A Review of the Environmental Effects of Diamond Mining, Chapter 3: Description of Mining Activities (BHP Billiton, 1995)
This technical chapter describes diamond mining activities worldwide, including exploration methods, ore extraction techniques (alluvial, open pit, and underground mining), mineral processing, tailings disposal, water and energy management, mine infrastructure requirements, and reclamation practices relevant to assessing environmental impacts of diamond mining operations.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Ekati Diamond Mine, De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, Uranerz Exploration and Mining, Canadian Geological Survey, Department of Water Affairs (South Africa), Government of Russia
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, North America, Canada, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Russia, South Africa, Botswana, Australia, Finsch mine, Argyle mine, Orapa mine, Letlhakane mine, Mirny, Kimberley, Fort à la Corne, Kununurra, Yellowknife, Lake Argyle, Smoke Creek, Vaal River, Limpopo River, Boteti River, Ord River, Vilyui River, River Irelyah
- Parameters
- diamond deposits, kimberlite pipes, ore processing, water consumption, water quality, tailings management, waste rock, energy requirements, heavy mineral sampling, magnetic surveys, geophysical surveys, ore extraction, alluvial mining, open pit mining, underground mining, mineral processing, heavy-medium separation, diamond recovery, erosion and sedimentation, permafrost, dust control, mine closure, revegetation, tailings stabilization, mine reclamation
- Pages
- 25
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