Environmental Agreement Annual Report 1997, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 1998)

Date

1998-04-30

Document type

report

Parties

BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP Minerals, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., Dia Met Minerals Limited, Charles Fipke, Stewart Blusson, Simons Mining Group, Taiga Environmental Laboratories, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Government of the Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories Water Board

Locations

Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Sable Pit, Koala Lake, Panda Lake, Long Lake, Kodiak Lake, Grizzly Lake, Little Lake, Airstrip Lake, Vulture Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Polar Lake, Beartooth Lake, Sable Lake, Zach Pond, Koala Lake, Panda Diversion Channel, Koala Watershed, Lac de Gras, Leslie Lake, Misery Lake, Ursula Lake, Larry Lake, Unnamed Lake, Counts Lake, Nanuq Lake, Canadian Shield, Lutselk'e, Fort Rae, Wha Ti, Edzo, Rae Lakes, Dettah, Hay River, Great Slave Lake, Echo Bay

Parameters

water quality, water licence compliance, freshwater use, dewatering activities, lake levels, process water use, processed kimberlite containment, sedimentation ponds, minewater discharges, sewage treatment, surveillance network program, aquatic monitoring, sediment quality, limnological properties, primary producers, secondary producers, fish communities, wildlife monitoring, caribou, bears, wolves, foxes, birds, vegetation, habitat associations, meteorology, hydrology, air quality, fisheries resources, habitat survey, reclamation, revegetation, traditional knowledge, archaeology, ammonia, total suspended solids, pH, arsenic, copper, nickel, aluminum, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, BOD, oil and grease, PAH, total metals, closure costs, acid rock drainage, geochemical characterization, waste rock management, ore storage, spill incidents, materials management, waste management

Pages

121