Mining
Mining and Extractives
Accent Environmental provides specialist mining and extractive industry services for:
- Primary industry
- Industrial and manufacturing sites
- Landfills and waste management sites
- Renewable energy developments
- Residential and commercial developments
Services include:
- Conducting environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs)
- Providing strategic advice for project approvals and preparing referral documents for regulatory agencies
- Conducting due diligence assessments and audits
- Assessing risk and preparing risk management plans
- Preparing work plans, mining proposals and environmental management plans
- Preparing conceptual, interim and final rehabilitation and closure plans
- Assessing and managing life-ofmine closure risks and liabilities
- Bankable feasibility study inputs
We also collaborate with other technical specialists in the following key areas:
- Contamination and prediction assessment, management, and remediation (including AMD)
- Mine water management
- Cover design and landform evolution
- Hydrological and hydrogeological
assessment and modelling - Flora, fauna, cultural heritage, noise, dust and transport impact assessment
Selected projects
Accent has undertaken the following projects:
- Developed a residual risk cost tool and risk assessment methodology for the Queensland resources industry, Queensland Treasury Corporation
- Prepared an ESIA report for the SLACO bauxite mine in conjunction with ESL, Lao PDR
- Developed a mine closure and rehabilitation plans and for the Phosphate Hill mine, Incitec- Pivot Ltd, Queensland
- Prepared work plans, risk management plans, and managed approvals for the Costerfield gold mine, Mandalay Resources, Victoria
- Assessed the environmental impact of a heap leach pad at the Phu Bia gold mine, Phu Bia Mining, Lao PDR
- Assessed the impact of mercury from historical mining, Thomson River, West Gippsland CMA, Victoria
- Assessed alternative financial assurance mechanisms for the Hazelwood Mine Fire Board of Inquiry; appearing as Expert Witness, Victoria, Australia
Site Rehabilitation and Closure
Accent Environmental provides
specialist services in the area of
mine site and quarry
rehabilitation and closure,
including:
- Providing strategic site closure advice to industry and government
- Assessing and managing life-of-project closure risks and liabilities
- Advising on financial assurance options and instruments
- Estimating closure costs and cost uncertainties
- Preparing conceptual, staged rehabilitation and final closure plans
- Managing closure investigations and programs
- Assisting with community and government consultation
We also collaborate with other technical specialists in the following key areas:
- Acid drainage prediction and management
- Contamination assessment and remediation
- Cover design and landform evolution
- Revegetation, land capability, and soil management
- Hydrological and hydrogeological assessment and modelling
- Water quality assessment and management
- Waterway reinstatement and rehabilitation
- Community transition and livelihood replacement
Quality and commitment are the hallmarks of our company. We seek to provide advice and services that meet the specific needs of each client and project.
Selected projects
Accent has undertaken the following projects:
- Developed a residual risk cost calculation tool and risk assessment methodology for resource development sites in Queensland, for Queensland Treasury Corporation and the Department of Environment and Science, Australia
- Assessed alternative financial mechanisms for coal mine rehabilitation for the Hazelwood Mine Fire Board of Inquiry; appeared as Expert Witness, Victoria, Australia
- Appeared as an expert witness for proceedings in the Supreme Court of Western Australia relating to rehabilitation at a mine site
- Developed a rehabilitation bond discount model for mining and extractive industries sites, Department of State Development, Business, and Innovation, Victoria, Australia
- Prepared an updated Rehabilitation and Closure Plan and financial assurance estimation for the Southern Cross Operations (phosphate mine and fertilizer production), for Incitec-Pivot Limited, Queensland, Australia
- Undertook a cost comparison of closure options, including walkaway versus perpetual management solutions, for Xstrata Mount Isa Mines (XMIM), Queensland, Australia
Accent Environmental personnel have undertaken projects in Australia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Zealand, the Pacific and the USA.