Mines

Earlier this spring, two pickup trucks belonging to the industrial technology company ABB were set on fire in the parking lot of their main Montreal office. ABB specializes in the electrification and automation of industry. They are a cog in the machine of the devastating “ecological transition” on an international level. ABB has a contract with Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) to build a substation for the Matawinie graphite mine in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, recently declared a project of “national interest” by the government of Canada. NMG claims this substation will eventually allow the mine to run fully electrically.

Red spray paint spelling “FUCK TON NOUVEAU MONDE” (translation: fuck your new world), and a large amount of green paint were recently seen on Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Griffintown offices. Nouveau Monde Graphite is a Quebec company specialized in graphite mining and refinement. They plan to build the world’s first all-electric open-pit mine a couple hours north of Montreal, in St Michel des Saints, with construction projected to begin this year. ...