Closure Options Evaluation Minesite Tour (BHP Billiton, July 2006)
This document is a comprehensive presentation and tour package for the Ekati Diamond Mine closure options evaluation conducted July 7-9, 2006, involving community representatives, regulators, and IEMA. It details closure options for major mine components (open pits, waste rock storage areas, the Panda Diversion Channel, and Long Lake Containment Facility), technical information on mining operations, and BHP Billiton's environmental and social commitments.
- Date
- 2006-07-07
- Document type
- presentation
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Environment Canada (EC), Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources (ENR), Kugluktuk Inuit Association (KIA), Kugluktuk Community Beneficiary Committee (CBC), Lutsel K'e community representatives, North Slave Metis Association (NSMA), Wekeezhii Land and Water Board (WLWB)
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Koala North Pit, Beartooth Pit, Misery Pit, Fox Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility (LLCF), Panda Diversion Channel (PDC), Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Kugluktuk, Lutsel K'e, Main Camp, Underground operations
- Parameters
- closure options evaluation, open pit mining, waste rock storage areas, processed kimberlite containment, water discharge, fish habitat compensation, pit flooding, waste rock backfill, vegetation reclamation, wildlife access control, pit wall resloping, environmental monitoring, water quality, aquatic effects monitoring, wildlife effects monitoring, air quality monitoring, traditional knowledge, health and safety, underground mining operations
- Pages
- 75
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