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	Mining Technology - BHP Diamond Mine - Ekati - Northwest Territories
		Ekati diamond mine, near Lac de Gras in Canada’s Northwest Territories, is about 300km north east of Yellowknife.
		Heavy-medium separation (HMS) using slurried water and ground ferrosilicon separates a diamond concentrate from the crushed ore. Finally, X-ray fluorescence sorters are used to extract the diamonds from the HMS concentrate.
		The mine treated 5.6Mt of ore during 2003 to yield 6.96Mct of diamonds.
	www.mining-technology.com /projects/ekati (815 words)

	Ekati Diamond Mine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ekati is a joint venture between BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (80%), and the two geologists who discovered kimberlite pipes north of Lac de Gras, Chuck Fipke (10%) and Stewart Blusson (10%).
		Ekati officially opened on October 14, 1998, and is operated by BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., a part of the BHP Billiton Group, the world's largest diversified resources company.
		Diamonds from the Ekati Mine are sold under the trade name Aurias.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ekati_Diamond_Mine (283 words)

	Ekati Diamond Mine @ Jewel Info 4 U
		Ekati diamond mine of is one of the most recent diamond mine in the world.
		The mining process includes draining of water from each lake, excavating of the kimberlite from an open pit with shovel and truck and transporting to an 18,000-tones/day-process plant where it is crushed.
		The Ekati diamond mine treated 5.6 million tones of ore during 2003 to yield 6.96 million carats of diamonds, whereas it yield 4.5 million carats during 2004 and 5.11 million carats diamonds during 2005.
	www.jewelinfo4u.com /Ekati_Diamond_Mine.aspx (1055 words)

	Worldwide Diamond Mines \| Canada
		Diamonds from the Ekati mines are found in 45 to 62 million year old kimberlite pipes which lie directly underneath shallow lakes formed in inactive volcanic calderas or craters (crater lakes).
		Diamonds from the Ekati Mine are sold under the trade name "Aurias" and their authenticity is verified through the "CanadaMark" service, operated by BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. BHP Billiton Group is the world's largest diversified resources company.
		The Diavik open-pit diamond mine (above, left) is located approximately 20 kilometers south-east of the Ekati diamond mine and 300 kilometers northeast of the capital city of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
	www.khulsey.com /jewelry/kh_jewelry_diamond_mines_canada.html (414 words)

	List of diamond mines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are a limited number of commercially viable diamond mines currently operating in the world.
		Diamonds are also mined alluvially over disperse areas, where diamonds have been eroded out of the ground and deposited by water or weather action.
		There is also at least one example of a non-commercial diamond mine (Crater of Diamonds).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_diamond_mines (227 words)

	EKATI Diamond Mine
		As the first diamond mine in Canada, and one of the most visible new businesses in Canada's North, the mine operates according to strict criteria established by Territorial and Federal environmental review agencies.
		Rescan scientists (hydrologists, meteorologists, geologists, limnologists, botanists, and fisheries and wildlife biologists) began comprehensive environmental baseline studies of the Ekati Diamond Mine™ project area in 1993 and have continued to conduct environmental studies every year since then.
		While the Ekati AEMP very closely resembled the proposed metal mining EEM program, some refinements and alterations were made to further address potential environmental concerns which apply to mines.
	www.rescan.com /projectsEkati.asp (366 words)

	Natural Resources Canada Speech: 98/90
		Diamonds have become our newest and our most exciting offering in the world, and the future opportunities seem to be very favourable.
		Ekati will bring great benefit to the territories in the long term, including full-time employment for some 600 people during the life of this mine.
		Ekati Mine reminds us also of the importance of the investments that have been made in geoscience.
	www.nrcan.gc.ca /media/archives/speeches/1998/199890_e.htm (927 words)

	Groupe CNW
		The EKATI bargaining team has now reviewed the offer in detail and is in the process of developing a last and final counter-offer to be presented to the union next week, and which it believes will resolve the dispute.
		The EKATI Diamond Mine continues to operate at full capacity with its existing employees, contract workers and alliance partners and is not using any replacement workers, nor does it intend to.
		EKATI Diamond Mine has consistently been named one of the top 100 employers to work for in Canada.
	www.newswire.ca /fr/releases/archive/May2006/26/c1579.html?view=print (371 words)

	Canada: A Diamond Producing Nation
		Diamond exploration began in Canada as early as the 1960s but major kimberlite discoveries were not made until the 1980s.
		Ekati’s average production over its projected 20-year life is expected to peak at three to five million carats a year — four percent of world production by volume.
		Canada’s diamond industry is part of a minerals and metals industry that is one of the world’s largest producers and exporters.
	www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca /mms/diam/index_e.htm (713 words)

