Ekati Canada's First Diamond Mine, Grand Opening Special Edition (News/North, October 1998)
A special newspaper edition celebrating the grand opening of Ekati, Canada's first diamond mine, on October 14, 1998, operated by BHP Diamonds Inc. and Dia Met Minerals. The document contains extensive congratulatory messages from northern suppliers and service providers, articles detailing the mine's operations, environmental practices, employment of northern and aboriginal workers, telecommunications infrastructure, and the 25-year development history of the project near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Dia Met Minerals Ltd., Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., Charles Fipke, Stewart Blusson, Northern News Services, Government of the Northwest Territories, Arctic Camp Services, Universal Ogden, Arctic Cooperatives, Sirius Diamonds, De Beers, NorthwesTel, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Canadian North, Dogrib Treaty 11, Treaty 8, Kitikmeot Inuit, North Slave Metis Alliance
- Locations
- Ekati, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Fox Lake, Misery Lake, Barrenlands, Mackenzie River Valley, Franklin Mountains, Point Lake, Antwerp, Kugluktuk, Coppermine, Great Slave Lake, Bathurst caribou herd area
- Parameters
- diamond production, carat output, capital costs, water quality, caribou migration, wildlife habitat, environmental monitoring, fish diversion channels, fuel consumption, ice road logistics, kimberlite pipes, ore processing, tailings management, reclamation, employment, aboriginal hiring quotas
- Pages
- 28
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