MINING EPCM
And DRA ’ s de Bruin and Annandale say the company continues to work on projects beyond its core ‘ plant ’ focus , whether that be with mining support services , or ongoing , stay-in-business project-related work .
“ Investor expectations and demands related to ESG often add to project capital needs , however the trend is growing for the need to comply and be seen as a responsible miner ,” they said . “ The need for decarbonisation will continue to feature in mining project development and become more prevalent .”
Technology ties
Just as the mining companies themselves are realising they cannot achieve all their goals alone , the EPCM community is , too , opening to external collaborators .
Cody Ryckman , Innovation & Technology Lead , Mining , Minerals and Metals at Stantec , says : “ Working closely with technology suppliers allows us to infuse emergent technology considerations throughout early design phases . This collaboration fosters creativity , which , in turn , supports ideation and results in the innovations necessary for the mine designs of today to adequately address project risk and meet the sustainability commitments of the future .”
Ryckman says Stantec has a long history of successful collaboration with the emerging technology community , and it continues to actively scale its partnering ecosystem , comprised of commercially available and emerging technologies , to better serve clients .
“ We ’ re excited about ongoing collaborations with our emerging technology partners in the areas of zero-emission haulage , tailings valorisation , remote sensing for performance monitoring of earthen structures , fleet electrification , steady-state ion exchange and surgical mining – to name a few ,” he said .
More specifically , Stantec has been working with a company targeting resin extraction technology in tailings recovery , with plans to not only recover gold , but also cyanide – both a hazardous chemical and a necessary reagent in the gold production space .
Rusk added : “ Once the technology is proven , successful and implemented , it has the potential to be one of the biggest advances in gold recovery I ’ ve seen in my lifetime .”
Fluor ’ s technology-agnostic position has not prohibited the company from continuously working with a network of partners across the mining industry and beyond , with the company ’ s Business Incubation team having supported many start-ups in their journey towards “ technoeconomic maturity , scalability and full commercialisation ”, Molavi said .
And , when it comes to the performance of its services , Fluor collaborates closely with technology providers and makes significant investments , such as the close collaboration in the development of EPC Project Health Diagnostics .
Molavi explained : “ Our most recent collaboration with a leading multinational information technology , digital technology and AI provider provides us with a deep reach into digital technology and AI across industries on a global scale .”
Calibre has collaborated with FutureAim – a digital support services company – and Datum360 – an engineering information and asset data company – in developing its digital asset platform for project delivery .
“ This approach allows us to be agnostic when it comes to design tools but provides our clients with a fully integrated digital asset to be uploaded to their preferred asset management platform such as AVEVA or SmartPlant Enterprise for Owners Operations ,” Chapman said .
AFRY , meanwhile , has a long history of collaborating with technology suppliers where its specialists have participated in the development of applications and products in mining , for example with Sandvik and Metso .
Recently – perhaps due to increasing demand for green transition innovations – AFRY has carried out many feasibility studies based on novel production technologies , with many of these tied to its involvement in battery mineral
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