Rock Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

Environmental Management

Mine Planning

Geology

Rock Engineering

  • Legal appointments of a Rock Engineering Practitioner as required by the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) of South Africa.
  • Compilation and implementation of Codes of Practice (COPs) for Fall of Ground (FOG) as required by the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) of South Africa.
  • Routine monitoring and management of rock engineering excavations (underground and open cast) during their lifespan.
  • Training of staff and/ or personnel who are directly involved and affected by such mining activities at different levels so that they are able to identify and manage general rockfall related hazards independently.
  • Provide FOG investigations for Clients as well as independent Customers who may not be necessarily our Clients.
  • Geotechnical logging that may include impact splitting of the core as required and/ or depending on the purpose of such logging and the planned mining method.
  • Assist in designing regional support as well as local support in an underground mining methods setup. In open cast mining, actual slope designs, e. highwalls as well as low wall designs. Further designs include designing for stable dumps and spoil material for different material compositions.
  • Conduct numerical modelling on complex problems that require practical and accurate results.
  • Investigate and predict possibility of sinkhole propagation to surface should the overburden material collapses. Further investigate and predict possibility of surface subsidence that may result from pillar system failure.

Geotechnical Engineering

  • Foundation investigations for light and heavy structures (shallow foundations to deep piled foundations).
  • Geotechnical Investigations for township establishment or enrolment with the National Home Builders Recreation Council (NHBRC); NHBRC Phase 1 and Phase 2 geotechnical investigations.
  • Centre line investigations for Powerlines, Roads, Pipelines and Railway lines.
  • Sourcing of construction materials for the construction of pavement layer in road construction projects.
  • Geotechnical Investigations to assist in the construction of Earth/ Embarkment dams.
  • Evaluation of soil materials and/ or properties for the selection of suitable sites that can be used for Cemeteries and Solid Waste Disposals.
  • Investigations, classification and risking of dolomite stability and sensitive areas.
  • Geotechnical Investigations for Artificially surfaced playing fields.
  • Site supervision, Quality Assurance and Quality Control of construction materials and construction processes.

Environmental Management

Environmental authorizations in terms of applicable legal national and other requirements: 

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Basic Assessments & Rectification of unauthorized listed activities,
  • Water Use Licenses,
  • Environmental Management Program Report in Mining,
  • Consolidation of authorisations, and
  • Interface with the Regulator.

Monitoring & Reporting:

  • Monitoring & reporting programs/ processes for – Land, Water, Air, Biodiversity & waste.
  • Parameters/ data types/ location.
  • Target audiences – Regulator, Community, NGOs, Markets, etc.
  • Monitoring & Reporting frequencies – internal & external.

Environmental Risk Management:

  • Environmental Risk issues & events; Risk identification, analysis & ranking.
  • Developing and implementation of environmental preventative & mitigation controls.
  • Reputation management.

Sales, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Merge & Demergers – Greenfields & Brownfields:

  • Due Diligence studies.
  • Pre-feasibility studies.
  • Feasibility studies.
  • Environmental management services:
    • Develop and/ or implement management plans for Land, Water, Air, Biodiversity, Waste & Hazardous substances e.g. petrochemicals.
    • Internal environmental audits to assess level of compliance with:
      • Approved authorizations, Recommendations of specialist studies, Completion of audit findings.
      • Environmental Control Officer.
      • Environmental project coordinator & management. 

Social and/ community activities:

  • Social impacts assessment and Stakeholder/ community engagement.
  • Heritage resources & paleo-archaeology.
  • Relocations and/ or re-settlements.
  • Rural development
  • Mineral Rights Advisors:
    • Brownfields projects; Greenfields projects;

Specialists studies:

  • Surface water and
  • Geochemical studies.
  • Biodiversity
  • Wetlands and sensitive receptors.
  • Air quality, Noise and

 

Specialists studies:

  • Surface water and
  • Geochemical studies.
  • Biodiversity
  • Wetlands and sensitive receptors.
  • Air quality, Noise and

 

Geohydrology Services 

  • Water supply to communities and industries:
    • Sources of water.
    • Security of supply.
    • Predictive modelling for quantity & quality (current & future scenarios) of water sources.

Mine Planning

Long term planning

  • EMPR/ Mine boundaries
  • Pit layout
  • Mining method
  • Reserve model (Mining losses/ Recovery factor & Contamination factors)
  • Scheduling (Equipment selection, Rates, Timing & Sequencing, Time usage model/ Availability & Utilization, Major shuts schedule)

Medium term planning

  • EMPR/ Mine boundaries
  • Pit layout
  • Mining methods
  • Reserve model (Mining losses/ Recovery factor & Contamination factors)
  • Scheduling (Equipment selection, Rates, Timing & Sequencing, Time usage model/ Availability & Utilization, Major shuts schedule)
  • Grade control model (Update reserve model with latest geological data)

Short term planning

  • Scheduling (Equipment selection, Rates, Timing & Sequencing, Time usage model/ Availability & Utilization, Major shuts schedule)

 

 Geology

  • Geological resource Exploration and Evaluation:
    • Planning for field studies and surveys; drilling, logging and sampling as well as data capturing.
    • Location and estimation of probable reserves using geological methods and research.
    • Database management and QAQC
    • Produce geological models. 
  • Mining site Geological Evaluation:
    • Advise on location of reserves and extraction.
    • Assist Planning Department with location of high-grade deposits.
    • Assist in the producing the structural map to allow planning for high risk zones.
    • Design and supervise drilling programs to evaluate deposits and possibly location of mineable reserves. 
  • Budgeting and Cost Management:
    • Ensuring site investigational processes happen with the budget.
    • Advise on procuring of resources that are within budget.
    • Use practical investigational methods that fall within budget. 
  • Governance:
    • Ensure compliance to legislation.
    • Ensure OHS are adhered to.
    • Participate in HSE meetings. 
  • Training and development:
    • Mentor and coach Junior Geologists when required.
    • Train peers on geological information when required.

Maintain Client relationships