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Considering Climate Change in Tailings Dam Design

Grant Macfarlane, Chloe Bolton - October 2022

Publication - SRK News Article

Environmental considerations have always been an integral aspect of how TSFs are designed and operated.

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Multi-Dimensional Tailings Standard Demands Varied Disciplines

Visvanathan Reddy, John Stiff - January 2024

Publication - Article

With the passing of the first deadline for mining companies to bring their tailings storage facilities (TSFs) into compliance with new standards, a fundamental shift has taken place toward a more multi-dimensional approach.

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Geotechnical Characterization Guidelines for Underground Mining Projects

Andrea Russo, Esteban Hormazábal - November 2023

Publication - Published Paper

The purpose of this work is to present a guideline for the geotechnical characterization of underground mines, providing recommendations regarding the amount of basic information or studies required in accordance with the different stages of engineering.

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Scott Loewen

 Consultant - Vancouver, Canada

Scott has been working in the mining and exploration industry since 2003 with several years experience at underground operations in northern Canada.

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Marcelo Cea

 Consultant - Santiago, Chile

Marcelo has over 18 years of professional experience, has participated in the development of different civil and mining projects, in design and execution stages.

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Combined Hydrologic and Hydraulic Flood Modeling and Water Balance Functionality

 Event - Vienna, Austria

Discover an integrated approach combining hydrology and hydraulics to manage water at mine sites. It combines short-timestep hydrologic and hydraulic models to forecast floods, assess infrastructure flooding, and simulate historical records accurately.

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Sonic Drilling - Where Does it Fit?

Oliver Bayley

Publication

SRK Exploration realised the full potential of sonic drilling in 2010 when they recommended that sonic rigs should be used at an alluvial platinum project that was struggling to reconcile drilling results and mine production.

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Elandsfontein, Western Cape: Groundwater Predictive Numerical Modelling

Sheila Imrie

Publication - SRK News Article

The 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.

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The Energy-Biodiversity-Water Nexus in the Coal Mining Environment

Jenny Lancaster

Publication - SRK News Article

Extracting coal can often have significant environmental impacts including altered landscapes, lowered air quality and deterioration of water resources by extracting clean water, decanting dirty water and Acid Mine Drainage (AMD).

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Rapid Characterisation Of Slope Instability Using LiDAR

Michael Levy

Publication - SRK News Article

Following a multi-bench structural instability along the primary haul road for an operating open-pit copper mine, SRK was tasked with rapidly evaluating geologic structure in the area and subsequently assessing pit slope stability.

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