Worker injured at Diavik mine
One person at Diavik Diamond Mine has been injured. The accident happened yesterday afternoon while they were operating an excavator. The employee has been transported…
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Four additional COVID cases in Fort Smith
Four more people have gotten COVID-19 in Fort Smith. They are all connected to the individual case announced earlier this week. Public health officials say…
CPHO reports two cases of COVID-19 in NWT mines
The release said the cases pose no additional risk to the territory.
In a matter of days, the NWT has reported three cases of COVID-19 in the territory. An Alberta resident has tested positive for COVID-19 at…
Diavik COVID-19 case cleared
The office of the chief public health officer (OCPHO) says the investigation into a case of COVID-19 at Diavik Diamond Mine is over. The case…
Dominion Diamond parent company makes sole bid for Ekati assets worth US$126M
Dominion's stake in Diavik was left out of the deal.
Dominion Diamond Mines has accepted a bid for its Ekati assets from two affiliates of its parent company, the Washington Companies. The bid is worth…
No ‘ongoing heightened risk’ of COVID-19 at Diavik: GNWT
Dr. Kami Kandola, the NWT’s chief public health officer, says there is no longer a risk of COVID-19 at Diavik Diamond Mine. Her office has…
Dominion Diamond intends to sell assets to parent company for $175 million
Dominion Diamond Mines ULC, the owner of Ekati Diamond Mine, says it intends to sell “substantially all” of its assets to its parent company The…
Dominion Diamond Mines files for creditor protection
The owner of the Ekati diamond mine, the largest in the Northwest Territories, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta…
Mackenzie Valley Review Board approves amendment to Diavik closure plan despite possible ‘adverse impacts’
“The Project is likely to result in significant adverse impacts.” Those words are bolded in a recent report issued by the Mackenzie Valley Review Board…
New Diavik closure project could see processed kimberlite under Lac de Gras
How important are the perceived effects of development on the land? That was one of the main questions at a public hearing on a possible…