Tailings & Waste
Tailings storage facilities and management for the long run
We design mine tailings storage facilities that prioritize long-term safety and sustainability. With specialists located on six continents, we bring worldwide experience in all phases of design and implementation for tailings management projects. Proper tailings management is critical for the mining industry, environment, and communities around the globe. It’s a core service—and we have experience under a variety of climatic, social, environmental, and regulatory conditions.
Whether you need geotechnical stability and analysis, storage facility monitoring, rock engineering, or tailings storage design and management, we can provide a variety of tailing support services.
Our experience in tailings allows us to provide a full spectrum of tailings solutions including engineer of record (EOR) services. We currently serve as EORs for tailings facilities in North America, South America, Central America, and Asia.
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