Environmental Agreement Annual Report 1997, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 1998)
BHP Diamonds Inc.'s 1997 annual report for the Ekati Diamond Mine documents the first year of construction and regulatory compliance under the Environmental Agreement and Water Licence N7L2-1616. The report covers construction progress (approximately 75% complete by year-end 1997), water management activities including dewatering of multiple lakes, comprehensive environmental monitoring results for aquatic ecosystems and wildlife, and compliance with water quality standards and discharge requirements.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP Minerals, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., Dia Met Minerals Limited, Charles Fipke, Stewart Blusson, Government of the Northwest Territories, Canada, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Northwest Territories Water Board, Simons Mining Group, Taiga Environmental Laboratories, Rescan
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Kodiak Lake, Long Lake, Airstrip Lake, Misery Lake, Vulture Lake, Grizzly Lake, Nema Lake, Moose Lake, Slipper Lake, Leslie Lake, Beartooth Lake, Sable Lake, Zach Pond, Koala watershed, Lac de Gras, Ursula Lake, Polar Lake, Nanuq Lake, Counts Lake, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Sable Pit, Lacdu Sauvage, Great Slave Lake, Rae Lakes, Snare Lake, Exeter Lake, Fort Rae, Dettah, Fort Providence, Lutselk'e, Hay River, Wha Ti, Edzo, Canadian Shield, Koala/Panda Waste Rock Storage Area
- Parameters
- water quality, water licence compliance, freshwater use, dewatering activities, lake levels, process water use, processed kimberlite containment, sedimentation ponds, minewater discharges, sewage treatment, aquatic effects monitoring, sediment quality, limnological properties, primary producers, phytoplankton, secondary producers, zooplankton, benthos, fish communities, caribou, wildlife monitoring, carnivores, bears, wolves, foxes, birds, vegetation, habitat associations, meteorological monitoring, hydrology, air quality, total suspended solids, pH, ammonia, arsenic, aluminum, copper, nickel, iron, cadmium, chromium, silver, lead, biological oxygen demand, oil and grease, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, acid rock drainage, geochemical characterization, waste rock management, ore storage, reclamation, revegetation, closure costs, archaeology, traditional knowledge, spill incidents, materials management, waste management
- Pages
- 118
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