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Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Process Optimization for Manganese Content Reduction by Sequential Neutralization

Osvaldo Aduvire, Nereyda Loza - November 2017

Publication - Published Paper

Many times the quality of a treated effluent from a mining operation does not comply with the required legislation as in the case of Peru, where Maximum Permissible Limits for mining operations are not met due to the content of metals such as manganese.

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Use of Evaporation Ponds in the Mining Industry - How Necessary and Effective is this in Various Parts of the World

Houcyne El-Idrysy, Nikolai Kirillov, William Harding, Gary Hurban - March 2024

Publication - Published Paper

This paper highlights the increasing threat to global water resources, especially in the mining sector, emphasizing the shift towards Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) principles and questioning the efficacy of evaporation ponds as a water management tool.

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A Suggested Methodology for Pore Pressure Model Reliability Check - Two Case Studies

Göktuğ Evin, Mark Raynor, Lukas Radmann, James Bu, Alessandro Greggio - April 2024

Publication - Published Paper

The article describes a proposed methodology to interrogate the reliability of previously constructed 3D numerical models before commissioning slope depressurization plans.

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Simulating the Uncertainty of Climate Change in Water Balance Models

 Event - Seattle, Washington

This presentation explores key assumptions in climate change predictions, discusses SRK's use of multiple Global Climate Models to quantify uncertainty, and demonstrates how they incorporate these uncertainties into stochastic simulations using a modified WGEN synthetic climate generator.

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Modern Data Management For Large Scale Dewatering Tests

Ben Radtke, Larry Cope - February 2019

Publication

Modern technology allows collection, transmission, and compilation of enormous amounts of data in near-real time.

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Córrego do Feijão Mine

Geochemical Index for Tailings Characterization

Project - Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil

At the city of Brumadinho, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, the rupture of the B1 tailings storage facility at the Córrego do Feijão Mine, which occurred on January 5, 2019, was one of the worst socio-environmental accidents of mining origin in recent times. Around 12 Mm3 of iron mining tailings were released along the Ferro e Carvão river and the main watercourse, the Paraopeba river.

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Groundwater and Mining in the Atacama Desert: Impact of New Chilean Legislation and Challenges for the Future

Tiaren García Pérez - September 2024

Publication - Published Paper

Recent Chilean legislation highlights the need to understand regional hydrogeological systems to assess mining impacts on groundwater, water storage, and potential effects on vegetation or downstream water rights.

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Mud Rush At Yauricocha Mine, Peru

 Publication - SRK News Article

SRK has been working for Sierra Metals at the Yauricocha Mine in Peru to help improve ground conditions that have historically resulted in mud rushes.

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Evolution of the Geotechnical and Phreatic Conditions in Tailings of an Upstream-Raised Dam

 Event - Vancouver, Canada

Two site investigations at Mexico's Velardeña mine in 2020 and 2022 aimed to assess tailings for upstream raise designs. The 2022 investigation revealed improved geotechnical conditions and indicated a drier environment in the tailings storage facilities.

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Cigar Lake Uranium Mine

Tim Coleman, Matthew Clark

Publication - SRK News Article

The SRK Vancouver Rock Mechanics team has been working at Cameco’s underground Cigar Lake Uranium Mine providing advanced multidisciplinary geotechnical modelling since the summer of 2015.

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