Diamonds Update, Issue 4 (BHP Billiton, December 1997)
BHP Diamonds' December 1997 newsletter announces the renaming of the NWT Diamonds Project to Ekati Diamond Mine and reports significant progress on construction (70% complete), reaching one million work hours without a lost-time accident, and details on diamond sorting/marketing plans, employment initiatives, environmental management, and community engagement as the mine approaches production in October 1998.
- Date
- 1997-12-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Dia Met Minerals, Charles Fipke, Stewart Blusson, James R. Rothwell, H.A. Simons Ltd., Northwestel, First Air, Canadian Airlines, Braden Burry Expediting, IDH Diamonds NV, Government of the Northwest Territories, Dogrib Nation, Treaty 11 Council, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Panda Pit, Koala North, Bear Tooth, Point Lake, Misery pit, Yellowknife, Antwerp, Belgium, Canada, Slave geological province, Mackenzie Valley, Yukon Territory, Fort Smith, Edmonton, Kitikmeot, Calgary, Vancouver, Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk, Beaufort Sea, Norman Wells, Port Hardy, Island Copper, Lupin Mine, Regina, Iqaluit, Gjoa Haven, Hay River
- Parameters
- diamond sorting, diamond polishing, diamond marketing, rough diamonds, diamond valuation, kimberlite pipes, chrome diopside, kimberlite indicator minerals, microdiamond results, safety record, lost time accidents, construction progress, waste management, waste oil recycling, waste batteries, incinerator emissions, water quality, weather monitoring, caribou, environmental impact, northern employment, aboriginal employment, gender diversity, supplier diversity
- Pages
- 8
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