08 – Backfill
Engineering
- Fill type evaluation (rock, cemented rock, deslimed tailings, paste)
- Material/s evaluation (rock, sand, tailings, cement, pozzolans & flocculants)
- Mix design
- Materials balance
- Placement (trucks, boreholes, piping, drainage, barricades, fill rate)
- Implementation programs
- Capital cost estimates
Previous Work
- 70% preliminary design – Olympic Dam Expansion Project Feasibility Study
- Cement & fly ash supply – Olympic Dam Expansion Project Feasibility Study
- Backfill mix design test work – Olympic Dam Expansion Project Feasibility Study
- Backfill system 30% preliminary design – Olympic Dam Expansion Project Pre-feasibility Study
- Backfill system concept design – Olympic Dam Expansion Project Scoping Study
- Backfill system design & engineering – Broken Hill Life of Mine Study
- Backfill system review – Granites Gold Mine Feasibility Study
- Backfill study tour of South Africa, Canada, United States & Australia