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Enviromin is excited to welcome Lauren Bozeman back to our environmental geochemistry team. Lauren worked for Enviromin from 2012 through 2015 before pursuing her M.S. in Environmental Science at the University of Arizona and has rejoined the team as a geochemist responsible for data collection, assembly, and analysis for a variety of projects. She is also MSHA underground miner certified and brings Spanish language skills to Enviromin. Lauren’s experience with mining related geochemistry includes geochemical Read more…

Congratulations to Teck Resources Limited (“Teck”) on their announcement today that commissioning is now underway at its Elkview Saturated Rock Fill expansion, which doubles the water treatment facility’s capacity to 20 million litres of water per day. “Teck’s use of saturated rock fills to treat mine-affected water is leading-edge sustainable technology. Saturated rock fill is extremely effective at removing selenium and nitrate from mine affected water and improving water quality.” – Dr. Lisa Kirk, Principal Read more…

Don’t miss Terry Biere, MS, Senior Environmental Engineer, at the 28th Annual Montana Mine Design, Operations, and Closure Conference. Terry’s talk on the Use of Biocoupons will be held virtually this year at 10:00 am on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, and can be accessed through the conference website.   Biocoupons: Shedding Light on the Black Box of Biological Water Treatment Biological water treatment systems rely on microbial activity that often occurs in biofilms, wherein groups of Read more…

Enviromin’s owner, Lisa Kirk, PhD, said her passion is applying the new technology even more widely. “If we can promote these biological methods of treating mine-affected water for other mining operations, we have an opportunity to change the face of mining,” she said. “I think that’s really exciting.”

Once again we are pleased to attend the Mine Design, Operations and Closure Conference at Fairmont Hot Springs May 5-9. Thanks to Montana Tech for hosting this great regional conference!