Services
O'Kane Consultants offers services in the areas of:
- In situ and laboratory physical and geochemical material characterization;
- Mine waste management prior to and during operation by demonstrating the cost-benefit of progressive decommissioning during operation;
- Design and assessment of unsaturated hydraulic performance of heap leach piles;
- Cover
system
design
for
closure
of
spent
heap
and
dump
leach
piles,
waste
rock
storage
facilities, tailings
management
areas,
and
municipal
landfills;
- Prediction of potential environmental loadings for alternate mine waste closure options;
- Assessment of long-term erosion for design of
sustainable final landforms for waste storage facilities;
- Construction supervision, including quality assurance and control, of cover systems;
- Installation of field performance monitoring systems to evaluate cover system performance as well as impacts of seepage to groundwater and surface water;
- Reduction and interpretation of field data for developing an understanding for key characteristics that control long-term performance, demonstrating performance to stakeholders, and achieving the desired closure criteria; and
- Distribution and technical support of environmental monitoring sensors and data acquisition equipment.
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