HAZARDOUS WASTE SOLUTIONS
Mining
CHALLENGES FACING THE MINING INDUSTRY
- Significant legacy waste and tailings dam stockpiles due to lack of industrial scale domestic solution.
- Emerging markets such as “battery minerals” can result in large volumes of waste by-product that require disposal.
- Ageing infrastructure requiring appropriate decommissioning.
- ‘Chain of Responsibility’ legislation is increasing additional company, director and employee liability.
- Australian Accounting Standards Board – Standard 137 (AASB 137) and International Accounting Standards Board – Standard 37 (IASB 37) accounting practices are now exposing the size of the waste problem in relation to contingent liabilities.
- Increasing focus on corporate reputation.
- Increasing regulatory requirements.
TYPICAL HAZARDOUS WASTE STREAMS
- Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)
- Sealed radioactive sources (SRS)
- Asbestos contaminated material (ACM)
- Arsenic
- Cyanide
- Mercury
- Lead
- Refractory waste
- Laboratory waste
- PCB oils
- Mine tailings
- Processing by-products
- Contaminated soils
KEY CLIENT BENEFITS
Tellus offers simple, safe and cost-effective storage, treatment and permanent isolation (disposal) solutions for hazardous wastes.
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