Submission to BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel (The Mining Association of Canada, February 1996)
The Mining Association of Canada submits a statement to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel in support of the proposed Ekati diamond mine at Lac de Gras, NWT, emphasizing its substantial economic benefits including employment, government revenues, GDP contribution, and strategic importance to Canada's investment climate, while addressing environmental management, aboriginal engagement, and alignment with the Whitehorse Mining Initiative principles.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- The Mining Association of Canada, BHP, Environmental Assessment Panel, Syncrude, Cameco, Cogema, NWT Chamber of Mines, Whitehorse Mining Initiative participants
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Canada, Yellowknife, Faro, Yukon, Slave Geological Province, northern Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, Cluff Lake, Arctic
- Parameters
- employment, economic contribution, fiscal revenues, GDP contribution, environmental management, acidic mine drainage, tailings management, waste rock management, site reclamation, flora and fauna impacts, cumulative impacts, aboriginal involvement, water quality, ecosystem protection
- Pages
- 14
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