Environmental Agreement Annual Report 1998, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 1999)
BHP Diamonds Inc.'s 1998 Environmental Agreement Annual Report documents the Ekati Diamond Mine's transition from construction to operations, including compliance monitoring results, environmental studies, wildlife and aquatic effects monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives. The report covers operations of the Panda pit, water licence compliance, processed kimberlite management, and various mitigation measures for environmental protection in the Northwest Territories.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP, Government of the Northwest Territories, Canada, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Environment Canada, Northwest Territories Water Board, Dia Met Minerals Limited, Charles Fipke, Stewart Blusson, Enviro-Test Laboratories, University of Alberta
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Sable Pit, Kodiak Lake, Long Lake, Grizzly Lake, Little Lake, Leslie Lake, Polar Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Duchess Lake, Larry Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Panda Diversion Channel, Koala watershed, Ursula Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, freshwater use, dewatering activities, lake levels, process water use, processed kimberlite containment, sedimentation ponds, minewater discharges, sewage treatment, ammonia, total suspended solids, dissolved oxygen, aquatic effects, fish habitat, Arctic grayling, caribou abundance, wildlife monitoring, carnivores, birds, meteorology, hydrology, air quality, total suspended particulate, snow surveys, vegetation surveys, acid rock drainage, geochemical characterization, waste rock management, revegetation, reclamation, archaeological investigations, spill incidents, waste management, emissions, soil contamination, dust control
- Pages
- 136
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