Alternatives to Accelerate Pit Water Infilling, EIS Additional Information Request 16 (BHP Billiton, December 1995)
This document provides BHP's response to a panel request for alternatives to accelerate water infilling of mined-out open pits at the Ekati Diamond Mine, discussing options such as waste rock backfilling, tailings deposition, and surface water diversion, along with their environmental and economic trade-offs for each pit.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- BHP, Panel
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Panda pit, Koala pit, Fox pit, Leslie pit, Misery pit, Kodiak Lake, Vulture Lake, Moose Lake, Nero Lake, Nora Lake, Tri-Hump Lake, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- pit infilling, water diversion, backfilling, waste rock deposition, tailings deposition, surface water, freshet flow, fisheries habitat, aquatic resources, mine development sequence, ore production, diamond output
- Pages
- 7
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