CASE STUDIES

CLIENT CASE STUDIES

 

 

Solving our clients' most complex engineering and scientific challenges in a way that creates enduring value.

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Geochemistry
 

• Tailings Storage Facility Geochemistry Sampling and Assessment Program

• Geochemistry and Cover Design for a Tailings Storage Facility

• Geochemical Characterisation to Support Landform Design

• Optimised Tailings Cover Thickness from Cover Column Trials

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Environmental management and planning
 

• Review of Financial Assurance Liability and Calculation

• Feasibility and Planning Approvals for the Construction and Operation of a Waste Rock Stockpile

• Decommissioning and Rehabilitation Requirements Review of a Tailings Storage Facility

• Preliminary review of land capability for rehabilitated land

• Periodic Construction Audits of a Three-Level Waste Rock Dump

• Feasibility Assessment for the Construction of Two Excavated Rock Stockpiles 

• Revised Program for Environment Protection and Rehabilitation 

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Soil Science
 

• Landform Evolution Modelling Standard Operating Procedure

• Soil and Land Resources Assessment for the Development of an Open-Cut Coal Mine

• Soil Inventory for a Mine Closure Strategy

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Mine Closure
 

• Wet Season Sampling for Legacy Mines Program

• Conceptual Mine Closure Plan for an Open-cut Coal Mine 

• Erosion and Sediment Control Management Plan for Operation and Closure 

• Closure Appraisal Report Including Gap Analysis and Detailed Closure Plan Having Regard for the Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure Plan Framework 

• Land Capability Assessment for Successful Mine Rehabilitation 

• Future Performance of a Store and Release Cover 

• Small Scale Column Trials to Inform Closure Planning Strategies for a Tailing’s Storage Facility 

• Tailings Storage Facility Closure and Rehabilitation Investigation Including a Field Scale Cover Trial

• Detailed Contamination Assessment and Conceptual Remediation Strategies for a Legacy Mine

• Cover Column Trials to Explore Potential Cover Options for a Tailing’s Storage Facility

• Conceptual Cover Design for the Decommissioning of a Landfill 

• Cover Column Trials and Design for Heap Leach Pad Rehabilitation 

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