Tailings and Waste Management
With a commitment to environmental stewardship and safety, we provide comprehensive tailings and waste management services, including planning, design, and implementation of tailings storage facilities (TSFs). Our solutions emphasize both operational efficiency and environmental protection, meeting stringent regulatory standards and client expectations.
Our areas of expertise provide comprehensive, client-focused solutions tailored to the mining and resource industries.
Scoping and feasibility studies
Scoping and feasibility studies to evaluate project viability, identify potential options with their opportunities and challenges, and establish a strong foundation for informed decision-making and strategic planning.
Tailings dam design and certification
Tailings dam design and certification to ensure compliance with regulatory standards, prioritize safety, and deliver reliable, effective containment solutions tailored to project requirement.
Hazard classification
Consequence Category Assessment (CCA) of mine tailings and water dams to establish appropriate design criteria and operational requirements, ensuring risk management aligns with regulatory and safety standards.
Tailings deposition modelling
Tailings deposition modeling that utilizes slurry tailings operational parameters and containment characteristics to effectively manage tailings storage, water balance, and storage capacity, thereby supporting ongoing TSF management and expansion planning.
Mine water management
Comprehensive mine water management to optimize water usage, control discharge, and ensure environmental compliance, with integrated water return systems, enhanced water reliability, and a focus on water reuse for sustainable operations throughout the mining lifecycle.
Tailings dam safety inspection and reporting
Tailings dam safety inspection and reporting services, including annual, event-driven, and comprehensive inspections, conducted in accordance with industry guidelines to ensure safe operation, alignment with design intent, and regulatory compliance.
TSF operation support and critical controls
Developing an Operations, Maintenance, and Surveillance (OMS) manual that outlines performance objectives and incorporates site-specific risk controls, including Trigger Action Response Plans (TARPs), to provide operators with best practices tailored to the facility's operations, ensuring sustained integrity and effectiveness throughout the facility lifecycle.
Emergency preparedness and response
Providing support to tailings dam operators in developing an Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPRP) to address unusual scenarios, including potential dam failure. This ensures readiness and effective response to protect human life, minimize property damage, and reduce environmental harm during unplanned or emergency events.
Instrumentation and monitoring
Instrumentation and monitoring services to track and evaluate tailings dam performance, enhancing dam safety and ensuring alignment with the design intent. Our approach focuses on obtaining critical data through site-specific instrumentation and a tailored monitoring regime that addresses the unique conditions and potential failure modes of each site and structure.
Waste Rock Dump (WRD) and Heap Leach engineering and design
Waste Rock Dump (WRD) and Heap Leach engineering, design and instrumentation services, focused on creating stable, efficient, and environmentally sustainable structures that meet site-specific conditions and regulatory requirements.
Progressive rehabilitation and closure design
Progressive rehabilitation and closure design to sustainably restore sites over time, ensuring environmental compliance, minimizing long-term liabilities, meeting closure criteria and supporting reclamation efforts as operations transition toward closure.