	Canadian Diamonds - Canada Jewels
		mine are generally of superb quality, exceptionally white and rival the finest diamonds in the world.
		Canada became a diamond producer on October 14, 1998 when the Ekati™ diamond mine was officially opened, about 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife.
		During its projected 20-year life, average diamond production from this mine is expected to peak at six to eight million carats a year which equates to about five percent of the world’s total supply.
	www.canadajewels.com /pages/canadian.htm (636 words)

	BHP Press Releases - PSAC Northern Region
		Ekati diamond mine owner BHP Billiton’s credibility is shrinking dramatically along with an admitted 36% drop in diamond production at the strike-bound mine, says the union representing 400 striking workers at the Ekati mine.
		Ekati is Canada's first diamond mine and produces 6 per cent of the world's diamond supply by value or 4 per cent by weight and yields 3 to 5 million carats annually.
		Ekati mine workers and their supporters rallied in downtown Toronto to demand a fair Collective Agreement from BHP Billiton.
	www.psacnorth.com /archivedreleases (3343 words)

	Canadian Diamonds with the Official Polar Bear
		Tundra Diamonds, a Canadian diamond brand distributed by New York wholesaler M Ben-Dor Diamonds, now bear the CanadaMark certificate of origin and logo, guaranteeing that the stones are of genuine Canadian origin and have been tracked through the cutting, setting and polishing processes.
		Diamonds from the region are laser-engraved with a maple leaf and an identification number that can be traced directly to their source, guaranteeing customers that they are not buying diamonds stained by death and destruction.
		A diamond could be mined in Sierra Leone, for instance, but be traded to suppliers who say their diamonds are coming from countries not in conflict.
	www.tundradiamonds.com /news.html (4617 words)

	CANADIAN ARCTIC™ Diamonds
		Diamonds from the Canadian Arctic are mined from deep in the frozen rock, in the remote tundra, a place where few believed such treasures could be found.
		The Ekati Diamond Mine™ is located approximately 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, capital city of the Northwest Territories (click for map of mines).
		Located approximately 300 km northeast of Yellowknife (click for map of mines), the project is a joint venture between Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (60 percent), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, and Aber Diamond Corporation (40 percent).
	www.canadianarcticdiamond.com /03_history/history.html (1330 words)

	PSAC - bargaining - Ekati Diamond mine strike - Summer 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		Yellowknife – PSAC members at Ekati diamond mine vote to ratify tentative agreement with Ekati owner BHP Billiton; ending a strike that began April 7 ends with first-ever union contract at a Canadian diamond mine and significant improvements for workers.
		Ekati diamond workers are visiting union members across Canada to ask them to boycott dirty diamonds produced by BHP.
		Some four hundred workers at the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories are the latest to suffer the lack of anti-scab legislation to protect the rights of those whose employment is regulated by the Canada Labour Code.
	www.psac-afpc.org /bargaining/units/territories/nwt/bhp-e.shtml (1606 words)

	BHP expands diamond mine - Business - Business - smh.com.au
		The mine is so remote that it is only accessible by aircraft for most of the year except when an ice road is formed in late winter.
		The Ekati mine recently received a lot of attention in North America because 375 of the 2000 workers have been on strike since early April.
		During the conflict BHP continued to produce diamonds at Ekati even though about one-fifth of its workforce was on strike.
	www.smh.com.au /news/business/bhp-expands-diamond-mine/2006/06/29/1151174330029.html?from=rss (516 words)

	Wenco International Mining Systems Ltd. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		Ekati will initially be installing the system on two dozers, with plans for four more in the future.
		The mine reports that the integration of the systems has allowed them to implement an activity-based costing system that can dissect mining costs by location, mining horizon, development type and other parameters.
		The EKATI Diamond Mine is located in a remote Arctic tundra region near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories, approximately 200 km South of the Arctic Circle, approximately 300 km Northeast of Yellowknife, capital of the Northwest Territories, and 100 km North of the tree line, in an area of continuous permafrost.
	www.wencomine.com /news_ekatidozer.html (508 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		The total net profits which the Ekati mine will produce over its mining life time is rather comparable to Diavik (both figures are in the plus $4 billion range), thus it wouldn’t be unreasonable to infer the present market value of Ekati from the Aber market capitalization.
		To float a part of the Ekati mine on the financial markets would be the most logical course to follow.
		The answer we got from Ekati: that “will be a much cleverer idea than to sell it to another major [mining conglomerate], but we are not even doing that!” That’s the way it is this morning.
	www.tacyltd.com /TenLiner_Full.asp?id=24 (834 words)

	Ekati Diamond Mine
		Ekati Diamond Mine Exploration, production, environmental and other information on this mine, owned by BHP Diamonds, which started...
		Explores the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada using satellite images acquired from Landsat and IKONOS.
		Capturing light with an intensity true to its heritage these are the genuine diamonds from EKATI the original Canadian diamond mine.
	www.scrapbookpockets.com /ekati-diamond-mine.html (112 words)

