BHP Diamonds Facts, Issue 3 (BHP Billiton, 1999)
This is a corporate fact sheet from BHP Diamonds Inc. detailing the Ekati Diamond Mine, Canada's first diamond mine located near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories. The document provides comprehensive information on the mine's history, ownership structure, operational infrastructure, environmental management, and workforce, covering the period from discovery in 1990 through official opening in October 1998.
- Date
- 1999
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, Dia Met Minerals Ltd., Charles E. Fipke, Stewart E. Blusson, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Akaitcho Treaty 8, North Slave Metis Alliance, Inuit of Kugluktuk, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Echo Bay Mines Ltd., H.A. Simons, I.D.H. Diamonds NV
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Lac de Gras, Point Lake, Koala Camp, Panda pit, Misery pipe, Koala Lake, Grizzly Lake, Kodiak Lake, Little Lake, Wekweti, Rae Lakes, Wha Ti, Edzo, Fort Rae, Dettah, Fort Providence, Lutselk'e, Great Slave Lake, Hay River, Arctic Circle, Antwerp, Belgium, Vancouver, South Africa, Russia, Iqaluit, Yukon, Lupin
- Parameters
- diamond mining, kimberlite, open pit mining, underground mining, ore processing, water quality, wildlife habitat, caribou, grizzly bears, fish species, vegetation, sewage treatment, fuel storage, power generation, explosives, ammonium nitrate, environmental impact, security, health and safety
- Pages
- 8
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