Mining
At MEC International, our engineers have extensive experience in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, inspection, monitoring, closure and reclamation of surface and underground mining facilities, as well as tailings dams. Our staff has been involved in the design of over one hundred mining facilities in the United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington) and abroad (Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Brazil).
For more information about our services to the mining industry, please check our brochure, below.
Projects
Our engineers have led the design of a wide variety of services for multiple mining projects. A partial list of projects includes:
Teck Resources Highland Valley Copper Tailings Storage Facility OMS update, Canada
Helen Mine Reclamation Design-Build, California
Mosaic (Former Cargil South Fort Meade Mine) SFM-5 tailings impoundmend design and construction supervision, Florida
Stocking Flat – Deer Creek EE/CA, California
Mosaic (Former IMC Phosphates Hopewell Mine) HL-4 tailings dam design and construction supervision, Florida
Altoona Mine Repository, Closure Peer Review and Value Engineering, California
Hoge Mine, Site Investigation Work Plan, California
Argonaut Mine, Treatability Study, California.
Carmelita Mine Reclamation EIR, Technical Review, California
CF Industries Settling Area Dam W-3, design and sinkhole potential evaluation, Florida
Mosaic (Former Cargil South Fort Meade Mine) SFM-4 tailings dam seepage outbreak investigation, periodic EHS inspections, and instrumentation, Florida
Mosaic (Former IMC Phosphates Fort Green Mine) FGH-4 Dam seepage outbreak investigation, periodic EHS inspections, and instrumentation, Florida
CF Industries Hardee Phosphate Complex, Sand/Clay Mix Area Dam E-4 design, Florida
CF Industries Hardee Phosphate Complex, Sand/Clay Mix Area Dam E-2 seepage investigation and instrumentation, Florida
Mosaic (Former IMC Phosphates) New Wales Mine MW2 I-4A Gypsum Stack liner design and construction inspections, Florida
Glencore Sinchi Wayra Complex, Bolivar Mine, Lixiviates Seepage and Groundwater Evaluation, Bolivia
Glencore Sinchi Wayra Complex, Bolivar Mine, Tailings Management & Pit Stability, Bolivia
Xstrata Collahuasi Copper Mine, Seepage & Slope Stability Evaluations, Chile
Xstrata Antamina Copper Mine, Groundwater Analysis, Peru
Confidential Client, Tin Mine, resources modeling, Bolivia
