Land Management Resources
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Marie-José Keys
Gord McKenna
Les Sawatsky
Terry van Meer
Syncrude Canada Ltd is committed to providing a biologically self-sustaining, geotechnically stable, and maintenance free lease-abandonment landscape that has a productive capability at or above the...
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Wayne Fraser
Stephen West
Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited, a Canadian company, has operated a copper smelter and zinc refinery at Flin Flon, Manitoba for nearly 65 years. During that time, 28 mines have provided...
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Michel Fontaine
Christine Madison
In 1993 our landscape architect firm planned the reclamation of former, actual and future mining sectors of the Falkland Gypsum Quarry. A global and progressive approach was selected to enable a...
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Sheila Daniel
Terry Walbaum
Reclamation activity in the mining industry has increased across Canada as more mines reach the end of their life, and progressive rehabilitation becomes part of day-to-day operations. Reclamation...
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Regulatory Must have a complete understanding of the major regulatory issues affecting decommissioning design: - the regulatory system/how was it developed - the review/approval system - standards and...
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Numerical modelling is a powerful tool that has become common in engineering use in recent years. With advancements in hardware and software, complex models can be developed to simulate numerous...
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Summary of the discussions at the Decommissioning Standards Workshop at the 1995 CLRA National Conference. PowerPoint presentation
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Brian Ayres
Lee Barbour
Brenda Bews
Mike O’Kane
Curt Andrews
Ron Barsi
Cogema Resources Inc., together with the Unsaturated Soils Group at the University of Saskatchewan, initiated a multi-year research program at the Cluff Lake Mine during the summer of 1995. The...
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It is now generally recognized that rock with sub-economic levels of uranium mineralization has the potential to generate long-term environmental problems which require improved management techniques...
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The extraction of aggregate (sand, gravel and crushed stone) in urban landscapes present challenges related to hydrogeology, ecology, land use and environmental impacts (noise, dust and truck traffic)...