Effects of Diamond Mining Activities on Aquatic Ecosystems, Chapter 4 — A Review of the Environmental Effects of Diamond Mining (1995)
This technical report reviews the environmental effects of diamond mining activities on aquatic ecosystems globally, with particular focus on the Northwest Territories. It examines the mineralogy of kimberlites, physical and chemical effects during exploration, construction, operation, and reclamation phases, and discusses biological impacts on aquatic organisms including effects of sediment, water quality degradation, habitat destruction, and streamflow alterations.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds, IEMA, Fraser and Hawkesworth, Solomon et al., Government of Russia, PNO Yakutalmaz
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, South Africa, Botswana, former Soviet Union, Republic of South Africa, Finsch mine, NWT, Orapa mine, Argyle mine, Australia, Guinea, Aredor mine, Russia, Okavango, Letlhakane mine, Ghana, Consolidated African Selection Trust, River Ord, River Vilyui, Oranjemund mine, Trinity River, California, Lewiston Dam, Baoule river, Boro River, Boteti River, Mopipi swamp, Smoke Creek, Kununurra, Williston Lake, British Columbia, Yellowknife, Ingraham trail, Maryland, Conowinga Dam, North Esk-St. Patricks River, Tasmania, Barren River Lake Reservoir, Kentucky
- Parameters
- water quality, suspended sediment, sediment deposition, heavy metals, chromium, nickel, copper, arsenic, lead, mercury, zinc, cadmium, phosphorous, nitrogen compounds, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, pH, kimberlite composition, mineralogy, acid mine drainage, tailings, process water, dissolved oxygen, fish spawning habitat, benthic macroinvertebrate, aquatic ecosystem, streamflow alteration, habitat destruction, toxicity, flocculant treatment
- Pages
- 22
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