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Structural Domaining for Engineering Projects

Wayne Barnett, Trevor Carter - July 2020

Publication - Presentation, Published Paper

Increasingly, geotechnical engineering analysis of project sites for major civil or mining projects are being based on analysis of database compilations and GIS summarizations of collected field program information, but without rigorous geological structural domaining...

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#BizTrends2021: Digital Solutions Need Small Steps To Succeed

January 2021

Publication - Article

Perhaps the greatest opportunity presented by the current technology wave is the capacity to customise digital solutions; the real challenge may be that users are not always clear about exactly what they want to achieve, or indeed what the latest innovations are that could help.

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Using Portable XRF to Identify PAG Rock

Lisa Barazzuol

Publication - SRK News Article

Acid-base accounting (ABA) is a widely accepted method of classifying acid rock drainage (ARD) potential of geological materials.

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Determination of the Rate of Release of Nitrates from Waste Rock, Tailings and Kimberlite in Field Conditions: A Case Study

Levi Ochieng

Publication - Article

The release of nitrates (NO3−) and ammonia (NH3) from explosives during mining are usually attributed to spillage or incomplete detonation and subsequent dissolution of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) .

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The Use of Compound Specific Isotope Analysis During the Performance Evaluation of in Situ Bioremediation of DNAPL Site, South Africa

Richard O'Brien

Publication - SRK News Article

SRK designed and implemented an Enhanced In-Situ Bioremediation strategy to mitigate the impacts of a historical chlorinated hydrocarbons (CHC) contamination to both soil and groundwater and a site in South Africa.

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Assessment of Chemical Stability of Sub-Sea Deposition of Tailings

Marcela Curotto

Publication - SRK News Article

Chilean mining legislation requires physical and chemical stability of mining sites. Deposition of tailings at sub-sea environments has not been specifically included in chemical stability guidelines.

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Too Much of a Good Thing? A Test Case of FEFLOW Scalability in an Azure Environment

Assaf Wunsch - April 2021

Publication - Article

Parallel computing of groundwater models, i.e., the simultaneous utilization of processors when solving numerical problems, can reduce run times and subsequently reduce cost.

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Tailings Standards, Guidance and Conformance Protocols

Richard Martindale, Jane Joughin, Emily Harris - May 2021

Publication - Article

The new Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) published in August 2020 is a governance standard that adds to, rather than replaces, existing technical tailings management standards.

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Global Standard Prioritises Better Measuring, Managing of TSF Water

Peter Shepherd, Simon Lorentz, Lindsay Shand, Simon Bruton - July 2021

Publication - Article

With water posing a great risk to the stability of a tailings storage facility (TSF), the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) places significant focus on water management as part of its sweeping realignment of what global stakeholders now expect of mines.

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Consider Climate Change in Tailings Dam Design

Grant Macfarlane, Chloe Bolton - July 2021

Publication - Article

SRK Consulting* discusses how climate change is demanding innovative thinking when considering additional risks to TSF structures going forward. Climate change is not a new phenomenon, and climatic conditions are not static.

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