CBC
Proposed volcanic-rock mine divides northern New Brunswick town
In a vast quarry on New Brunswick’s north shore, Réjean Carrier looks up at towering walls of ashen-grey rock, cut deep into the landscape. “We have this presence of volcanic ashes in a zone around Dalhousie,” he explains in French, pointing out a rock called pozzolan. “It will bring good jobs to the area.”Carrier, president of Quebec-based Carboniq Inc., hopes to turn an existing quarry into an open mine to extract the material as a low-carbon alternative for the cement industry.His vision is t
