Tailings governance
The GISTM requires affected-community engagement, disclosure and environmental controls alongside the engineering. We cover both sides.
What we do
Environmental work grounded in the engineering
Spheroid Engineering Limited's environmental consultants hold postgraduate qualifications in environmental engineering and sustainability and work alongside our geotechnical, hydrological and metallurgical staff.
That matters because the environmental questions on a mine are usually engineering questions: how a tailings facility will behave, where groundwater goes, what a process plant discharges. An environmental impact assessment from SEL draws on the same hydrogeological modelling and process chemistry that the design team uses, so the mitigation it proposes is one the engineers can actually build.
Beyond the assessment we develop and audit environmental management systems, run monitoring programmes, assess risk, check legal compliance and train site staff to carry out environmental works themselves.
Related
Where environment meets engineering
Water
Water-resources assessments, pumping tests and groundwater modelling for farms, mines and utilities.
Noise and vibration
Blast vibration and sound-level monitoring at quarries and mines close to communities.
Need an EIA, an audit or a monitoring programme?
Tell us about the project and its permitting stage, and we will propose a scope.