Tailings & Waste Management
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Tailings storage facilities often represent the most significant environmental liability associated with mining operations. Mine waste materials must be transported and discharged safely into secure impoundments which will last for an extended period after final mine closure.
Best practice tailings and waste management guidelines stipulate that storage facilities are designed, operated, closed and rehabilitated to ensure performance that meets strict technical and environmental criteria. SRK has developed a framework of management principles and checklists for implementing the activities throughout this entire life cycle.
Approach
The tailings and waste management is accomplished though the diligent sequence of activities involving detailed tasks as listed below:
Best practice tailings and waste management guidelines stipulate that storage facilities are designed, operated, closed and rehabilitated to ensure performance that meets strict technical and environmental criteria. SRK has developed a framework of management principles and checklists for implementing the activities throughout this entire life cycle.
Approach
The tailings and waste management is accomplished though the diligent sequence of activities involving detailed tasks as listed below:
- Mine Tailings Engineering
- Site Selection & Disposal Method
- Geotechnical Site Investigation
- Environmental Impact Assessment & Public Consultation
- Permitting & Licensing
- Feasibility Tailings and Waste Design
- Detailed Design
- Operating Procedures
- Quality Assurance
- Monitoring
- Auditing of existing facilities
- Risk Assessment
- Design of Remedial Works
- Closure & Rehabilitation
Experience
SRK has over 20 years experience in mine tailings and waste engineering and has been responsible for the management of numerous gold, platinum, uranium, copper, iron, oil sands and coal mines worldwide, under various environmental and climatic constraints.
SRK’s team of skilled specialist engineers, technologists and environmental scientists offer a comprehensive service in management for tailings and waste disposal facilities and combines detailed engineering with environmental best practice to deliver cost effective and sustainable solutions to mine waste management projects.