Mines

Thematic Areas for Consultancy

  • Mining transport and materials handling
  • Simulation of mining systems
  • Safety, health and environment in mining industry
  • Environmental impact assessments
  • Rapid access to underground deposits
  • Rock Mechanics
  • Mining Regulations
  • Evaluation of petroleum and mineral resources.
  • Environmental geology
  • Remote sensing
  • Hydrogeology and water resources management
  • Integrated agro/phyto remed/mining and bioenergy production
  • Solutions to soil pollution by heavy metals in environments
  • eLearning course development and delivery
  • Hydraulic mining
  • Metallographic specimen preparation
  • Tensile and hardness testing
  • Microstructures of various alloys in different heat treatment conditions
  • Analysis of failures of metallic structures
  • Wet chemical analysis and sample preparations for various materials
  • Key analytical equipment and instruments: Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), Varian Sect AA 220 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, and Varian Sect AA 50 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer.

Project Experience

  • Acid mine drainage assessment and management
  • Natural resource accounting
  • Potential for phosphorus retrieval
  • Value addition to industrial minerals
  • Development of a water quality and quantity database for the Upper Zambezi
  • Decision analytic framework for food, water and energy nexus within the zambezi basin
  • Production of bioenergy
  • Roadshows for small scale mining industry