Environmental Agreement Annual Report 1998, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 1999)

Date

1999-04-30

Document type

report

Parties

BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP, Government of the Northwest Territories, Canada, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Aboriginal Peoples, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Northwest Territories Water Board, Environment Canada, University of Alberta, Dia Met Minerals Limited, Charles Fipke, Dr. Stewart Blusson, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd.

Locations

Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Fox, Misery, Ursula Lake, Sable pipe, Kodiak Lake, Long Lake, Grizzly Lake, Little Lake, Leslie Lake, Polar Lake, North Panda Lake, Airstrip Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Point Lake, Gazelle Lake, Larry Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Fox Portal, Panda Diversion Channel, Echo Bay Highway, Old Camp, Misery Camp

Parameters

water quality, dissolved oxygen, suspended solids, ammonia, arsenic, processed kimberlite management, mine water discharge, sewage treatment, tailings, waste rock, acid rock drainage, geochemical characterization, caribou abundance, caribou distribution, caribou behaviour, wildlife effects, carnivores, birds, aquatic effects, primary and secondary producers, fish habitat, revegetation, reclamation, air quality, meteorology, hydrology, closure costs, kimberlite toxicity, waste rock seepage, lake sediment suitability, riparian habitat, archaeological investigations, traditional knowledge, freshwater use, dewatering, process water use, lake levels, emissions, spill incidents, waste management, material management

Pages

136