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

Date

1997-12-31

Document type

report

Parties

BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP Minerals, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., Dia Met, Chuck Fipke, Dr. Stewart Blusson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, NWT Water Board, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Canadian government, Dogrib Dene, Chipewyan, Metis, Inuit, Kitikmeot Inuit, Treaty 8 Yellowknives Dene, Lutsel'Ke Dene Band, Treaty 11 Dogrib, Metis Heritage Association, Edzo Metis Local, Echo Bay Mines, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre

Locations

Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Barrenlands, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Arctic Circle, Koala watershed, Long Lake, Kodiak Lake, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Kimberlite pipes, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Fox Pit, Misery, Leslie Lake, Sable, Beartooth Lake, Zach Pond, Airstrip Lake, Brandy Lake, Nancy Lake, Willie Lake, Grizzly Lake, Panda Diversion Channel, Lac de Sauvage, Snare Lake, Rae Lakes, Great Slave Lake, Lutsel'Ke, Kugluktuk, Fort Rae, Edzoo, Wha Ti, Dettah, Fort Providence, Hay River, Exeter Lake, Ursula Lake

Parameters

water quality, water monitoring, aquatic effects, fish populations, fish habitat, fisheries, kimberlite, diamond recovery, processed kimberlite, tailings management, waste rock, sewage treatment, effluent discharge, nutrient loading, dissolved oxygen, mineral content, sediment quality, aluminum, nickel, copper, arsenic, suspended solids, pH, ammonia, permafrost, hydrology, snowcover, precipitation, stream flow, lake ice, evaporation, water temperature, water circulation, wildlife monitoring, caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, foxes, wolverines, bird populations, nesting birds, vegetation, reclamation, revegetation, soil composition, plant growth, acid rock drainage, geochemical characterization, spill response, fuel storage, waste management, air quality, meteorology, archaeological sites, traditional knowledge

Pages

32