Mine Reclamation & Closure Workshop Report (Terra Firma, April 2005)
A workshop report documenting the Mine Reclamation and Closure Workshop held February 1–3, 2005 in Yellowknife, which brought together government, industry, Aboriginal representatives, and regulators to discuss mine closure and reclamation objectives, terminology, best practices, and the integration of Traditional Knowledge in mine site remediation planning for northern Canada.
- Date
- 2005-04-21
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board (EMAB), Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), BHP Billiton (BHPB), De Beers Canada, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), Natural Resources Canada, Tech Cominco, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Tli Cho, YK Dene First Nation, Terra Firma Consultants, Gartner Lee Limited
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ekati Diamond Mine, Colomac, Polaris Mine, Giant Mine, Con Mine, Thor Lake, Stark Lake, Lutsel K'e, Long Lake Containment Facility, Panda pit, North Pile, Outpost Island, Great Slave Lake, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Yukon, Alberta
- Parameters
- mine closure, mine reclamation, restoration, remediation, rehabilitation, reclamation objectives, waste rock piles, tailings management, acid rock drainage, water quality, permafrost, progressive reclamation, revegetation, caribou, Traditional Knowledge, environmental assessment, financial security/bonding, contaminated soil, hydrocarbon contamination, closure costs, end land use, risk-based assessment, closure criteria, kimberlite containment
- Pages
- 161
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