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Reference projects Mining
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Mine Closure ENCI Pit Maastricht Nl
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
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Portuario – Puerto Busch project (PVPMMPB) Bolivia
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
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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
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Environmental aspects Marlin Mine Guatemala
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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)
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Re-opening Konraud mine Kazakhstan
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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
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Tomislawace Lignite Mine Poland
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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
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Impact studies on shale and coal gas production
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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
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Albanian Hot Spot Study
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Rehabilitation of 3 Serbian sites
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
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Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+Bos
Associated 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
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Zinc ash project Campina Region
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Bor Serbia Rehabilitation project
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.
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Arsenic mine waste project Georgia
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+BosAssociated partners: CENN, Balast NedamClient: Dutch gouvernament (EVD Netherlands, PSO environment)
Description:• Former 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
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Case study mining on Romang Island Indonesia
Executed by MAREC partner: Witteveen+Bos
Associated partners: Saxion highschoolClient: Nuffic
Description:• At Roman Island a program is currently under way to develop mining
activities. Gold and other minerals are present
Services provided:• Course on the use of GIS and remote sensing for sustainable mining
development
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Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp Agrisearch Equipment
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 networkBelgium
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Monitoring equipment & services Botswana
Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp’s distributor in Botswana
Associated partners: Aridus Hydro Geotechnik
Client: Jwaneng diamond mine
Services provided:• Supply & installation of geotechnical instrumentation for monitoring &
plant infrastructure
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Executed by MAREC partner: SonicSampDrill (part of Royal Eijkelkamp group)
Client: PT Weda Bay Nickel
Description:• Grade 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
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Executed by MAREC partner: SonicSampDrill (part of Royal Eijkelkamp group)
Client: 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 provided:
• Installation of monitoring pipes to measure ground water fluctuation
Grade control drilling, Colombia
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Executed by MAREC partner: SonicSampDrill (part of Royal Eijkelkamp group)
Client: Boskalis, Surinam
Description:
• Comprehensive 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
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Executed by MAREC partner: SonicSampDrill (part of Royal Eijkelkamp group)
Client: GEMM
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
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Executed by MAREC partner: SonicSampDrill (part of Royal Eijkelkamp group)
Client: Guinea titanium
Description:
• Accurate sampling of off shore and ocean elements for grade control drilling
• Soft sediment sampling with SSD patented AquaLock sampler up to 40 meters deep. 100 % determination of mineral deposits instead of dredging it all
River and off shore titanium sampling
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Executed by MAREC partner: SonicSampDrill (part of Royal Eijkelkamp group)
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
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Executed by MAREC partner: SonicSampDrill (part of Royal Eijkelkamp group)
Client: 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
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Executed by MAREC partner: Eijkelkamp Agrisearch
Client: Ministry of Water
Description:
• Groundwater basic investigation with waterloggers in 162 cities in order to manage water
Groundwater basic investigation Korea
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Environment-friendly cutter
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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
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Environment-friendly jig
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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
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Dust prevention for coal transport
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Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: Port of Rotterdam
Description:
• Development 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 provided:
• Conceptual development on the hydraulic transport of coal for harbor terminals
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Domingas Project
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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
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Mining of diatomite in Iceland
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Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: Mining company in Iceland
Description:
• Feasibility 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
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Dredge mining of Chalk
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Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: Holcim
Description:
• Evaluation 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
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Grensmaasproject
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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
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Dry to wet mining operation
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Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals
Description:
• Changing 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
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Rehandling of tin tailings
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Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: Minsur SA
Description:
• Rehandling of tin tailings in Peru
Services provided:
• Study on the possibility of tailings rehandling with a dredge mining option
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Gold mining in Colombia
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Executed by MAREC partner: IHC
Client: Mineros de Antioquia
Description:
• Improvement 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
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