MEC

MINING ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY

MEC is a professional engineering consultancy providing mining, mechanical and electrical engineering services to the mining industry. Based in Alberta, MEC specializes in surfaces mining and oil sands mine engineering however also provide support to open pit coal, open cut and underground metalliferous, oil sand and gas/oil drainage projects. We deliver projects on time and within budget; initiate, plan, execute and close projects; manage time, cost, quality, change, risk menagement; manage staff, customers and suppliers.

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Company

MEC has assembled an experienced team of professionals from all disciplines of engineering. These engineers, designers and specialists are highly motivated, trained and experienced in all phases of project development, from assessments, basic and detail design, to construction, commissioning and start-up. At MEC, we work hard to develop a professional environment that fosters mutual respect, independence, teamwork and growth. A positive corporate environment is reflected in organizational effectiveness, and ultimately, in the quality of work.

Services

It is not feasible for an individual mine or even a very large mining company to employ all the mining engineers that are needed to undertake all the tasks necessary. Many tasks need specialist knowledge, such as designing software to create simulate models of mineral deposits. Consultants enable companies to tap into specialist expertise that has been developed as a result of working on a wider range of projects than exist within one organization. They can range from being a one person organization to being a branch of an international consulting company.

Some specialist areas for consultant mining engineers include: 

Mining companies may also consult different types of advisors for different areas of expertise, such as a financial advisor, a human resources manager, a geologist, and so on.


Projects

In recent years MEC has been engaged in different array of assignments:

Alberta British Columbia

Saskatchewan

Northwest Territories

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Resources and Reserve Evaluation

Reserve Estimation
Estimation of mineral resources at a range of assay cut-offs, stratigraphic limits and other constraints can be carried out. Resource geologists ensure their work is fully compliant with the code and have taken responsibility for a variety of resource estimates.

Reserve Classification
To satisfy the requirements of various mining codes, a wide variety of expertise is required to evaluate how each of these factors impacts on a deposit. As a diversified engineering group, we can provide the wide variety of expertise needed to convert resources to reserves.

Geotechnical engineering

Geotechnical engineering team is focused on the effective design of excavations for underground and open pit operations. A focus on the quality of the geological and geotechnical data is an important consideration in our work. Accurate data forms a strong foundation from which we can formulate efficient mine designs and operating practices. Using a regionalised database and block modeling techniques we were able to demonstrate the variability of the geotechnical parameters across the ore body allowing to customize the dimensions of stopes to suit the local geotechnical conditions.” Services:

Our geotechnical engineering provides the full range of geotechnical services to operations from geotechnical strategy and long term planning inputs to slope monitoring and supervision of slope formation. Our geotechnical engineering was commissioned to undertake the geotechnical component of feasibility study. The project presented the geotechnical data as a 3-dimensional model to allow a better understanding of the variability of ground conditions over the mine. The block modeling tools allowed the complex ground conditions to be modeled, while also accounting for the variable influence of mining induced stresses. This enabled stope designs to be optimized for particular ground conditions and sequencing strategies. We also has extensive experience in resource evaluation, geology and exploration, mine planning, geotechnical engineering, business improvement and performance management services, risk management and benchmarking, mining software, blasting and training

Mine

One of Mining Resource Evaluation Unit core strengths is in Mine Optimization and Design, including scheduling, equipment selection, rehabilitation and reserve estimation.

Mine Optimization
We are able to maximize the value of a deposit for a given set of mining conditions, working costs and commodity process.

Mine Planning and Design
Conceptual mine design based on preliminary data can be undertaken to indicate the basic economics of projects. More detailed mine planning and scheduling can be provided for more advanced projects. Mine planning services offered include:

Mine Scheduling
We have extensive experience in targeting schedules to business objectives for commercial targets in both open pit and underground operations.

Mining Equipment Selection
Our experience covers a broad range of mining equipment including open pit truck and shovel systems, continuous surface mining systems, underground decline and shaft access systems, various underground development and stoping methods and automation.

Mine Rehabilitation Design
Teams like Mining and Mineral Processing, Geotechnical, Environmental, etc., work together seamlessly offering mine rehabilitation services which is an area of expertise that combines a unique range of skills, including the development of closure criteria, regulatory approvals, rehabilitation estimates, terrain analysis, overburden characterization and surface water studies.

Mine Infrastructure Services
Infrastructure team provides comprehensive suite of mining related infrastructure services including water supply, tailings disposal, dewatering, power supply, etc.

Project Management

We provide a practical approach to a complex process of the management of projects. The management processes required to manage a project successfully from start to end. Project Management provides you with all of the documentation tools required to make your project a success.

 

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