Blue Chip Specialised Services has undertaken several specialised works aimed towards specific mine site remediation, most notably the delivery of composted product and neutralisation of acidic flow into a watercourse.
Key Project – Compost
This involved the delivery and stockpile management of various grades of compost to RTCA (approx. 4,480T/month), to Howick, HVO and Mt. Thorley-Warkworth mines.
- Inoculation, odour and exothermic combustion management of compost.
- Creation of windrows, roadways, sumps and stockpile calculations.
- Managed product in/out.
- Managed detailed information on spread and application rates and associated compliance.
- Managed hydro-logical characteristics of product.
- Product testing.
- RTCA pre-qualification.
Key Project – Watercourse
During 2012 BCSS undertook the long term project of neutralising acidic flow from Xstrata’s United Colliery at Glendonbrook.
- Dosing calculations.
- Supplied equipment, pumps, hoses, labour and dosing agent.
- Designed long term option to ensure an effective, continuous dosing system, until wider issue was solved.
