Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report 2002, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2003)
This is the Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report for 2002 from BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. for the Ekati Diamond Mine, covering six years of operations under the Environmental Agreement and reporting compliance with four water licences issued by the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board. The report details mining operations, infrastructure development, environmental monitoring programs, waste management, reclamation activities, and compliance with water and environmental regulatory requirements for the year 2002.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Government of the Northwest Territories, Government of Canada, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Charles E. Fipke, Dr. Stewart E. Blusson
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Arctic Circle, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Wekweti, Arctic tundra, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Koala North, Misery Pit, Fox Pit, Sable Pit, Pigeon Pit, Beartooth Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility, Grizzly Lake, Little Lake, Fox Lake, King Pond, Panda Diversion Channel, Nero Lake, Nema Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, freshwater use, lake levels, process water use, mine water discharges, sewage treatment, processed kimberlite management, waste rock storage, acid rock drainage, greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, dust suppression, caribou abundance, wildlife effects monitoring, aquatic effects monitoring, fish habitat, reclamation, closure costs, environmental management, spill response, dewatering activities, effluent quality
- Pages
- 105
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