Galore Creek Mine, British Columbia
A pilot grouting program to assess the feasibility of the construction of a tailings dam.
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Mines
Mount Isa Mines: stopping water inflow into pilot holes for raise bore using acrylate grout, Australia
A pilot hole hit water in zones not amenable to regular or microfine cement based suspension grout at a depth of approximately 400 metres below surface. Inflows as high as 100 liters per second were encountered…
Minera Alumbrera DCP Grout Curtain Remediation Acrylamide Grouting Program, Catamarca, Argentina
Quick turnaround for grout curtain through rock not amenable to regular or microfine based cement grout.
Watertight Bulkhead Construction in Underground Workings, Fort à la Corne, Saskatchewan
A large inflow in a diamond mine…
New Yung Chung Tunnel: Hot Bitumen Grouting, Taiwan
A hot bitumen grouting plan was designed and directed to remedy a massive inflow under substantial hydrostatic pressure in a tunnel in Taiwan.
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Mine Plugs and Bulkheads, North America
ECO has designed and directed the construction of several mine plugs and permanent flood bulkheads. The plugs have been used to seal underground works after the ore has been depleted or to seal off areas of a mine where the water inflow impaired or threatened mining operations…