We offer extensive tailings processing knowledge for classification, thickened, filtered, co-disposal, and co-mingled technologies and their different transportation and deposition challenges. Our direct experience from concept to closure, with construction and operations of types of tailings processing and facilities, helps us identify risks and opportunities, inform decision-making, and optimize waste management as part of the complete mining value chain.
To optimize storage facility design, construction, operation, and ultimately closure, consideration must be paid to the specifics of each site’s location, disposal method, management approach, and long-term closure objectives. By assessing foundation conditions, land use patterns, seismic risk, and hydrology during the initial site selection stage, our consultants help you save costs and minimize risks. We also study chemical and physical properties and integrate thorough testing programs into tailings disposal system designs.
Services
- Site evaluation and selection
- Water balance development and utilization
- Processing, transportation, and deposition studies
- Geotechnical, hydrogeologic, rheologic, and geochemical evaluation and characterization
- Feasibility and financial evaluation
- Risk and hazard assessment and emergency response planning
- Construction and operation monitoring, management, and quality assurance
- Decommissioning, closure, and landform restoration
For podcasts and articles on the risks that tailings storage facilities pose to the environment and society and how they can be effectively managed, visit our Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management page.
Case study: Utilising deformation modelling and instrumentation technology to assess vulnerability and develop safe stabilization strategies for tailings dams
