With 33 years experience and over 500 tailings projects in Australia and internationally, our techniques are fine tuned, efficient and designed to meet our clients needs.

Projects

PROJECT 20 - Chuquicamata Copper Mine in Chile - Pump station

Chuquicamata Slurry Transport, Calama, Northern Chile

Chuqicamata Thickened Tailings Transport System Basic Engineering Design

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Tags: Chile, Slurry Transport, Feasibility Studies, Slurry Characterisation, Rheology, Slurry Transport Systems


PROJECT 05 - Peak Gold Mine - Aerial view

Peak Gold Mine, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia

TSF Design, Construction and Operations Assistance

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Tags: Australia, Water Management, Tailings Dams, Water Dams, Tailings Characterisation, Surveillance Audits, Hydrology, Geotechnical Investigation, Beach Slope Prediction


PROJECT 02 - Beyinhar Gold Mine in Inner Mongolia - Geotechnical core samples

Beyinhar Gold Mine, Sonid Zuogi, Inner Mongolia, China

Geotechnical Investigation and Interpretation

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Tags: China, Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Investigation


PROJECT 03 - WRP Mine in Ouyen - The inside of the tailings dam during construction

WRP Mine, Ouyen, Victoria, Australia

Geotechnical Investigation and Pit Slope Design

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Tags: Australia, Geotechnical Engineering, Laboratory Testing, Geotechnical Investigation, Pit Slope Design, Geotechnical Modelling, Foundations, Pavements


PROJECT 17 - Pajingo Gold Mine - Site overview

Pajingo Gold Mine, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

TSF Embankment Raise Design, Seepage Management, Construction Assistance and Dam Safety Review

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Tags: Australia, Tailings Management, Tailings Dams, Life of Mine Concepts & Options, Detailed Design, Construction Support, Regulatory Liaison, Construction Documentation, Operations Manuals, Surveillance Audits


PROJECT 07 - Wharf 9 on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour - During construction

Wharf 9, King Street Wharf Precinct, Sydney, Australia

Wharf 9

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Tags: Australia, Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Modelling, Foundations, Ground Improvement, Excavations


PROJECT 04 - Lisheen Mine in Tipperary Ireland - Tailings dam

Lisheen Mine, Templemore, Tipperary, Ireland

TSF Closure Planning

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Tags: Ireland, Tailings Management, Water Management, Tailings Characterisation, Closure Design, Geotechnical Investigation


PROJECT 06 - Reedy Creek Landfill - Linings being installed during construction phase

Reedy Creek Landfill, Reedy Creek, Queensland, Australia

Landfill and Associate Infrastructure Design

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Tags: Australia, Waste Management, Detailed Design, Construction Support, Regulatory Liaison, Hydrology, Waste Strategies, Landfill Engineering, Lining Systems


PROJECT 16 - Mt Rawdon Gold Mine - Tailings dam

Mt Rawdon Gold Mine, Mt Perry, Queensland, Australia

TSF Development, Construction Assistance, Seepage Management and Dam Safety Review

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Tags: Australia, Tailings Management, Tailings Dams, Life of Mine Concepts & Options, Detailed Design, Construction Support, Surveillance Audits, Hydrology, Hydraulic Structures


PROJECT 14 - Aitik in Sweden - Overview in winter 2012 (Photo thanks to Boliden Minerals press page http://www.boliden.com/ )

Aitik, Gällivare, Sweden

Tailings Management Options Study

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Tags: Sweden, Tailings Management, Tailings Dams, Life of Mine Concepts & Options, Tailings Characterisation, Dam Safety, Beach Slope Prediction


PROJECT 01 - Benambra Mine Rehabilitation - Tailings dam construction

Benambra Mine, Benambra, Victoria, Australia

Mine Closure and Rehabilitation Design

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Tags: Australia, Tailings Management, Detailed Design, Regulatory Liaison, Closure Design, Environmental, Slurry Characterisation


