Summary of the Independent Review of the BHP Diamond Mine Process (CIRL, 1997)
This independent review by the Canadian Institute of Resources Law examines the regulatory processes, agreements, and decision-making framework that led to approval of BHP's diamond mine in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories. The report documents the Environmental Agreement, water licence, Impact and Benefits Agreements, and Socio-Economic Agreement, and provides recommendations for applying this model to future mineral development in the North.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Canadian Institute of Resources Law, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, BHP Diamonds Inc., Government of the Northwest Territories, Aboriginal groups, Northwest Territories Water Board, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, World Wildlife Fund
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Canada, Calgary, Ottawa
- Parameters
- environmental assessment, water licensing, fish habitat compensation, reclamation, water quality and effects monitoring, waste disposal, environmental management, socio-economic impacts, employment and training, land claims
- Pages
- 32
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