Our Credentials
SRSL is the world leader in best practice and environmental impact of Deep Sea Mine Tailings Placement.
MINING: OUR CREDENTIALS:
SRSL is the world leader in best practice and environmental impact of Deep Sea Mine Tailings Placement. SAMS have experience in assessing DSTP in one of three permitted mines and two of eight operational mines worldwide. We have over a decade of experience working with industry, landowners and regulators internationally, operating from ice camps in the Arctic to the deep sea in Papua New Guinea.
We have built up an impressive track record in the Mining sector, by delivering independent and high-quality environmental services, underpinned by cutting-edge research. We apply a variety of state of the art assessment tools and scientific techniques, spanning the physical, chemical and biological sciences. Our breadth of expertise allows all of the following environmental impact risks to be considered;
- Assessment of the potential toxicity of mine tailings
- Assessment of the diffusion and dispersion of any dissolved potentially toxic materials in the water column
- Assessment of impact on seabed e.g. increased sediment accumulation, change in grain size
- Assessment of impact on the pelagic zone during the production period e.g. increased turbidity and transfer of toxic components to the pelagic food web
- Assessment of impact on biodiversity during production period e.g. burial, dilution of natural organic carbon input, bioavailability of toxins, biomagnification and bioaccumulation
- Influence on marine resources e.g. fisheries/aquaculture
- Influence on vulnerable ecosystems, including culturally important habitats
- Impact of technical failure e.g. pipeline fractures,
- Potential redistribution of tailings e.g. production of under water slides of deposited tailings, formation of plumes within the water column.
SELECTED PROJECTS
- An independent evaluation of deep-sea mine tailings placement (DSTP) at Lihir Gold mine, Misima Gold mine and Ramu Nickel mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG). PNG Government (European Union, 8th European Development Fund), 2007-2010
- Development of specific regulatory guidelines for Deep Sea Mine Tailings Placement for Lihir and Ramu mines, Papua New Guinea Mineral Resource and World Bank, 2011-
- Investigation into the possible occurrence of upwelling along the RAI coast with specific reference to the Basamuk area, Papua New Guinea Mineral Resource Authority, 2011-
- Offshore environmental baseline survey for the Dounreay nuclear power plant decommissioning and restoration plan, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 2003-4
