Mitigating Hydro-Economic Impacts

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INDUSTRIAL SOLUTION

MITIGATING
HYDRO-ECONOMIC
IMPACTORS IN
INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS.

VISION. INNOVATION. RESULTS.


60+ COUNTRIES.
200+ PROJECTS.
PROVEN PERFORMANCE.
MINETEK WATER is a global industrial To date, more than 200 MINETEK WATER
solutions provider with decades of evaporator systems are operating across the
experience in helping mining, power globe, each helping industry leaders deliver
generation, oil & gas and other industry safe and compliant operations. Our leading
leaders achieve environmentally sustainable technology has enabled one of the most cost-
water management outcomes, enabling safe, effective wastewater and mine affected water
removal systems in the world.
compliant and profitable operations.
Versatile, flexible and modular in design
We’ve built vast experience in understanding and application, MINETEK WATER systems
the risk, impacts and opportunities of effective are proven in an extensive range of adverse
water circuit management in delivering conditions; from the harshest winters of Canada
critical safety, environmental and efficiency and the heavy tropical rainfall of the Congo
improvements for global industry leaders through the extreme aridness of Australia’s
operating in some of the world’s most north, MINETEK WATER has a solution to meet
challenging landscapes. your needs.

MINETEK WATER offers the world’s largest Driven by deep analysis and an understanding
and most cost-effective water evaporators of our clients’ needs, we have developed a
practical approach that delivers outstanding
which offer savings up to five times those
results in industrial water management. Our
of traditional water management methods.
objectives are aligned with our clients’ strategic
Our solutions are designed to reduce risk and needs as we aim to provide solutions which
potentially save lives, managing excess water in lower your costs while effectively managing
critical mining infrastructure and improve water water quality and quantity through
quality management in outflow processes. environmental and site challenges.

Talk to us today about: Mine Dewatering, Acid Mine Drainage, Ash Pond Dewatering, Legacy
& Mine Closure, Landfill & Leachate Water Management, Tailings Water Recovery, Emergency
Flooding Response, Water Quality Analysis, Evaporation Performance Modelling, Plume
Modelling & Analysis, Automation & Control, On-site Pumps. Turn-Key Projects.

VISION. INNOVATION. RESULTS.


MAXIMISING MINING
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

Used primarily for minerals processing, and environmental sustainability. We have


slurry transport, dust suppression and cooling developed a range of water evaporation
processes, a sustainable water management and automated and integrated water quality
circuit is critical to maintaining long-term management solutions to help mining operators
viable mining operations. meet the expectations of their stakeholders.

The effective management of water within From excess water removal, ensuring the safe
mining processes is critical to achieving operation of potentially dangerous tailings
operational efficiency, with hydro-economic dams, through to acid mine dewatering and the
impactors weighing heavily on the ability for removal of toxic metals to improve the quality
global miners to achieve safety, profitability of water released back into the environment,
and sustainability objectives. MINETEK WATER MINETEK WATER has a solution to meet the
understands the need to manage process strictest of regulations and satisfy operational
and produced water throughout the lifecycle and broader community expectations.
of a mine site to achieve true economic

Mine Dewatering at mine in Queensland Australia.

VISION. INNOVATION. RESULTS.


DRIVING OPERATIONAL
EXCELLENCE IN OIL & GAS.

Oil & Gas operators accept that wastewater Designed to meet the particular challenges of
in upstream, midstream and downstream oil field production, our modular land-based
production processes is inevitable and that and floating/pontoon-based mechanical
effective management of this key element evaporation solutions provide an economical
is vital in controlling costs and maximising alternative to traditionally high disposal costs,
profitability. reducing the need for storage and transport
costs.
MINETEK WATER has developed the most cost-
effective water evaporation solution in the world The result is an overall solution which reduces
with the ability to efficiently manage produced effluent levels and utimately improves
water generated from oil field production, which profitability; all while helping operators meet
is usually high in Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) strict compliance and regulatory requirements.
including salt, grease and other compounds.

Managing produced water from oil production field opens new opportunities for recycled water.

VISION. INNOVATION. RESULTS.


PROVEN CAPABILITIES
IN POWER GENERATION.

As the world shifts away from coal-fired capable of efficiently disposing of coal ash
power stations to focus on alternative energy pond water and remove Coal Combustion
solutions, the requirement to remediate ash Residuals (CCR) in the process.
pond water storage infrastructure is growing.
With increasing requirements to sustainably
Led by new guidelines from the United States manage excess water discharge and meet
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), power strict environmental guidelines and regulatory
utility owners are now aiming to remediate coal compliance, our MINETEK WATER team
ash basins with dewatering and stabilisation of is expertly placed to partner with power
wet ash the priority. generation clients to design, manufacture and
implement a solution to meet your specific
MINETEK has developed cost-effective land and needs.
floating/pontoon-based evaporation solutions,

Ash pond remediation is now a critical focus for utilities businesses around the world.

VISION. INNOVATION. RESULTS.


AUTOMATION ENABLING
TRUE OPTIMISATION.

Monitoring and responding to changes to this intelligent and adaptable solution provides
environmental conditions in real-time allows our clients with flexibility and peace of mind.
operators to stay ahead of the curve.
When switched to fully automatic mode, the
To truly maximise the performance of our system is governed by a weather station which
evaporators, MINETEK’s Environmental optmises operation according to a broad range
Management System (EMS) provides industrial of adjustable parameters including; optimum
leaders with autonomous control, delivering sun up/down times, relative wind speed and
maximum efficiency. MINETEK’s EMS enables direction, humidity and temperature, system
clients to automatically start up and shut water flow and pressure. The EMS then logs all
down the evaporation system based on set operating times and condition data for further
environmental and operating parameters. optimisation to deliver improved operating
Communicating wirelessly via a remote PLC, efficiency.

MINETEK’s integrated Environmental Management Sytstem (EMS) provides automated control.

VISION. INNOVATION. RESULTS.


UNMATCHED EXPERIENCE
ACROSS INDUSTRIES.

With over 30 years’ experience in delivering MINETEK WATER has the proven ability to
water projects around the world, we support industries meet a broad array of short
have developed a range of products and and long-term water management challenges;
services which enable the cost-effective and including emergency flood response from
environmentally sustainable management of heavy rainfall or containment failures through
industrial process and produced water. to landfill and site remediation projects.

We understand the potential environmental Over three decades we have become expert
and economic impacts of both planned an in the processing of any type of water quality
unplanned water events and have built extensive including acid water, saline and caustic water,
capability in both planning and responding to with our evaporation technology.
water management challenges across industry.
Talk to our team today about your next water
evaporation or water quality management
project. We can assist in building a complete
solution for:

• Mine Dewatering
• Ash Pond Dewatering
• Tailings Water Recovery
• Acid Mine Drainage
• Industrial water management applications.

Our global project capabilities.

VISION. INNOVATION. RESULTS.


w. WATER.MINETEK.COM
e. [email protected]
t1. +61 2 6578 8600 (Aus)
VISION. INNOVATION. RESULTS.
t2. +1 262 498 7848 (US)

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