Cookie Preferences

Search

Recent Disasters Thrust Tailings Dam Management to the Fore

Adriaan Meintjes - November 2019

Publication - Article

The tailings storage facility (TSF) failures at Mount Polley, in Canada, and at San Marco and Brumadinho, in Brazil, have altered how tailings engineering, construction and operations will be undertaken.

Learn More

DRC: Positive Mood at Mining Week

Cyprien Susa Maleba, Jaco van Graan, Candice Maduray - October 2019

Publication - Article

According to Susa Maleba, SRK Consulting DRC country manager and mining engineer, a positive mood and good attendance at last months' DRC Mining Week 2019 held in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is a promising sign for the country’s prospects.

Learn More

DENNIS LAUBSCHER, Friend, Colleague and Mentor

Jarek Jakubec

Publication - SRK News Article

Described as pioneer of block caving and a legend of the mining industry, Dennis Laubscher, the world’s foremost authority on block cave mining, died on 3 February at the age of 91.

Learn More

Regulation of Open Pit Slope Stability in Russia

Victor Spirin

Publication - SRK News Article

SRK Moscow is involved in the development and updating of the Russian Rules for the Stability of Benches of Slopes of Open Pits and Waste Dumps (Rules).

Learn More

Challenges Encountered in Pit Slope Designs in Anisotropic Bedded Rock Masses

Jaya Mylvaganam

Publication - SRK News Article

Open pit slope design in the bedded units encountered in the iron ore pits of Australia’s Pilbara region is challenging in many aspects.

Learn More

Excavations: Greater Focus Needed on Assessing, Monitoring Ground Conditions

Brent Cock - November 2021

Publication - Article

The risk of ground failure during excavations on construction sites should be taken very seriously, says Brent Cock, engineering geologist at SRK Consulting, and engaging the right geotechnical expertise from the start of a project is extremely important.

Learn More

Stability Assessment of a Tailings Storage Facility Using a Non-local Constitutive Model Accounting for Anisotropic Strain-Softening

Mauro Giuliano Sottile, Alejandro Kerguelén, Alejo Sfriso, Ignacio A. Cueto - July 2022

Publication - Published Paper

This paper describes the calibration and application of the NGI-ADPSoft constitutive model to evaluate the potential of static liquefaction of an upstream-raised TSF and provides an indirect measure of resilience.

Learn More

Miners Relying More on Consulting Engineers

Visvanathan Reddy, Andrew van Zyl - May 2022

Publication - Article

As demands on the mining sector become increasingly onerous and complex, mines’ reliance on consulting engineers has grown, particularly in terms of health and safety, as well as environment, social and corporate governance (ESG).

Learn More

Impact of the Typical Errors in Geotechnical Core Logging for the Geomechanical Design in Large Caving Mines

Andrea Russo, Edgar Montiel, Esteban Hormazábal - September 2022

Publication - Published Paper

The aim of this paper is to show how an incorrect geotechnical rock mass assessment can affect the geotechnical and geomechanical design that will produce a negative impact on both the capex, opex and high risk for a mining project and/or operation.

Learn More

Building Social Engagement into Tailings Management

Franciska Lake - July 2022

Publication - Article

Tailings storage facility (TSF) owners are facing the challenge of how to practically integrate social impacts with the systems that manage tailings – as required by the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM).

Learn More