Providing practical geotechnical solutions to the mining industry
With over 38 years of experience in the industry, we are committed to providing outstanding service for open pit or underground mine design.
Ensuring that your projects are completed with industry leading practical knowledge and experience, providing specialist solutions to your geotechnical design challenges, feasibility studies or due diligence reviews.
Whether you need site geotechnical support services, peer review or auditing or full range geotechnical input for scoping studies through to DFS and design implementation, we can help find solutions to meet your specific needs. We have experience in all aspects of open pit or underground hardrock geotechnical design applications, backfill geomechanics, ground support design, modelling or mining induced seismicity assessments. Thank you for considering Northwind - we look forward to serving you.
Services we provide
Northwind provides geotechnical services to underground and open pit mining clients, using, where appropriate, proven and/or leading edge techniques, to provide quality, practical and timely solutions to rock engineering, mine design problems and ground awareness education.
Underground Mining
• Geomechanical mining method selection, stope design and sequencing, development sequencing, size and ground support design
• Stress analysis and modelling
• Mine seismicity evaluation and advice
• Underground infrastructure rock engineering analysis and design (ore transfer passes, crusher stations, shafts and shaft pillars)
• Integration of geotechnical design into the mine planning process
• Ground awareness and hazard training
• Backfill requirements and needs analysis
• Stress analysis and modelling
• Mine seismicity evaluation and advice
• Underground infrastructure rock engineering analysis and design (ore transfer passes, crusher stations, shafts and shaft pillars)
• Integration of geotechnical design into the mine planning process
• Ground awareness and hazard training
• Backfill requirements and needs analysis
Open Pit
• Pit slope design parameters
• Evaluation of pit slope stability and monitoring requirements
• Assessment of geotechnical data requirements for design
• Integration of pit slope geotechnical and hydrogeological designs
• Evaluation of pit slope stability and monitoring requirements
• Assessment of geotechnical data requirements for design
• Integration of pit slope geotechnical and hydrogeological designs
Backfill Geomechanics
• Backfill method selection and feasibility
• Backfill strength requirements and needs analysis
• Backfill geomechanics and QAQC
• Operational backfill geomechanics design and support
• Backfill strength requirements and needs analysis
• Backfill geomechanics and QAQC
• Operational backfill geomechanics design and support
Site Service and Due Diligence Reviews
We provide site contract operational geotechnical support, mentoring of junior engineers and geologists in geotechnical design and operations, due diligence reviews for mergers and aquisitions, audits and high level geotechnical reviews for management and corporate compliance to best practice in mining geomechanics.
Our latest work/projects
Feasibility Study UG
PFS to DFS to Implementation of design
Due Diligence Review - Geotechnical Review Board
High level review of BHP-ODO site geotechnical management plan and operations
Site Geotechnical Support
Savannah Nickel, Kununarra, WA
Open Pit monitoring
Jinfeng, PRC
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