PROJECT 13 - Andina Mine in Chile - Difficult winter conditions

Andina Mine, Santiago, Chile

Thickened Tailings Transport and Disposal and Associated Water Requirements

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Tags: Chile, Tailings Management, Slurry Transport, Feasibility Studies, Tailings Characterisation, Slurry Characterisation, Slurry Transport Systems, Beach Slope Prediction


PROJECT 08 - SCRC Coolum Landfill - SCRC Coolum landfill nearing closure

Coolum Landfill, Yandina Creek, Queensland, Australia

Coolum Landfill

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Tags: Australia, Waste Management, Landfill Engineering, Hydraulic Structures, Environmental, Geotechnical Investigation, Tailings Characterisation, Detailed Design


PROJECT 15 - Eloise Copper Mine - Construction phase

Eloise Copper Mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

TSF Raise Design, Construction Assistance and Dam Safety Review

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Tags: Australia, Tailings Management, Tailings Dams, Life of Mine Concepts & Options, Detailed Design, Construction Support, Regulatory Liaison, Construction Documentation, Surveillance Audits


PROJECT 10 - Gosnells Quarry - Prior to works

Gosnells Quarry Stabilisation, Gosnells, Western Australia, Australia

Quarry Stabilisation at Gosnells

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Tags: Australia, Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Investigation, Ground Improvement, Excavations


PROJECT 11 - Central Highlands Water - Beales dam seepage

Central Highlands Water – Dams Condition Assessment, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Central Highlands Water – Dams Condition Assessment

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Tags: Australia, Water Management, Water Dams, Dam Safety, Geotechnical Investigation


PROJECT 12 - Levee Assessment - Site assessment

Levee Assessment, Victoria, Australia

Levee Assessment

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Tags: Australia, Geotechnical Engineering, Water Management, Levee Assessment


PROJECT 09 - Bendigo Mine Water Evaporation Ponds - In operation

Bendigo Mine Water Evaporation Ponds, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Mine Water Evaporation Ponds

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Tags: Australia, Water Management, Detailed Design, Closure Design, Hydraulic Structures


PROJECT 19 - Rheology - Testing

Rheology and Pipe-Loop Testing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

ATC Williams has a proud tradition of engineering innovation and is constantly developing new test procedures to meet the ever growing demands of the mining industry. Of particular interest is the rheology and pipe-loop testing for slurry transport and the predicting of tailings behaviours. As global specialists in life of mine tailings management we realise that high quality design in tailings transport and storage facility is vital.

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Tags: Australia, Laboratory Testing, Materials Characterisation


PROJECT 19 - Soil Testing

Soil Testing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

ATC Williams recognise the need to understand the materials involved in your project in order to develop uniquely tailored solutions and produce optimal designs at minimum cost. It is this holistic approach that led to ATC Williams establishing our own NATA accredited testing laboratory in Melbourne to achieve efficient solutions and measureable benefits on every design we produce.

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Tags: Australia, Laboratory Testing, Materials Characterisation


PROJECT 19 - Specialised Tailings Testing - Testing On Site

Specialised Tailings Testing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

ATC Williams recognise that standard testing procedures are, in many cases, not appropriate for the testing of mine tailings. In our tailings storage facility designs we place great emphasis on the post deposition behaviour of tailings and have developed specific tests to provide the data needed to optimise tailings management.

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Tags: Australia, Laboratory Testing, Materials Characterisation


PROJECT 19 - TML Testing - Proctor/Fagerberg testing

Transportable Moisture Limit Testing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Over the years ATC Williams has developed several specialised laboratory test procedures relating specifically to the ever growing mining industry and its demand for optimised, cost effective designs and increased OH&S requirements during all aspects of mining. Among these test procedures, it is the Transportable Moisture Limit testing which directly prevents the capsizing of large bulk carriers saving resources and lives.

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Tags: Australia, Laboratory Testing, Materials Characterisation