Ekati diamond mine (Dominion Diamond)
Ekati mine, Northwest Territories, Canada
A northern diamond mine composts its food waste instead of burning or burying it, saving 66,000 gallons of diesel a year.
- Sector
- Municipal & Industrial
- Application
- Mines & remote sites
- Location
- Ekati mine, Northwest Territories, Canada
- System
- 10-metre BROME composter
- Scale
- Up to 1 t of inputs per day
Results
- 66,000 galof diesel saved per year
- 615 tof greenhouse gases avoided
- 1 t/daycomposting capacity
The challenge
Dominion Diamond wanted its Ekati site to be the first northern mine to compost most of its waste instead of incinerating or burying it. The mine produces more than half a ton of organic waste every day, so the composter needed enough capacity.
The solutionBrome Compost set up a 10-metre composting unit that can transform up to a metric ton of inputs a day. The compost is laid out in a fenced area for up to a year, then used as an amendment for soil remediation in the mine’s land reclamation programs.
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