Mining, Minerals and Metals

Arriscar’s experience in safety and risk management in the mining and mineral processing industries covers a wide range of facilities:

• Underground and above ground coal mines
• Underground and above ground metalliferous mines
• Ore crushing and concentration
• Smelters (nickel, copper, lead & zinc, and aluminium smelting)
• Iron and steel production
• Gold production
• Minerals refining (Leaching, solvent extraction, electrowinning).

Process safety and risk studies in the above industries cover the following:

• HAZID workshop facilitation, Hazard Register
• HAZOP studies
• Safety Integrity Level Determination/ Verification
• Quantitative risk assessments
• Fire Safety Studies for solvent extraction plants
• Independent review of company/ EPC contractor in-house studies
• Hazardous area classification
• Safety Case development for mines/ mineral processing facilities
• Bow-tie analysis
• Insurance audits
• Ammonium Nitrate and explosives storage and handling risks