Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) Volume 1 - Draft, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2007)
This interim closure and reclamation plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine outlines BHP Billiton's objectives, methods, and timeline for closing and reclaiming the mine site, with operations anticipated to continue until 2020 and post-closure monitoring extending to approximately 2054. The plan addresses six major mine components—open pits, underground mines, waste rock storage areas, processed kimberlite containment facilities, dams/dykes/channels, and buildings/infrastructure—detailing pre-disturbance conditions, closure criteria, engineering approaches, risks, research needs, and monitoring programs.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Government of Northwest Territories
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Sable Open Pit, Pigeon Open Pit, Panda Open Pit, Koala Open Pit, Beartooth Open Pit, Fox Open Pit, Misery Open Pit, Ursula Lake, Upper Exeter Lake, Lac de Gras, Long Lake Containment Facility, Panda Underground Mine, Koala Underground Mine, Kodiak Lake, Upper Panda Lake, Yellowknife, Conwoyto Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, pit lakes, permafrost, waste rock storage, processed kimberlite, pit filling, groundwater, fish habitat, caribou habitat, vegetation cover, erosion control, seepage, water balance, subsidence, climate change, permafrost aggradation, wildlife access, chemical stability
- Pages
- 320
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