03 July 2017

Extractive IndustriesChallenges in water and energy

Estel Blay

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Mining Lifecycle – Different challenges in each stage

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Mining Challenges - Energy

Mines are normally in isolated location

Nov 4, 2016Jan 29, 2016

Mining companies were not traditionally considered a good fit for renewable energy

Mines are high energetic demands

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Mining Challenges - Water

Illegal Mining activities – direct impact on water

Tailing dam monitoring• Satellite data is a cost effective way of

monitoring tailing dams.

• Some aspects which can be monitored:

profile and volume, points of failure and

leaching, stability and predicting the impact

of a dam failure.

Nov 4, 2016Jan 29, 2016

Glaciers and mining

Thank you

For more information: estel.blay@sa.catapult.org.uk