WATER MANAGEMENT & TREATMENT
“Water is critical to profitability at mine sites
worldwide,” said Matt Meehan, CEO of
sensemetrics. “As such, we are proud to be
working with an industry leader. DHI’s deep
experience and advanced technological solutions
within the water industry coupled with
sensemetrics’ plug-and-play connectivity and IIoT
platform solution will make it even easier, safer
and more efficient for users in the mining industry
to solve challenges in mine water operations.”
Veolia has water treatment covered
Aside from its recent success in providing HPD ®
evaporation and crystallisation technologies for
the lithium extraction market, Veolia Water
Management last year signed a new contract with
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd where it is now responsible
for operating and maintaining all the water
treatment plants for the Obuasi open-cut and
underground mines in Ghana. Under this contract,
Veolia will provide all its operational expertise for
the mining industry.
No fewer than six facilities are needed to
guarantee the treated water and discharge quality
for AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine: four
wastewater treatment plants and two drinking
water treatment plants. Their management has
been entrusted to Veolia Ghana Ltd for a period of
three years.
“Water is essential for
the mining industry. It is
used in various activities
associated with the
extraction phases: ore
processing, dust control,
sludge transportation, as
well as employees’
needs. In a tropical
climate subject to highly
seasonal heavy rainfall,
the Ghanaian mine a
responsibility to manage
its wastewater and
process residue in order
to comply with the local Environmental Protection
Agency’s requirements for discharge into the
ecosystem. A heavy consumer of water, the mining
sector is one of the major growth areas identified
by Veolia. The group is working hand-in-hand with
players in the industry to find solutions to the
challenges they face in Africa, as elsewhere in the
world. It is a strategic market segment with
promising growth prospects for the group.”
This followed Veolia Water Technologies
awarded of an earlier contract to design and
supply a Reverse Osmosis 2 Ml/d plant to reduce
the chloride levels in the produced water stream
at the Fosterville gold mine in Australia. The water
Veolia Water Management last year signed a
new contract with AngloGold Ashanti Ltd where
it is now responsible for operating and
maintaining all the water treatment plants for
the Obuasi open-cut and underground mines
treatment plant solution will allow Kirkland Lake
Gold to continue meeting their operations license
conditions in a sustainable way.
Fosterville gold mine is implementing a water
treatment plant to treat mine water for reuse
within their process water circuit. Veolia was
awarded the contract for the design and supply of
a Reverse Osmosis plant to reduce the chloride
levels to <500 mg/l. The Reverse Osmosis plant
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