	The Atlas of Canada - Main Areas for Diamond Exploration
		Indeed, the output of the Ekati mine is expected to reach three to four million carats per year, which is approximately 3% of the world production; and the Diavik mine may produce eight million carats per year by 2002.
		It was recognized that particular attention needed to be brought to the environment because of the fragility of this land.
		But the Ekati mine is expected to produce 3.5 to 4.5 million carats of rough diamonds per year, which are about 4% of the current global production by weight and 6% by value.
	atlas.nrcan.gc.ca /site/english/maps/economic/diamondexploration/diamondexploration/1 (926 words)

	BHP Billiton > EKATI Diamond Mine™
		Mined ore is crushed, scrubbed and ground in the process plant to release diamonds from the surrounding kimberlite.
		Throughout the development and construction and operation of the Ekati Diamond Mine™, BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc has continued to meet with members of the surrounding Aboriginal and local communities, conduct site visits for community residents, and encouraged discussion and information exchanges on land use, mine operations and potential employment.
		Through the EKATI Diamond Mine™ Community Partnership Program, contributions are made to local charities that promote literacy, health and safety for families.
	www.bhpbilliton.com /bb/ourBusinesses/diamondsSpecialtyProducts/ekatiDiamondMinetrade.jsp (825 words)

	Ekati Diamond Mine Workers Strike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		After the breakdown of talks between BHP Billiton, owner of the Ekati diamond mine in Canada's Northwest Territories, and the union representing the mine's workers last week, 400 workers set up a picket line and went on strike Friday morning.
		However, the union said publicly that it doubts the legitimacy of the signatures on the application, suggesting the mine's owner might be involved.
		Ekati is located 300 kilometers from Yellowknife, a region with a history of violent mining labor disputes.
	www.professionaljeweler.com /archives/news/2006/041006story.html (196 words)

	MINES TO MARKET - The International Diamond Conference
		Wayne joined the EKATI Diamond Mine as President and COO in January 2004 and is a Director of the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines.
		At EKATI the mining of the high grade and quality Panda and Koala pipes by open cut methods has reached its economic limits.
		However, as no experience with mining kimberlites by underground methods in the Arctic was available, a test mine was developed and successfully operated for almost two years thus giving us the confidence that larger pipes could be economically and efficiently mined by underground methods.
	www.gjepc.org /mtm/MTM_Review_WIsaacs.aspx?inclpage=Home_page&Section_Id=1 (421 words)

	Planet Ark - BHP disputes Ekati sediment charges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-17)
		BHP, operator and majority owner of the mine, has been charged with violating the Fisheries Act on eight counts alleging it failed to take proper steps to stem the release of sediment in building and operating a diversion channel around two diamond pipes.
		The narrow three kilometre channel diverting water around Ekati's open cast mine was still operating, and Nicholls said there were fish living and spawning in the water.
		Ekati, Canada's first diamond mine, was producing about three million carats a year.
	www.planetark.org /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=7190 (381 words)

	Diamond Cutting
		Prior to this time, diamonds were used in their natural octahedral state.
		At the time, diamonds were valued primarily for their luster and hardness.
		Diamonds have long been prized as a component of jewelry design due to their high light dispersion and extreme hardness.
	www.european-jeweler.com /_diamond_cutting.html (702 words)

	GNWT - Industry, Tourism and Investment - Diamonds
		The mine is expected to yield four to five million carats annually, with an average value of over US$100 per carat.
		The Diavik Diamond Mine is located on a 20 sq.km island in Lac de Gras, 300 km northeast of Yellowknife.
		Construction of the $1.3 billion Diavik Diamond Mine was completed in early 2003, and through that ramp up year Diavik produced 3.8 million carats from the A154 South pipe.
	www.iti.gov.nt.ca /diamond/production.htm (561 words)

	Diavik Canadian Diamonds
		The Diavik diamond project comprises of water retention dikes, a open pit diamond mine, a process plant, kimberlite containment dikes and the associated infrastructure.
		The Diavik diamond mine development includes a 3 km long 25 meter high water retaining dike to permit dewatering and development of the diamond mine.
		The Diavik diamond mine is expected to produce 1.5 million tons of kimberlite material.
	www.canadadiamonds.com /diavik.htm (260 words)

	Diamond Gallery \| The Five Cs of Diamonds
		The area around the EKATI™ Diamond Mine was traditionally known as "e'kati" by the Dogrib and Dene peoples of the Northwest Territories.
		EKATI™ means "fat lake," and refers to the quartz rock which is found in abundance in the area.
		The EKATI™ Diamond Mine is the largest construction project completed north of the Canadian tree line.
	www.diamond-gallery.com /dg/fivecs16.html (257 words)

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