Job Description The successful candidate will be a Process Engineering Graduate / EIT with 3 to 5 years of experience working in an engineering capacity. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the metallurgy / mineral processing sector. Any mine backfill related experience is considered advantageous. The Process Engineering Graduate / EIT will … Read More
Job Description Paterson & Cooke is looking for an engineer with 5 to 10 years’ experience to support project and study execution in our Calgary office. The role will include technical engineering on various mineral processing, tailings and slurry pipeline projects in the mining and resources industry. The work will involve travel to mine sites, … Read More
Job Description The successful candidate will be a Senior Engineer with 10+ years of experience working in an engineering and project management capacity. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the mining/industrial industry. The Senior Project Engineer will have an extensive background in both engineering and project management. Candidates should be comfortable working … Read More
Job Description Paterson & Cooke Iberia is seeking a Project Engineer to join their team in a full-time position at the newly established office in Madrid, Spain. The successful candidate will be a Project Engineer with a minimum of three years of experience working in an engineering consultancy, industrial plant and/or mine site environment. The … Read More
In-line flocculation is becoming increasingly more common in tailings dewatering. In fine tailings storage facilities, problematic clay mineral particles may not settle effectively and additional processes are required to promote dewatering. One process is to use polymer flocculation. A polymer solution is generally used to collect particles into larger groupings so they can be more … Read More
This article presents the importance of a holistic approach to improve the performance of mine waste disposal systems treating ores with a variable mineralogy. Mine tailings that contain clay minerals such as iIlite, kaolinite and/or smectites are particularly difficult to dewater using thickeners. Small variations in mineralogy result in significant variability in thickener underflow densities … Read More
Are you planning to install a new paste fill system at your mine? Or maybe your ore reserves have increased and mining production is scheduled to be ramped up going forward. It is vital that any mine considering implementing a new paste plant or increasing mining production rates should be comfortable that the capacity of … Read More
The ASTM slump test has been the backbone of the pastefill plant quality control program since it was adopted from the concrete industry in the early days of pastefill system development. It is a simple test that provides a quick evaluation of the consistency of the paste. This consistency is related to the ability of … Read More
I was working with my P&C teammates on a brownfields tailings project where the owner was planning to construct a new tailings storage facility (TSF). The new TSF was adjacent to the existing TSF and the tailings pipeline was planned to run along the crest of the existing TSF and then drop down to the … Read More
When designing an underground mine, one of the key decisions is whether to backfill the voids left by mining. The backfilling decision is generally influenced by a range of factors which commonly include: Environmental constraints Surface disposal limitations Management of surface subsidence Promotion of mine stability Reducing the volume of waste hauled to surface Enabling … Read More