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Pandemic, Climate Change: Raise stakes for South Africa

October 2021

Publication - Article

In the face of COVID-19, climate change and growing economic hardship in South Africa, disaster risk reduction (DRR) should be a priority for Government at all levels; the signs are that there is still insufficient capacity and commitment to carry through on this mandate.

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Climate Change and Mine Water Management

Mehmetcan Özkadıoğlu - July 2023

Publication - Article

South Africa is experiencing a warming trend that is about 1.5 times the global average. Kirsten Kelly talks to Mehmetcan Özkadıoğlu, hydrologist at SRK Consulting, about the impact of climate change on mine water management.

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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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Climate-Driven Impacts Present Risks to Infrastructure Constructed on Permafrost

Christopher Stevens, in collaboration with The Northern Miner - April 2021

Publication - Article

Mineral exploration and mining companies need to adopt a “proactive approach” to managing climate-driven impacts on infrastructure built on permafrost, says Christopher Stevens, senior consultant at SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc.

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Commodity Consumers Look to Mines for Progress in Reducing Carbon Emissions

Andrew van Zyl - December 2021

Publication

Following international climate change commitments to reduce carbon emissions, many countries are now starting to plan the practical details of how they will achieve their goals. An area that SRK has recently researched is the carbon footprint of commodities.

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Complex Analysis

November 2020

Publication - Article

Ashleigh Maritz, a senior environmental scientist at SRK Consulting South Africa, explains the importance of technical mining solutions guided by engineering and data-driven expertise.

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Dealing with Climate Change

Andrew van Zyl, Estie Retief - January 2020

Publication - Article

SRK's experts discuss the impact of climate change on the mining industry: Many countries within which mining companies operate are not necessarily geared to deal with the consequences of climate change and are at the receiving end of extreme weather events.

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Climate Change for the Engineer: Standardized Procedure for Climate Change Integration into Engineering Design

Maritz Rykaart, Victor Muñoz - October 2016

Publication - Published Paper

There is agreement within the engineering community that climate change is occurring, and there is a responsibility to integrate climate change into engineering design.

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Landform Evolution in a Time of Climate Change

Roanne Sutcliffe - October 2023

Publication - Presentation

SRK Consulting environmental engineer Roanne Sutcliffe recently presented a session on Landform Evolution in a Time of Climate Change at the Annual Conference of the Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Africa (NICOLA) Conference in October 2023.

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Using CMIP6 Models to Assess Future Climate Change Effects on Mine Sites in Kazakhstan

Saeed Golian , Houcyne El-Idrysy - July 2023

Publication - Published Paper

Using the latest NASA NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 datasets, this study quantifies the level of climate change that may affect the development of two mine sites in north–east Kazakhstan.

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