Contribution of BHP Billiton's Ekati Diamond Mine to Sustainable Development in Canada's North (BHP Billiton, May 2002)
This conference paper describes BHP Billiton's Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories and its contribution to sustainable development through integrated environmental, economic, and social management. The document outlines the Environmental Agreement, Socio-economic Agreement, and Impact Benefits Agreements established with governments and Aboriginal groups, as well as environmental management practices and monitoring programs.
- Date
- 2002-05-27
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc, Government of Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Dogrib Treaty 11, Akaitcho Treaty 8, North Slave Metis Alliance, Inuit of Kugluktuk
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Arctic Circle, Coppermine River, Bathurst caribou herd migration path, Lutsel K'e, Kugluktuk, Arctic tundra
- Parameters
- water quality, caribou abundance, fish habitat, dissolved oxygen under ice, aquatic effects monitoring, wildlife effects monitoring, permafrost stability, waste rock management, tailings management, eutrophication, employment rates, business spending in northern regions
- Pages
- 6
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