Covia Canada Ltd. - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

ERO number
026-0851
Ministry reference number
1000447841
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
August 13, 2026 - September 27, 2026 (45 days) Open
Last updated

This consultation closes at 11:59 p.m. on:
September 27, 2026

Proposal summary

This proposal is for an amendment to the Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. A-500-3110216792 with Limited Operational Flexibility for Covia Canada Ltd., an industrial mineral mining and processing facility, located in the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

260 Unimin Road
Havelock Belmont Methuen, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Covia Canada Ltd.
260 Unimin Road, P.O. Box 2000
Havelock, ON
K0L 1Z0
Canada

Proposal details

This proposal is for an amendment to the Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. A-500-3110216792 with Limited Operational Flexibility for Covia Canada Ltd., an industrial mineral mining and processing facility, located in the Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Ontario.

The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include:

  • dust collectors
  • drying, crushing, conveying, screening, milling, classification, and shipping of processed nepheline syenite
  • burners
  • heaters
  • diesel pumps
  • gasoline pumps
  • fugitive sources including mechanical building vents, tailings, stockpiles, and roads.

The amendment includes replacing one existing burner. Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • aluminum oxide
  • calcium oxide
  • ferric oxide
  • magnesium oxide
  • nitrogen oxides
  • sulfur dioxide
  • suspended particulate matter

The Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise), when issued, permits modifications to the facility subject to limits on operational flexibility that include a production limit for the facility to be specified on the Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise). The Limited Operational Flexibility conditions have an expiry date. The company will be required to make an application for amendment at that time to renew these conditions.

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40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto, ON
M4V 1M2
Canada

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