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Tailings Facility Design

Iron ore mine tailings facility design

During the period 2007 to 2014, SRK completed the feasibility design for Karara Iron Ore Mine’s filtered tailings storage facility in Western Australia, and provided detailed design, an operations manual and operational engineering assistance. 

After a comparative study, SRK designed a unique ‘dry stacking’ facility combining a conveyor and stacking arrangement with truck transport and disposal. The landform created allows concurrent closure and an expandable footprint that reduced upfront costs. SRK’s surface water management design included an expandable clean water diversion and retention dam. SRK helped with the TSF commissioning and ongoing operational assistance.

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Javier Echegaray Oviedo

Javier Echegaray Oviedo

Perth, Australia
Javier has more than 10 years of experience in design, from concept through to detail, for mining projects including foundations, concrete plugs, excavations, roads and retaining earth structures.
Erick Lino

Erick Lino

Vancouver, Canada
Erick has over 8 years’ experience working on mining geotechnical projects, with a focus on site characterization and the design of mine waste facilities.
Mauro Giuliano Sottile

Mauro Giuliano Sottile

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mauro has experience in the calibration and use of advanced soil constitutive models applied to numerical methods for geotechnical works.
Ignacio García Schmidt

Ignacio García Schmidt

Vancouver, Canada
Ignacio has 16 years of experience focused on the design and compliance of tailings storage facilities and related infrastructure.

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Hydro operates and maintains three bauxite residue facilities at the Schwandorf legacy site in the eastern part of Bavaria, Germany. The site holds residue from operations by German aluminium producer VAW in the period 1930s-1990s. The site became a part of Hydro with the acquisition of VAW in 2002.

Tailings Storage Facility Extension for Gruyere Joint Venture’s Gold Mine

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TSF Extension for Gruyere Joint Venture
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SRK undertook a site selection study and technology options assessment to develop the future TSF.

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Cerro Vanguardia is an Au-Ag mine that its operation consists of a series of longitudinal pits and underground operations following a gold vein, in the Argentinean province of Santa Cruz. A single Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) is currently under operation.

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Engineer of Record for Gruyere Joint Venture's Gold Mine

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Engineer of Record for Gruyere Gold Mine
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SRK has been appointed as the Engineer of Record for the existing tailings storage facility at the Gruyere Gold Mine.

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