Services in Australia

Tailings Management

On a daily basis, Golder Associates works on mines around the world to design, build, operate or close mine waste and tailings management facilities, including:

Site selection, characterisation and investigation
Laboratory testing and material characterisation
Background studies (health, safety & environment, seismic, hydrology, hydrogeology, risk analyses)
Environmental planning, including support for permitting
Mine waste deposition modelling (tailings, waste rock and co-disposal, including PasteRock^TM)
Tailings storage facility and mine waste stockpile planning and design
Seepage, stability and consolidation modelling
Water balances and water management plans
Geochemical and water quality assessments
Design of tailings thickening or dewatering systems (slurry, thickened, paste and filtered tailings) in collaboration with PasteTec
Dam break studies
Closure planning and design
Construction management, quality control, quality assurance
Due diligence, independent and peer review
Annual inspections, audits and compliance reviews
Operation, maintenance and surveillance manuals