GHD - Mine and Resources

GHD is an international professional services company. Our people deliver innovative solutions by combining technical skill and experience with an understanding of our clients’ objectives and industry needs. We serve the global market sectors of infrastructure, mining and industry, defence, property and buildings and the environment.

MINING ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY

GHD was established in 1928 and is today ranked in the world’s top 30 engineering and architecture companies. The mining industry is under constant pressure to stay competitive while complying with stringent environmental regulations. Exploration and research, production and materials handling are costly activities that require keeping abreast of the latest technology while utilising the best professional capabilities.

MINE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING

GHD's consultants are active in integrated project management and design for mine and resource development. Other vital tasks are conceptual planning and feasibility studies, design and environmental planning for infrastructure, plant engineering, hydraulics, materials handling, tailings management, rehabilitation, and decommissioning. GHD has the technical, business and line management capability to deliver a complete package of services.

TAILINGS AND RESIDUE ENGINEERING

GHD offers a 'one-stop shop' for life-of-mine solutions in tailings and residue engineering, operations management, and closure. GHD's tailings and mine residue services have developed from an established reputation in dam engineering going back to the 1930s. We play a major role in tailings dam design methods and long-term planning in Australasia.

ONSITE MINE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Our clients have the opportunity to commission services as and when required, as an alternative to in-house permanent resourcing. Services can be packaged from individual studies through to complete engineering procurement and construction management.

Our onsite construction management services include mechanical equipment design, structural design, electrical design, process design, instrumentation and control, civil design, application of bulk materials flow properties for material handling solutions, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), contract and procurement documentation, and project management solutions.

Clients engage GHD for the following applications:

• Conveyor design including high lift, drift, overland and variable speed
• Design of automatic equipment including boom stackers, radial stackers, shuttle heads and rail loadout facilities
• Ploughs / trippers
• Chute and bin design
• Reclaim tunnels
• Crushing and screening stations
• Storage bins and stockpiles
• Mechanical guarding and safety audits
• Mobile stockyard machinery
• Services and utilities

MINERALS PROCESSING

We custom-design plants and equipment as well as troubleshooting problems. Our clients are active in the copper and base metals aluminium, coal, iron ore, gold, mineral sands, and diamond sectors.

Our services in the minerals processing area include concept development, feasibility studies, engineering design, project management, procurement, maintenance and operations input and project audits.

Our minerals processing expertise extend to:

• Test works planning and data interpretation
• Metallurgical, chemical and process design
• Plant design criteria
• Process instrumentation and control
• Control philosophy and functional specification
• Equipments sizing design and data listing
• Contract and procurement documents
• Project management

MINE PROSPECT, OPERATION OR EXPANSION PLANNING

GHD specialists support every stage of your mining and quarrying project life cycle. Our capability and commitment can develop a mining prospect, operation or expansion plan. GHD systems synthesise the geological, mine planning, materials handling, metallurgical, tailings and environmental management, operational requirements and financial aspects of mining to enable the many conflicting objectives in mine development to be addressed and optimal solutions found.

From concept to mine closure, our professionals provide integrated, financially viable solutions to mining issues that match your business requirements. Our multi-disciplinary teams work with our client team to add value through quality engineering and scientific practices.