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AriaHangard Consulting Engineers

Geotechnical Engineering

Slope stability for open pits and dumps, underground support design, heap and pond design and seismic studies.

Services provided by this group include:

  • Mine dewatering system design
  • Static and dynamic slope-stability analysis for rock and soil structures (final pit walls, bench walls, waste dumps and heaps)
  • Ground support design for underground mines
  • Design of foundations, impermeable liners, drainage and filter systems, ore lifts, geomembrane protection and monitoring for leach heaps
  • Design of impermeable liners, geomembrane protection and monitoring for ponds
  • Site selection for project facilities through geotechnical boreholes
  • Seismic hazard and earthquake engineering studies
  • Identification and evaluation of borrow sources (clay, sand, kaolin, …)

Geotechnics

Representative plants related to this group's services

Thickener · Filter press · Dry stacking

Tailings filtration & dry stacking

Design of tailings dewatering and filtration units that maximize water recovery and reduce tailings-dam risk — from high-rate thickeners to filter-press halls and dry-stacked cake.

Design capacity
600–1,060 t/h dry solids
Tailings volume
Up to 7 Mt/y
Benefit
Water recovery, no wet tailings dam

Engineering groups

Other engineering groups

Process Engineering

From sampling and mineral-processing test work to flowsheets, mass balance, process simulation and plant capacity optimization.

Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering

HV lines and substations, distribution networks, automation, PLC/DCS and ETAP power-system studies for industrial plants.

Mechanical & Piping Engineering

Mechanical equipment documentation, tank design, piping and stress analysis, 3D modelling and HVAC systems.

Architecture & Civil Engineering

Design and supervision of steel, industrial and concrete buildings, plant layout, access roads and cost estimation.

Geological Engineering

Structural geology, fault studies with satellite imagery, field mapping, sampling and borehole logging.

Mining Engineering

Resource estimation and 3D modelling, feasibility studies, pit optimization, production scheduling and underground mine design.

Techno-Economic & Project Control

Bankable feasibility studies with COMFAR III, business plans, Primavera-based planning and control, and contract management.

Research & Development Unit

Systematic R&D to improve services, refine processes and reduce costs — backed by academic and industrial partnerships.

Project lifecycle

Consultancy across all project phases, from studies to operation

AriaHangard supports clients through every phase of an industrial or mining project.

  1. 01

    Concept study

    Ideation and option assessment

  2. 02

    Feasibility

    Techno-economic and bankable studies

  3. 03

    Basic engineering

    Flowsheets, layouts and design criteria

  4. 04

    Detailed engineering

    Construction documents for all disciplines

  5. 05

    Procurement

    MRs, TBEs, inspection and expediting

  6. 06

    Construction supervision

    Senior & site supervision and project control

  7. 07

    Commissioning

    Cold & hot commissioning and handover

Request consulting and engineering services

Talk to our specialists about consulting, feasibility, design or supervision of your mining and processing projects.

Submit a request021-88320703-5