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The mining life cycle as your business
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosClient: Heidelberg Cement - ENCI
Description•Closure of 130 hectares open chalk pit mine •Transformation into natural area, leisure and innovative business park
Services provided•Project management and financial planning•Stakeholder participation•Post closure landscaping and ecological design
Mine Closure ENCI Pit Maastricht NL
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated parties: DHVClient: Bolivian Ministry of Public Works, Services and Housing
Description•Transport study between Mutun- iron ore area and existing infrastructure•Tender documentation for selected transport means•Assessment of environmental feasible solutions
Services provided•Advice on feasibility study, ecological and hydrological situation •Design review, review environmental impact assessment
Poruario – Puerto Busch project (PVPMMPB) Bolivia
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosClient: Solidaridad – Aqua4All
Description•Study on the possible negative impacts of the Marlin Gold Mine in Guatemala
Services provided•Desk study on hydrological and environmental aspects•Desk study on dam stability
Environmental aspects Marlin Mine Guatemala
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated parties: Fichtner FME (De)Client: Kazakhmys Services Ltd.
Description•Feasibility study on re-opening the abandoned Konraud Copper mine
Services provided•Review of mining plan•Field assessment•Financial study (cost price assessment, risk assessment, multi variable analyses)
Re-opening Konraud mine Kazakhstan
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosClient: Fundacja Greenpeace Poland
Description•Study on the hydrological effects of closing the Tomislawice lignitemine near lake Lubstwoski Poland (Nature 2000 area)
Services provided•Hydrologeological review and assessment, including water balance and development of surface water (SOBEK) and groundwater modeling (MODFLOW)•Recommendations for closing
Tomislawace Lignite Mine Poland
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated partners: AEA/CE-Delft (European study), Fugro/Arcadis Dutch study Client: European Union, Ministry Economic affairs
Description•Study on the effects of shale and coal gas production
Services provided•Geological, geohydrological, geomechanical assessment•Effect studies on seismic activity, noise, ecology etc.•Assessment of legal aspects
Impact studies on shale and coal gas production
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated partners: IC Consulenten ZT, S&E Consulting engineers Client: UNDP
Description•Assessment of 26 hot spot areas •Half of the sites involved (former) mining sites, including Rehove copper mine, Perrenjas, Bulquize mine, Guri Kuq tailing dam and Elbasan and Burel ferrochrome smelters
Services provided•Site investigation, risk assessment•Development of prioritising tool, prioritising•Assessment of remedial options
Albanian Hot Spot Study
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated partners: NIRAS, RECClient: EU agency for Reconstruction
Description•Assessment and ranking of hot spots in Savah river area, including Cupper Mines of Bor, Majdanpek and Rudnik•Preparation of remedial action plans for three sites including the Bor mining area
Services provided•Site investigation, risk assessment, •Feasibility studies, remedial action plans, cost estimates•Stakeholder involvement
Rehabilitation of 3 Serbian sites
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated partners: Medusa, Tauw, FugroClient: Province of Brabant (ABdK)
Description•Assessment of 1,100 km of tailing ore (zinc) roads by using innovative investigation techniques•Based on results, risk assessment and cost estimates the various sites were ranked for remediation
Services provided•Site investigations, risk assessment•GIS-database•Development of remedial strategy
Zinc ash project Campina Region
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated partners: REC, Dvokut ECRO, Energoproject-hydroengineeringClient: Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning Serbia
Description•Rehabilitation of the Bor mining area (in total 4,000 ha.), including tailing ponds, tailing dams
Services provided•Various studies (environmental, geohydrological, geotechnical, etc) remedial plans, preparation of remedial tender documents•Landscaping•Permitting, stakeholder involvement, training etc.
