Interim Abandonment and Restoration Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, February 2000)
This interim abandonment and restoration plan describes BHP's strategy for reclaiming disturbed areas at the Ekati Diamond Mine following the mining of four kimberlite pipes (Panda, Koala, Fox, and Misery) over a projected 15-year operational period. The plan details reclamation approaches for open pits, underground facilities, tailings containment areas, waste rock storage, water management structures, quarries, roads, and other infrastructure, emphasizing stable landforms, water resource protection, and facilitation of natural recovery through progressive reclamation, revegetation research, and post-closure monitoring.
- Date
- 2000-02-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP, BHP Diamonds Inc., Northwest Territories Water Board, Technical Advisory Committee, Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Government of the Northwest Territories, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Dia Met
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras watershed, Coppermine River drainage basin, Koala watershed, Panda pit, Koala pit, Fox pit, Misery pit, Long Lake, Long Lake Containment Area, Lac de Gras, Airstrip Esker, Lac du Sauvage, Leslie pit, Nema Lake, Moose Lake, Kodiak Lake, Fox 1 Lake, Fox 2 Lake, Larry Lake
- Parameters
- mine reclamation, abandonment planning, tailings containment, waste rock storage, open pit mining, underground mining, water management, permafrost, revegetation, wetland creation, fish habitat, pit infilling, surface drainage, cover design, ore processing, kimberlite mining, closure costs, environmental monitoring
- Pages
- 105
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