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OIL SANDS MINING IN CANADA
The process of turning oil sand into crude oil begins with mining the resource. Because the oil sand in Syncrude’s leases is not deeply buried, surface mining is the most viable method of recovery.
 Layers of muskeg and earth are removed first. Suitable soil materials are used in ongoing reclamation.
Beneath the muskeg is a layer of overburden, which is removed to expose the thick deposit of oil sand.
Large trucks and shovels remove the overburden and mine the oil sand.
The oil sand is trucked to crushers, where large chunks are broken down for transport via hydrotransport or conveyor to bitumen extraction facilities.
SUNCOR ENERGY CANADA
Steepbank and Milennium: are mining operations, which are used to develop shallow oil sands deposits.
Only 20% of all oil sands are close enough to the surface to be mined. The reclamation process begins as soon as mining operations are completed.
SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD
Syncrude Canada: is a joint venture of oil and gas companies developing Athabasca oil sands properties in north-eastern Alberta, Canada.
Operations include three separate mines: the Base, North, and Aurora mines. The operation is on eight leases totalling 258,000 hectares of property. The main plant site is located at Mildred Lake, 40 km north of Fort McMurray, and about 500 km northeast of Edmonton.
SHELL CANADA
The Muskeg River Mine: extracts heavy oil, called bitumen, from the oil sands of northern Alberta
As currently designed the Muskeg River Mine will recover 1.6 billion barrels of bitumen. The Muskeg River Mine has a design capacity of 155,000 barrels per day (bpd) of bitumen, which, after upgrading, is ready for refining.
Shell also has approval for Muskeg River Mine Expansion and Jackpine Mine, which will eventually develop most of Lease 13.
In oil sands mining - oil sand ore - a mix of oil and sand, is excavated using trucks and shovels. The material is then mixed with warm water to separate the oil from the sand.
FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD
NORTH AMERICA
Morenci Mine: is located in Southeast Arizona, about 50 miles northeast of Safford. Morenci is a porphyry copper open-pit mine and processing facility. Morenci is one of North America’s largest producer of copper and one of the largest open-pit mines in the world. It is one of the world’s largest producers of copper cathode from SX/EW. Its operations pioneered the use of Global Positioning Satellite system technology and computer-controlled dispatching in its haul trucks, shovels and other heavy equipment.
Bagdad Mine: is located about 100 miles northwest of Phoenix. Bagdad is an openpit copper mine and concentrator, with molybdenum by-products. The Bagdad Mine is a porphyry copper deposit containing both sulphide and oxide mineralisation. The predominant oxide copper minerals are chrysocolla, malachite and azurite. Chalcocite is the most common secondary copper sulphide mineral, and chalcopyrite and molybdenite are the dominant primary sulphides. |
Mining assignments
Past and current activities
Bayer Chrome MG’s (Sarel’s experience as former director at MCC Contracts)
Turnkey contract: Procurement, project planning, engineering, start-up, implementation, management and control – turning to account MG Chrome openpit mine.
Buffelsfontein Chrome MG’s (Sarel’s experience as former director at MCC Contracts)
Turnkey contract: Procurement, project planning, engineering, start-up, implementation, management and control – turning to account MG Chrome openpit mine.
Purity Chrome LG’s (Sarel’s experience as former director at MCC Contracts)
Turnkey contract: Procurement, project planning, engineering, start-up, implementation, management and control – turning to account LG chrome openpit mine.
Thorncliffe LG’s (Sarel’s experience as former director at MCC Contracts)
Turnkey contract: Procurement, project planning, engineering, start-up, implementation, management and control – turning to account LG Chrome openpit mine.
Rustenburg Platinum Merensky (Sarel’s experience as former director at MCC Contracts)
Turnkey contract: Procurement, project planning, engineering, start-up, implementation, management and control – turning to account Merensky openpit mine.
Union Section UG’s (Sarel’s experience as former director at MCC Contracts)
Turnkey contract: Procurement, project planning, engineering, start-up, implementation, management and control – turning to account UG2 openpit mine.
Maroelabult UG2
Turnkey contract: Update reef structure model, optimise mine design and schedule, optimise fleet allocations, compile and manage implementation monthly mine plans, supply on site implementation management, liaison between client and mining contractor, assist with measurement and certification.
Environment health & safety: Design, implement and manage execution of waste dump rehabilitation plan.
Two Rivers UG2
Project planning: Mining part of feasibility study for openpit mine, practical pit and mine design, equipment selections, production scheduling and costs, production and budget forecasts for life-of-mine (LoM) plan, owner operated vs contract mining trade-off.
Environment, health & safety: Design, plan, cost and schedule progressive rehabilitation.
Lindum Reefs Black Reef (Sarel’s experience as former director at MCC Contracts)
Turnkey contract: Procurement, project planning, engineering, start-up, implementation, management and control – turning to account Black Reef openpit mine.
Petrex Gold
Mine planning: Pit optimisation, mine design and plan for satellite pit, optimise mine plan for current pits.
Mining equipment: Fleet selection assessment for existing pit operations, fleet selection and costs for satellite pit.
Sadiola Gold Mine
Mine planning: Optimise mining schedule.
Contract mining: Owner operated vs contract mining cost comparison study.
Mining equipment: Fleet selection and costs, suppliers quotations, capital recommendation, operating costs.
Reporting: Compile various reports in respect of the optimised production schedule, owner operator versus contractor, mining costs, capital recommendations, etc.
Morila Gold Mine
Mine planning: Optimise mining schedule.
Contract mining: Owner operated vs contract mining cost comparison study, shadow bid for contract renegotiation.
Mining equipment: Fleet selection and costs, suppliers quotations, capital recommendation, operating costs.
Reporting: Compile various reports in respect of the optimised production schedule owner operator versus contractor, mining costs, capital recommendations, etc
Yatela Gold Mine
Assessment: Assess fleet combinations, assess fleet productions.
Mine planning: Optimise haul route and ramp designs.
Mining equipment: Fleet selection and production capability exercise.
Geita Gold Mine
Mine optimisation: Optimise mining schedule, fleet selection and costs, owner operated vs contract mining cost comparison.
Contract mining: Contract mining bid to benchmark against owner-operator mining.
Mining equipment: Owner-operator capital recommendations, assessment, suppliers' quotations, mining costs.
Reporting: Compile a report for the mine optimisation and capital recommendation assessment.
North Mara Gold Mine
Mine expansion: Update mining model, run pit optimisation, create pushback sequence and schedules, pit and dump designs, haul routes, fleet selection and costs.
Mining equipment: Fleet selection and costs, equipment and capital recommendations, suppliers' quotations.
Contract mining: Owner operated vs contract mining cost comparison, compile alliance contract, assist with contract negotiations, open book cost plus contract.
Reporting: Report on the optimised production schedule and budget for owner operator and contractor.
Contract mining: Assist contractor with exploration drilling tender.
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