Mining Sector
Summary
Earth Systems has assisted small, medium and large mining companies with environmental and social input throughout all stages of project development - from pre-feasibility and project design to rehabilitation and closure planning.
We have extensive experience with mining projects of all types (e.g. precious metals, base metals, coal, mineral sands, etc.) in a variety of environments (e.g. arid, semi-arid and tropical). Additional mining expertise includes:
- Worldwide mining sector experience (e.g. Australia, Papua New Guinea, Lao PDR, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Argentina, Peru, Tanzania, Senegal, and Mali), with particular expertise in managing and successfully overcoming the unique constraints faced by small to medium scale mining projects operating in developing countries
- Specialist expertise in the areas of acid rock drainage and erosion prediction, mine site water quality management and air quality management
Services
The full range of environmental consulting services provided by Earth Systems includes (click on the service for more detail):
- Environmental & Social Impact Assessment
- Mine Site Environmental Management & Monitoring
- Acid Drainage
- Closure and Rehabilitation
- Auditing and Due Diligence
- Data Management, Presentation and GIS
- Public Environmental Reporting
Selected Client List
- Afrika Mashariki Gold Mines Limited
- Argyle Diamonds
- BHP Billiton
- Century Zinc
- CSR Ltd
- Freeport McMoran
- Iluka Resources Ltd
- Ingwe
- Minenco
- Mineral Development Ltd.
- Newmont (Indonesia, Peru)
- Normandy Mining
- OK Tedi Mining Company
- OzMinerals (formerly Oxiana and Zinifex)
- PanAust (formerly Pan Australian Resources)
- Pilbara Iron Pty Ltd.
- Placer Dome
- PT Nusa Tengara
- Resolute Mining Ltd
- Rio Tinto
- Sino-Lao Aluminum Corporation Ltd.
- Stawell Gold Mines Pty Ltd
- Xstrata Coal
