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