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As the mining industry focuses on improving productivity, reducing operating costs, and venturing into ever more challenging and remote locations for new projects, there is an increased need to look upon water as a whole-project issue.
Learn MoreGroundwater flow in crystalline rock environments with poorly developed or unsaturated saprolite is dominated by fracture flow, whether this be within the upper weathered/fractured zone or deeper in the bedrock where structural discontinuities are present.
Learn MoreDuring the last several decades, global climate change (GCC) has emerged as a key driver of environmental processes.
Learn MoreA robust hydrological assessment can be a challenging task in regions where a lack of data, of a sufficient quality, is available to fully validate both hydrological assessments.
Learn MoreIn 2007, SRK Chile was involved in designing the first large-scale facility for thickened tailings in Chile.
Learn MoreOne of the largest cement manufacturing companies in India, OCL India Limited, produces limestone from its open-cut Lanjiberna mine.
Learn MoreWhen it comes to dewatering and depressurisation at operational mine sites, getting the technical understanding right is only half the story.
Learn MoreMining operations frequently encounter saline groundwater below permafrost on the Canadian Shield.
Learn MoreThe management and use of water is a critical concern for mine project viability and profitability.
Learn MoreAt a large Cu-Au deposit in the Philippines, mineralised porphyries occur below an erosional surface buried by post-mineralisation volcanic and lake-bed deposits (cover sequence); ore lies below the river stage in hilly terrane where rainfall totals 4.8 meters annually.
Learn MoreWater management at sites generating excess impacted water can result in high costs and risks if the development concept is advanced without consideration of certain key aspects.
Learn MoreSRK conducted the water management aspects of a Feasibility Study for the Tete Pig Iron and FerroVanadium Project in Mozambique.
Learn MoreIntegrating groundwater pressures into slope stability modelling is an evolving process in mine design.
Learn MoreShallow groundwater flow in weathered hard rock areas typically focuses on fractured weathered zones, which are often simplistically conceptualised with a uniform thickness and permeability.
Learn MoreMine project Feasibility Studies (FS) usually require the involvement of various consultancies and process design companies where cooperation between the involved parties is critical to the success of the study.
Learn MoreSRK has a long history of evaluating tailings dam hydraulic and hydrological processes.
Learn MorePalabora Copper (PC) operated an open pit to recover copper ore (and secondary metals) from 1964 until 2002, and has since mined the ore by underground block caving.
Learn MoreThe Lorado site is an abandoned uranium milling operation located on the western shore of Nero Lake in northern Saskatchewan.
Learn MoreHeap leach pads are continuously irrigated with raffinate solution during their operational life; typically cyanide solution for gold ore, and sulfuric acid for base metal leaching such as copper or nickel.
Learn MoreIt is becoming increasingly important for mines to stay up-to-date with the latest monitoring technology to ensure water resources are monitored efficiently on site, both from a water management point of view and from a compliance and legislative point of view.
Learn MoreThe proposed Elandsfontein phosphate open pit mine is located on the south-western coast of South Africa, 8km inland from the environmentally sensitive Langebaan Lagoon, and bordering the West Coast National Park.
Learn MorePredicting pit lake chemistry after closure is integral for demonstrating compliance during the Environmental Impact Assessment and mine permitting process.
Learn MoreWater isotopes (2H and 18O) are stable compounds and their principal fractionation comes from the evaporation and condensation process.
Learn MoreWhen it comes to water, the requirements of mining operations vary enormously, and the risks associated with water are different from site to site.
Learn MoreThe current BHP Billiton Olympic Dam operation comprises underground workings and a number of surface facilities, including the tailings storage facility (TSF) and processing plant.
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