CTV News reports that Nova Scotia has granted industrial approval for the Antrim gypsum mine, paving the way for SureTeed Canada to open a low-carbon open pit operation at Carrolls Corner.
The 27-hectare site, about 50 kilometers northeast of Halifax, received environmental assessment approval in 2024 and was granted an industrial permit this week. The mine is scheduled to begin production in 2027, with an expected production of about 1.5 million tons of gypsum and anhydrite per year and more than 60 full-time jobs. The process is scheduled to continue for more than 20 years.
SureTeed’s project plan calls for the creation of separate tillage and organics stocks, an on-site rock processing plant and water management infrastructure to support environmental controls. All gypsum will be trucked to a port facility in Sheet Harbor for shipment to manufacturing customers in North America.
The approval comes on the heels of the province’s updated 2025 Critical Mining Strategy, which highlights gypsum’s uses in drywall, plaster, cement, fertilisers, dust suppressants, mold making and personal care products. Last month, the province also approved Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia to process about three million tons of gold ore stored at the Touquoy site in the Moose River.
More information is available at www.Certainteed.ca
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