Mining Safety and Sustainability Studies

Project Summary

Safety and Sustainability Planning – Debswana Cuts 3 and 9: The open pit mines need to continuously be widening to allow access to the kimberlite diamond ore. Planning for Jwaneng Cut 9 and Orapa Cut 3 is underway. Ecosurv has contributed to the process by providing the safety and sustainably components to the concept phase as part of the FEL and IDM investment approaches

Services

Provision of specialist services for:

  • EIA, legal, biodiversity, water, air and dust dispersion,  noise, waste, heritage,  safety, health, closure costing, environmental risk and environmental sustainability valuation
  • Recommendations for future stages of planning
  • Public and stakeholder consultations in the Zone of Influence
Solutions
  • Environmental management solutions
  • Air quality mitigations
  • Health and safety plans including community health
  • Biodiversity management plans
  • Closure costs
  • Contractors camp location options
Support

There were follow-up studies that were undertaken by Ecosurv:

  • Biodiversity
  • Archaeology
  • Waste management planning and movement of solid waste dumps
  •  Traffic studies