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John Chapman

Consultant - Brisbane, Australia

John has over 30 years’ experience and multi-disciplinary skills in assessment of environmental impacts and controls for mining projects.

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Africa: Acid Mine Drainage

SRK Global

Publication

Early in 2012, SRK was appointed by the Dept. of Water and Forestry, now Dept. of Water and Sanitation, to assess the qualities and quantities of mine waste water in the northern Goldfields.

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Europe: Underground Mine, Kazakhstan

SRK Cardiff

Publication - SRK News Article

Marula Platinum Mine is in the process of constructing a new tailings dam abutting their existing tailings dam.

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Closure At The San Manuel Plant Site

Terry Braun, Dawn Garcia - October 2007

Publication - Article

Environmental sustainability involves integrating and meeting economic, social, and environmental goals with respect to planning and implementing mining activities.

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Europe: Blagodatnoye Gold Mine

SRK Moscow

Publication - SRK News Article

The Blagodatnoye gold mine is a large operation in central Russia operated by Polyus Gold.

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High-Capacity Production Systems for Block Caving Mines

Pierre Labrecque, Douglas Morrison - December 2020

Publication

As the production targets for block caving mines increase, there has to be an increase in the productive capacity of the operation, without increasing cost of having more active extraction drives. The simulation analysis will show a clear limitation to the productive capacity of

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Water Resources Impact Assessment: Future-Proofing And Good Governance

Tony Rex

Publication - SRK News Article

Water resources are a critical component of mine environmental and social impact assessment.

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Frozen Core Tailings Dam: Part 1, Long-Term Thermal Performance

Maritz Rykaart, Peter Luedke - October 2018

Publication - Published Paper

Tailings management at the Hope Bay Project in Nunavut, Canada, includes reliance on an innovative frozen core dam.

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Proactive Planning Vital for Decarbonised Mines

Oliver Shaw - February 2023

Publication

How can mining companies ‘future proof’ their projects so they can incorporate advances in mine design that lower carbon emissions?

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