Mount Mulgine Mine Hydrology
08 Oct 2018
Tungsten Mining is developing the Mount Mulgine mine, a tungsten and molybdenum resource in the Murchison Region, 330 km north of Perth, Western Australia. This project will produce tungsten and molybdenum for the export market. Tungsten and molybdenum are used to produce hard industrial metals.
The Mount Mulgine mine has two near-surface mineral resources – Mulgine Trench and Mulgine Hill. Tungsten Mining is currently implementing its strategic development plan for the project, with a focus is on production from Mulgine Hill. The project is moving through the resource definition and planning approval phases into design and construction. Mining production commences in 2019.
More details about the project are given on the Tungsten Mining website.
A key part of planning approvals for the project is the mining proposal. This hydrology study supports the mining proposal and provides information on surface water management to guide mine planning. Hydrologia’s work focusses on the Mulgine Hill resource and associated mining infrastructure.
Woodlupine Brook Living Stream Design
22 Mar 2018
The Shire of Kalamunda is upgrading part of Woodlupine Brook to a living stream. The section of the Brook is located between Hardley and Sheffield Roads in Wattle Grove, Perth, Western Australia. The Brook here is currently a steep sided drain with numerous concrete drop structures.
Considerable commercial and residential development is occurring along both sides of the Brook. There is a general interest from the community in improving the amenity of the streamline and surrounding parkland. Improving connectivity between residential areas to the north of the Brook and the retail and commercial area to the south is also desirable.
The works are part of a Shire of Kalamunda project termed “The Cell Nine Project”. Developer contributions for the estate funded the project. Works as part of the Cell Nine Project include:
- Conversion of the drain to a living stream;
- Construction of a new pedestrian bridge; and
- Extension of Wimbridge Road, including a crossing over Woodlupine Brook and connecting roadworks.
A playground and landscaping just downstream of this project’s area was completed by 2016. Other parts of the Brook have been upgraded previously as well.
Work on Stage 2 of the upgrade has been completed. The Wimbridge Road works and the new pedestrian bridge have been constructed. Upgrade of the drain to a living stream from the existing playground up to the new pedestrian bridge has recently been completed. Stage 3 is expected to be undertaken in 2019/2020.
Quarry hydrology and legal advice
07 Feb 2018
BGC Quarries operates the Voyager Quarry facility, near the Lakes, east of Perth in Western Australia. The site has been operating since 1990. Rock is extracted from an open pit, crushed and sold for a range of aggregate and block products.
As early as 2005, BGC Quarries received conditional environmental approval to develop the Voyager II Quarry, just to the west of the then active Voyager site. Clearing and development of the new quarry area required assessment and management of potential environmental impacts. Community concerns about the potential impact of the quarry on surrounding farmland were also addressed.
Robin provided advice regarding surface water aspects of the environmental assessment. He also helped represent the proponent in the Town Planning Appeals Tribunal.
Voyager Quarry II was commissioned on 24 September 2010 and is now in full operation.
Expert witness for road alignment hydrology study
07 Feb 2018
Robin was engaged as an expert witness for a road alignment dispute in the Pilbara, near Newman, Western Australia. He worked as part of a larger team to provide expert witness advice for a mining client. The project involved supporting an objection lodged with the Warden’s Court in Western Australia. A road proposed by another party potentially impacted on the client’s mining operations. Robin’s work focused on characterising potential impacts of the road on local hydrology and surface water flow paths.
To protect client confidentiality, we haven’t named the client here nor given specific details of the project.
