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AriaHangard Consulting Engineers

Research & Development Unit

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

About the R&D unit

Research and development (R&D) has been a serious focus of organizations, businesses and governments for more than half a century.

AriaHangard has therefore placed R&D firmly on its agenda to advance the organization and its ongoing projects — improving services, refining processes and reducing costs.

Selected achievements of our R&D unit

  • A systematic, development-driven approach to leading activities
  • Stronger competitiveness within R&D standards and values
  • Greater confidence and constructive collaboration across the organization
  • A process approach across the organization's value chains
  • Higher scores in tenders
  • Cost management focused on productivity
  • Greater stakeholder satisfaction with a customer focus
  • A more systematic mindset in organization and management
  • Identifying opportunities and using them to improve performance
  • Cooperation agreements with the Iranian Association of R&D and Innovation in Industries & Mines and the College of Engineering, University of Tehran, for joint research and development

R&D

Representative plants related to this group's services

SAG mill · Cyclones · CIL · Elution · Smelting

Gold recovery by CIL

Design of tank-leaching and carbon-in-leach gold plants, achieving recoveries above 90% — including the first 100% domestically designed plant of its kind in Iran.

Design capacity
450 kg to 4 t gold per year
Plant recovery
Above 90%
Feed
Up to 5 Mt/y

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.

Geotechnical Engineering

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

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.

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.

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