Newspaper and Newsletter Clippings, BHP Diamonds Update Issues 1 to 4 (BHP Billiton, 1997)
BHP Diamonds' December 1997 newsletter reporting on the Ekati Diamond Mine project in the Northwest Territories, covering construction progress (50-70% complete), safety achievements (one million work hours without lost time accident), employment and procurement statistics, operational updates including facility construction, exploration results, and organizational appointments as the project transitions toward production startup in October 1998.
- Date
- 1997-12-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Dia Met Minerals, H.A. Simons Ltd., Charles Fipke, Stewart Blusson, James R. Rothwell, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Government of the Northwest Territories, NorthwesTel, First Air, Canadian Airlines, IDH Diamonds, Echo Bay Mines, Island Copper, Esso, Petro Canada, Aurora College, Braden Burry Expediting
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Panda Pit, Koala North, Bear Tooth, Core Zone, Point Lake, Mackenzie Valley, Yukon Territory, Slave geological province, Yellowknife, Vancouver, Antwerp, Belgium, Calgary, Edmonton, Fort Smith, Port Hardy, Tuktoyaktuk, Inuvik, Beaufort Sea, Norman Wells, Fort Smith, Hay River, Regina, Alberta, Gjoa Haven, Kitikmeot, Toronto, Halifax, Winnipeg, Liverpool, Scotland, Tokyo, Iqaluit, Misery pit, Sable pit
- Parameters
- diamond sorting, diamond marketing, diamond valuation, diamond polishing, rough diamonds, kimberlite pipes, microdiamond results, chrome diopside, white quartz rock, safety performance, lost time accidents, construction schedule, overburden mining, concrete poured, steel fabrication, fuel storage, ammonia nitrate storage, process plant, water quality, waste management, waste oil recycling, incineration, caribou, employment targets, aboriginal employment, northern resident employment, procurement, weather monitoring, air traffic, telecommunications, heating systems, mine closure, environmental monitoring, noise levels
- Pages
- 32
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