The growth in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has highlighted the need for regional and national digital geologic maps that have been attributed with information about age and lithology.
This technical memorandum presents the predictive results from the Resolution Copper (RC) groundwater flow model developed by WSP in support of the EIS for the Resolution Copper Mine plan and land exchange.
The purpose of this process memorandum is to describe additional supporting resource information in detail. The Noise and Vibration section of Chapter 3 of the EIS includes brief summaries of the information contained in this process memorandum.
Studies on the effects of overflights and sonic booms on wildlife have been focused mostly on birds and ungulates. Few studies have been conducted on marine mammals, small terrestrial mammals, reptiles, amphibians, carnivorous mammals.
Rio Tinto reported a strong set of results with operating cash flow of US$13.9 billion, a record full year dividend of US$5.2 billion and an additional US$1 billion share buy-back. This brings total cash returns to shareholders to US$9.7 billion declared for 2017.
Laharz is software designed to calculate a proximal hazard zone and automate equations and to run within a Geographic Information System (GIS) over three dimensional topography in order to estimate distal hazard zones.
Stockpiling procedures vary between civil engineering and mining operations. These differences and how they effect soil productivity will be discussed. Soil changes that occur when stockpiling techniques are used will also be discussed as will improvements and challenges in the use of this technique.