Bor Serbbia Rehabilitation project
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated partners: CENN, Balast NedamClient: Dutch government (EVD Netherlands, PSO environment)
DescriptionFormer arsenic mining area, still containing large deposits and waste sites for toxic Arsenic. Waste materials must be isolated in order to protect humans and environment
Services provided•Site investigations, risk assessment•Design of containment options•Stakeholder involvement
Arsenic mine waste project Georgia
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated partners: Saxion highschoolClient: Nuffic
DescriptionAt Roman Island a program is currently under way to develop mining activities. Goldand other minerals are present
Services providedCourse on the use of GIS and remote sensing for sustainable mining development
Case study mining on Romang Island Indonesia
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp Soil & Water
Client: Les Carrières du fond des vaulx
Description
• Minimize effects of mining activities• Protection of nature
Services provided•Project management and installation of groundwater •Monitoring network (GPRS & webapplication
Groundwater monitoring network Belgium
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp’s distributor in BotswanaAssociated partners: Aridus Hydro GeotechnikClient: Jwaneng diamond mine
Services provided•Supply & installation of geotechnical instrumentation for monitoring & plant infrastructure
Monitoring equipment & sercives Botswana
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrillClient: PT Weda Bay Nickel
DescriptionGrade control drilling for nickel in laterite and saprolite formation
Services provided•Sampling for construction materials such as e.g. gravels and sands•Drilling small diameter water wells for local municipalities
Grade control drilling, Indonesia
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrillClient: Minatura Colombia
Description
Grade control drilling for gold in alluvial deposits, large diameter samples up to 45 meters in old tailings and virgin material
Services providedInstallation of monitoring pipes to measure ground water fluctuation
Grade control drilling, Colombia
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrillClient: Boskalis, Surinam
DescriptionComprehensive training for grade control drilling for Bauxite deposits, sampling in hard and soft formations with 99 % recovery and high production per day
Services provided
Blast hole drilling and dewatering wells
Bauxite deposits, Surinam
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill
Description•Grade control drilling for titanium sands
•High production per day and 99 % recovery in saturated sands•Installation of water wells, monitoring wells
Grade control drilling, India
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrillClient: Guinea titanium
Description•Accurate sampling of off shore and ocean elements for grade control drilling•Soft sediment sampling with Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill patented AquaLock sampler up to 40 meters deep. 100 % determination of mineral deposits instead of dredging it all
River and off shore titanium sampling
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrill
Client: BMP Indonesia
Description
•Sampling of soft mineral sands in jungle•Low footprint rig to avoid damage to surroundings•Installation of water wells for local villages
Soft mineral sands
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp SonicSampDrillClient: Ural Platinum
Description•Grade control drilling for platinum in the far East in arctic conditions•Accurate sampling to allow accurate land stripping instead of 100 % excavating
Grade control drilling Russia
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp Soil & WaterClient: Ministry of Water
DescriptionGroundwater basic investigation with water loggers in 162 cities in order to manage water
Groundwater basic investigation Korea
Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: Government of Hungary
Description
Removal of a thin polluted silt layer in a lake in Hungary
Services provided
Design of an environment-friendly cutter, which can remove the polluted silt layer without polluting the lake
Environment-friendly cutter
Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: Dutch government
Description
Improving the cleaning of contaminated material by using special jigs
Services provided
Development of a new method of jigging for the cleaning of contaminated material
Environment-friendly jig
Executed by MAREC partner: IHCClient: Port of Rotterdam
DescriptionDevelopment of alternative coal handling and transport methods, aimed at prevention of dust and sound pollution of coal transport by using slurry transport instead of a belt conveyer
Services providedConceptual development on the hydraulic transport of coal for harbor terminals
Dust prevention for coal transport
Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: Mineraçao Rio Novo
Description
Assessment of minimized-impact mining methods for a diamond and gold mine in Brazil
Services provided
•Planning and control of the tailings•Development of a sustainable dredge mining method•Resulting in mitigating measures and efficient method
Domingas Project
Executed by MAREC partner: IHCClient: Mining company in Iceland
DescriptionFeasibility study on the mining of diatomite with minimized impact of the top biolayer
Services provided•Environmental Impact Assessment of the potential mining operation•Study on how to minimize impact on the top most sediment layer
•Extensive tests on laboratory scale
Mining of diatomite in Iceland
Executed by MAREC partner: IHCClient: Holcim
DescriptionEvaluation of the possibilities to extend mine life of chalk quarry in Germany
Services provided•Study on the feasibility of using dredge mining equipment for the mining of chalk•Tests for the behavior of dredged chalk during transport
•Providing a possible sustainable solution to prevent environmental impact on sensitive marshlands
Dredge mining of Chalk
Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: RWS – directie Limburg
Description
Mining and processing of sand and gravel for the ‘grensmaasproject’, in a challenging environmental framework
Services provided•Study on different ways to mine and process the sand and gravel
•Incorporation of environmental boundary conditions in the process design
Grensmaasproject
Executed by MAREC partner: IHCClient: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals
DescriptionChanging a heavy minerals mine in Brazil from dry mining methods to a wet mining operation, increasing the lifetime of the mine with >10 years
Services provided•Evaluation of wet mining methods•Water management
•Tailings management•Training of personnel
Dry to wet mining operation
Executed by MAREC partner: IHCClient: Minsur SA
DescriptionRehandling of tin tailings in Peru
Services providedStudy on the possibility of tailings rehandling with a dredge mining option
Rehandling of tin tailings
Executed by MAREC partner: IHCClient: Mineros de Antioquia
DescriptionImprovement of gold dredge mining process efficiency by the introduction of dedicated clay overburden stripping dredgers
Services provided
•Evaluation of mining process optimisation•Design of an overburden dredger•Training of personnel
•Study on the reclamation of the land
Gold mining in Colombia