BHP Environmental Report 97, Covering Fiscal Year 1995 to 1996 (BHP Billiton, 1997)

Date

1997

Document type

report

Parties

BHP, BHP Minerals, BHP Copper, BHP Steel, BHP Petroleum, BHP Transport, BHP Engineering, BHP Power, Ok Tedi Mining Limited, Papua New Guinea Government, Esso Australia Ltd, Royal Society for Protection of Birds, RAMSAR Convention, Australian Quarantine Inspection Service, University of Tasmania, Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation, Western Australia Department of Mines and Energy, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority, British Columbia Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources, Mining Association of British Columbia

Locations

Northwest Territories, Canada, Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Island Copper, Vancouver Island, Canada, Rupert Inlet, Ok Tedi, Papua New Guinea, Star Mountains, Escondida Mine, Atacama Desert, Chile, Bass Strait, Australia, Liverpool Bay, North Wales, Douglas Field, Point of Ayr, Wales, Dee and Mersey Estuaries, Groote Eylandt, Australia, Cannington, Australia, Pilbara, Western Australia, Central Queensland, Australia, Newcastle, New South Wales, Port Kembla, New South Wales, Whyalla, South Australia, Western Port, Victoria, Australia, Tyabb, Victoria, Kooragang Island, Newcastle, George Town, Tasmania, Tasmania, Hartley Platinum, Zimbabwe, Beenup, Australia, Appin and Tower collieries, Pinto Valley, Arizona, USA, Senakin, Kalimantan, Indonesia, Togian Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southern Australian waters, Great Australian Bight, South Australia, South Eastern Australia, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, Western Province, Lower Ok Tedi, Fly River, Kwiape, Melbourne, Victoria, United States, Peru, New Zealand, North and South East Asia, North America, Africa, 70 countries

Parameters

water quality, emissions to air, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide, methane, sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulates, dust, benzene, dioxins, discharges to water, suspended solids, copper, oil spills, cyanide, ammonia, phenols, ballast water, energy use, energy intensity, fresh water use, land use and rehabilitation, ozone depleting substances, halon emissions, recycling and waste, tailings, acid mine drainage, biodiversity, ecosystem impact, wildlife, caribou, Southern Right whales, seismic impact on marine life, coastal habitats, wetlands, closure costs, environmental management systems, ISO 14001 certification, health risk assessment, steelworks emissions, coalbed methane

Pages

24