Environmental Impact Report 2022, Ekati Diamond Mine (Arctic Canadian Diamond Company, December 2023)
The 2022 Environmental Impact Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine documents environmental activities and monitoring results from 2019 to 2021, fulfilling requirements of the 1997 Environmental Agreement between Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd. (operator) and the governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories. The report assesses effects on four valued ecosystem components (air, land, water, wildlife), identifies 21 key environmental risks, and describes management practices and adaptive strategies employed to minimize the mine's environmental footprint.
- Date
- 2023-12-22
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd., Burgundy Diamond Mines Limited, Government of the Northwest Territories, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, BHP Diamonds Inc., Tłįchọ, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Chipewyan, Métis, Copper Inuit, Kitikmeot Inuit Association
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Point Lake, Yellowknife, Coppermine River, Arctic Ocean, Koala Watershed, King-Cujo Watershed, Pigeon Watershed, Horseshoe Watershed, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Koala North Pit, Beartooth Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Lynx Pit, Pigeon Pit, Sable Pit, Leslie Lake, Slipper Lake, Cujo Lake, Christine Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Horseshoe Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond Settling Facility, Main Camp, Misery Camp, Perth, Calgary, Antwerp
- Parameters
- air quality, fugitive dust, particulate emissions, gaseous emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, diesel fuel consumption, permafrost, groundwater, water quality, processed kimberlite, minewater management, waste rock storage, fish habitat, caribou, wildlife, vegetation, lichen, snow chemistry, mercury, selenium, aquatic ecosystem, benthos, phytoplankton, zooplankton, Arctic Grayling, Lake Trout, closure costs, reclamation, environmental monitoring, adaptive management, traditional knowledge
- Pages
- 644
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