Mining - Environmental Services
Maintaining environmental health before, during, and after mining
We design to create balance between opportunity and preservation—we believe the best solutions realize the needs of today, without sacrificing the needs of tomorrow. By understanding your goals and the requirements from regulators and stakeholders, we can put together an environmental management strategy that works for you.
We understand the delicate balance between mining and the environment, and our team will be by your side from start to finish. This means working through exploration, planning, project development, operations, and closure. With more than 450 offices around the world, we can draw on the local knowledge associated with various regulatory environments at the national, federal, and state levels.
Our environmental teams are made up of biologists, geologists, archaeologists, material specialists, engineers, geochemists, regulatory specialists, risk assessors, and toxicologists. As your team of technical professionals, we can work together to achieve your project goals— safely and efficiently—because we all care about the outcome.
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Environmental solutions to meet the needs of today, without sacrificing tomorrow
1000+
People
35+
Years
We have over a thousand environmental specialists in our mining teams.
We’ve been practicing the science of mining and environmental engineering for decades.
Our goal is to carry out our work with zero harm to people and the environment at every stage of the mining lifecycle.
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