Environmental Agreement and Water Licence Annual Report 2000, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2001)
BHP Diamonds Inc. submitted its 2000 Environmental Agreement and Water Licence Annual Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, documenting the second full year of mine production and compliance with regulatory requirements. The report covers mining operations at four kimberlite pits, environmental monitoring programs, reclamation activities, and continuous improvements including management of processed kimberlite, sewage discharge relocation, and mitigation of low dissolved oxygen in Kodiak Lake.
- Date
- 2001-03-31
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP Limited, Dia Met Minerals Limited, Charles Fipke, Dr. Stewart Blusson, Government of the Northwest Territories, Canada, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Echo Bay Lupin Mine Ltd., University of Alberta, Nuna Logistics, BHP Minerals
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Koala North Pit, Misery Pit, Fox Pit, Beartooth Pit, Sable Pit, Pigeon Pit, Long Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, Kodiak Lake, North Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Grizzly Lake, Panda Diversion Channel, Upper Panda Lake, Little Lake, Cujo Lake, Thinner Lake, Nero Lake, King Pond, Grizzly Stream, Grizzly Creek, Paul Lake, Lac du Sauvage Esker, Ursula Lake, Tibbitt to Contwoyto Lake Winter Road, Echo Bay
- Parameters
- water quality, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, total suspended solids, metals, ammonia, sewage effluent, processed kimberlite, waste rock, ore production, freshwater use, dewatering, lake levels, process water use, sedimentation ponds, acid rock drainage, geochemical characterization, aquatic effects monitoring, fish habitat, caribou, wildlife effects monitoring, vegetation, reclamation, closure costs, air quality, emissions, meteorology, hydrology, spills, hydrocarbon contamination, eutrophication, sediment transport
- Pages
- 394
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