Diamonds Update, Issue 4 (BHP Billiton, December 1997)
BHP Diamonds' December 1997 newsletter announces the official naming of the NWT Diamonds Project as the Ekati Diamond Mine, provides construction progress updates showing the project 70% complete with planned Q4 1998 production start, and reports a milestone of one million hours worked without a lost-time accident during construction.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Dia Met Minerals, Charles Fipke, Stewart Blusson, James R. Rothwell, H.A. Simons Ltd., IDH Diamonds, NorthwesTel, Braden Burry Expediting, First Air, Canadian Airlines
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Point Lake, Panda Pit, Koala North, Bear Tooth, Misery pit, Yellowknife, Antwerp, Belgium, Edmonton, Fort Smith, Port Hardy, Norman Wells, Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk, Calgary, Kitikmeot, Vancouver, Iqaluit, Regina, Gjoa Haven, Fort Smith, Hay River, Mackenzie Valley, Yukon Territory, Slave geological province, Greenland, Finland, British Columbia, Nevada
- Parameters
- diamond sorting, diamond marketing, diamond valuation, rough diamonds, kimberlite pipes, microdiamonds, water quality, waste management, recycling, safety, employment, aboriginal employment, northern employment, construction progress, weather monitoring, communications, telecommunications
- Pages
- 8
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