines in Nanisivik (on Baffin Island) and Little Cornwallis Island (above 75°N in latitude). Nickel currently is shipped out year-round from Deception Bay (northern Quebec) and Voisey's Bay (northern Labrador) (Haley et al 2011;Têtu et al 2015). We can also mention oil and gas exploitation and shipment from the Barents and Kara Seas.…”

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Commercial shipping in the Arctic: new perspectives, challenges and regulations

Guy

Lasserre

2016

Polar Record

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Guy, Emmanuel et Frédéric Lasserre (2016 Summary: maritime traffic is increasing in Arctic seas in the context of climate change. The rapid melting of sea ice led to the widespread belief that traffic was set to rapidly expand, challenging Canadian and Russian-claimed sovereignties over their respective Arctic passage, and underlining the risk posed by such a traffic in a risky but fragile environment. If projections on potential traffic for the medium term are probably exaggerated, the increasing traffic nevertheless challenges the adequacy of the regulatory framework.

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The mining industry in Canada north of the 55th parallel: a maritime traffic generator?

Cited by 16 publications

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Ecological risk assessment of predicted marine invasions in the Canadian Arctic

Ecological risk assessment of predicted marine invasions in the Canadian Arctic

Projets d’investissements miniers chinois dans l’arctique

Commercial shipping in the Arctic: new perspectives, challenges and regulations

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