Safe storage for the long term
Robust tailings and waste rock management processes are critical to the preservation of precious ecosystems. We have worldwide experience in all phases of design and implementation under a variety of climatic, social, environmental, and regulatory conditions. If you need a full spectrum of tailings solutions, we’re ready to help you design for long-term safety and sustainability.
Industry trends—such as risk mitigation, water conservation, and the increasing importance of the social license to operate—present challenges in tailings storage and waste rock management. And in some cases, the solution may be adopting alternative tailings disposal options. We can contribute thickened, paste, or filtered methods or even combine waste rock and tailings storage into an integrated landform.?
Whatever the challenge might be, our work meets the current international standards and local regulatory requirements. We specialise in gap analyses to get your site to where it needs to be, and we’ve served as a trusted advisor for tailings and waste rock projects worldwide.
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