Presentation to the Environmental Assessment Review Panel, BHP Diamond Mine Scoping (Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce, April 1995)
The Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce presents to the Environmental Assessment Review Panel on the BHP/Dia Met proposed diamond mine at Lac de Gras, outlining five key issues—administrative office location, Northern employment practices, purchasing policies, value-added industries, and community benefits—and requesting specific commitments from BHP to maximize economic benefits to the Northwest Territories business community.
- Date
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce, Environmental Assessment Review Panel, BHP, Dia Met, Fred Leonardis, Gabrielle Decorby, Government of the Northwest Territories, Royal Oak, Miramar, Treminco, Lupin mine, Government of Canada
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River Basin, Koala site, Fox pipes, Panda pipe, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, Edmonton, Namibia, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Western Australia, London, North Slave, South Slave, Kitikmeot
- Parameters
- northern employment, work rotation schedules, purchasing policies, value-added industries, diamond sorting, diamond cutting, gem quality diamonds, employment compensation, economic development, community benefits, socio-economic impacts, administrative office operations, contractor employment, Northern hiring, federal funding, GDP impact, taxation revenue, housing costs, cost of living
- Pages
- 65
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