Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on May 1, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Canada has filed 200 charges against ArcelorMittal for violating the Fisheries Act, citing harmful deposits in fish habitats.
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Thursday it laid 200 charges against steelmaker ArcelorMittal's Canada unit for violating the country's Fisheries Act.
The charges stem from several investigations launched by the Canadian environment ministry's enforcement officers.
The concerned subsection of the law prohibits depositing or permitting "the deposit of a deleterious substance in water frequented by fish or in any place where the deleterious substance may enter any such water," the government said.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa and Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese)
The article discusses 200 charges against ArcelorMittal by Canada for violating the Fisheries Act.
ArcelorMittal allegedly violated Canada's Fisheries Act by depositing harmful substances in water frequented by fish.
The investigations were conducted by Canadian environment ministry's enforcement officers.
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