2. Golder professionals have designed
and built tailings storage facilities
for a wide variety of commodities
including gold and precious metals,
uranium, base metals, coal, oil sands,
oil shales, and clays. We have designed
facilities to cater for plant through-
puts ranging from 250 tpd
to 250,000 tpd that satisfy both
the short-term operational and
environmental criteria, and to
withstand the long-term forces
of nature.
PLANNING
Background studies (environmental,
social and community, archaeology
and traditional knowledge, climate,
hydrology, hydrogeology)
Site selection, evaluation
and feasibility studies
Facility layouts including expected
life-of-mine footprint, staging
options and closure landforms
Environmental and social impact
assessments
Life cycle trade-off studies, including
thickened/high-density/paste/filtered
tailings deposition and sand dams,
and backfill applications including
hydraulic fill, paste and Cemented
Rock Fill (CRF)
Integrated solutions from the
process plant to the tailings storage
facility including water reclaim
systems
Tailings transportation optimisation
(launders, pumps, pipelines,
conveyors and trucking)
Deposition planning including basic
sequences to integrate the tailings
delivery/distribution systems
Hazard, risk and seismic assessments
Financial evaluations and cost
optimisation studies
Energy efficiency and optimisation
and site selection/optimisation)
Pump and pipeline selection
and design
System component studies to
optimise life-of-mine operating costs
Dry-stacking evaluations
Tailings delivery and
distribution system design
Underground backfill system design,
including reticulation system and
barricade designs
TAILINGS CONSISTENCY AND
TRANSPORT DESIGN
Tailings and waste material
characterisation, including rheology
and transport characteristics and
Unconfined Compressive Strength
(UCS)
Dewatering and classification system
and plant design (conceptual
through to detailed engineering)
Thickener, cyclone, centrifuge
evaluations (technology selection
INTEGRATED TAILINGS MANAGEMENT
Golder Associates is renowned as a global leader in integrated tailings management. Applying
innovative techniques to the handling of all types of tailings are hallmarks of our approach to achieve
optimum tailings and waste management solutions. We also recognise that the design of a fully
integrated tailings management system represents just the first step in a long term relationship between
Golder and our clients.
Product
Mine Processing
Tailings
Returnwater
Backfill Systems
Environmental and Social Management
Transport
Systems
Tailings Storage
Facility Design
Closure Design
Analysis
& Modelling
Site
Investigations
Material
Testing &
Characterisation
Planning
& Option Studies
Construction
QA/QC
Contract Documents
& Drawings
Operational Advice
& Manuals
Monitoring
& Auditing
Evaporation
Facility Design
Water Treatment
Waste Water
Management
Decant
Systems
Dewatering and
Classification
Integrated Tailings Management
TAILINGS STORAGE FACILITY DESIGN
Laboratory testing to assess
tailings behaviour under static
and dynamic loadings
Tailings geotechnical, geochemical
and rheological characterisation
Acid rock drainage/metal leaching
assessments
Tailings storage facility design
(conceptual through to detailed
engineering)
Mine waste deposition planning and
design; tailings, thickened tailings,
hydraulic fill (underground), paste
backfill (underground), waste rock
and co-disposal – PasteRock™
Centreline, downstream and
upstream embankment raise
assessment and design
Cycloned tailings sand dam and
distribution system assessment
and design
Dynamic and static liquefaction
assessments
Stability and deformation analyses
Geosynthetics and liner
evaluation and design
Geotechnical instrumentation
and monitoring
Decommissioning, reclamation,
closure and post-closure strategies,
plans and designs
Assistance with government permit
submissions and compliance
WATER MANAGEMENT
Integrated water balance, flow
modelling, stormwater management
and optimisation studies
Water reclaim and recycle
optimisation (barges, decant
towers, gravity outfall systems)
Evaporation pond design and
management
Seepage and contaminant
transport modelling and assessment
Geochemical and water quality
assessments
Active and passive water treatment
design, including waste water
treatment plant design (conceptual
through to detailed design)
CONSTRUCTION
Tender and construction contract
documentation, including
specifications, drawings and bills
of quantities
Tender adjudication
Procurement and on-site
construction management services
Construction quality control
and quality assurance
As-built drawings and
construction compliance reporting
SYSTEM OPERATION AND
MONITORING
Operating, maintenance
and surveillance manuals
Operator training and on-site
support during commissioning
Process unit performance validation
Data collection, soils and tailings
sampling, in situ testing, beach
slope and bathymetric surveys
Supervisory Control And Data
Acquisition (SCADA) systems to
support facility operation
Ongoing consultancy services as
needed, including implementation
of planned life-of-mine investments
(dam raises, pump additions, etc.)
Annual inspections, audits, dam
safety and compliance reviews
Record-keeping and
environmental reporting
3. solutions@golder.com
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