Waste Management Plans, Additional Information Response to Panel Information Request 603a, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 1995)
This document is a detailed response to a regulatory panel's information requests regarding waste management plans for the Ekati Diamond Mine, specifically addressing tailings management, water treatment facilities, nitrogen contamination from ANFO explosives, dam failure scenarios, and waste rock drainage control. The response includes engineering designs for a Long Lake tailings facility with sequential cells, water clarification methods tested during bulk sampling, contingency plans for dam failures, and management practices to minimize ammonia losses from explosive use.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), BHP Diamonds Inc., EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., ICI Explosives Canada, Placer Dome Inc., Falconbridge Limited, Hemlo Gold Mines Inc., Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Ontario Mining Association
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Long Lake, Exeter Lake, Kodiak Lake, Leslie Lake, Lac de Gras, Koala drainage, Misery pit, Fox pit, Panda pit, North dump, Coppermine River, Bloody Falls, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Providence Lake, Point Lake, Fairy Lake, Melville Creek, Timmins, Ontario, Sudbury, Ontario, Marathon, Ontario
- Parameters
- tailings management, water treatment, turbidity, suspended solids (TSS), nitrogen contamination, nitrate, ammonia, ANFO explosives, water quality, acid generating material, waste rock leaching, permafrost, dam failure scenarios, seepage, aluminum concentration, pH, filtration, clarification
- Pages
- 43
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