Projects – Europe

Country: Germany

Time period: 2014–2016

Commodity: Lignite

• Project management and technical management, administration and coordination of external technical and legal consultants
• Coordination the transaction advisory banks and clients project managers as well as transaction team
• Mine-related evaluation of the virtual dataroom and analysis of the provided documents, participation in site visits
• Development of different mining and power plant scenarios considering various impacts (politics, energy price)
• Analyses of organisational and staff structure
• Development of an economic model related to the different opencast mines, railway transportation, refining and the centralized overhead
• Risk assessment and estimation of potential cost savings
• Support of client team after signing of sales and purchase agreement

Country: Germany

Time period: 2017–ongoing

Commodity: Lignite

• Advisory services during the development of a comprehensive reclamation plan for a former mining area
• Development of comprehensive technical and financial earthmoving model including CAPEX and OPEX
• Planning of stabilisation of two slumping areas
• Development of a technically and economically optimised flooding concept considering the residual open pits and present hydrogeological conditions
• Support and general supervision during implementation of the entire recultivation concept
• Supervisioning and coordinating the construction of transportation roads
• Advisory services for the preparation of documents required by authorities
• Implementing the dismantling process of the mining equipment
• Supervision of expert reports
• Technical and financial modelling of the reclamation operation
• General supervision of the rehabilitation phase for all present residual voids
• Project management of long term rehabilitation project (creation of 3 post-mining lakes)

Country: Hungary

Time period: 2017

Commodity: Lignite

• Evaluation of the existing situation of the coal mines including geology, reserve estimation, hydrology, dewatering and mine planning
• Analyses of mining equipment, maintenance and infrastructure including plausibility check of maintenance concept and planned costs
• Analysis of the railway transportation including functionality, maintenance and capacities
• Assessment and plausibility check of mine closure and recultivation plans
• Analysis of organisational structure and staff structure, availability of manpower, their skills and long term development
• Status evaluation of relevant contracts, mine permissions, licenses, relocation, water management and other environmental aspects
• Development of an economic model related to different opencast mines, railway and overland conveyor belt transportation (CAPEX and OPEX)
• Risk assessment and classification using three-tier scheme

Country: Serbia

Time period: 2013–2020

Commodity: Lignite

• Analysis, evaluation and implementation of supplier contracts and mining plans
• Risk analysis for project implementation
• Supervision of project progress
• Monitoring of construction progress in the mines
• Monitoring of start-up processes and execution of performance tests
• Support during accounting processes

Country: Turkey

Time period: 2014–2015

Commodity: Lignite

• Development of exploration programmes and evaluation of results
• Data analysis and development of 3D geological models including coal quality modelling for three deposits
• Geological resource evaluation according to JORC standard
• Reserve estimation
• Planning of different alternatives for mine equipment usage
• Technical and economic evaluation under consideration of environmental measures
• Analysis of different spoil tip options and their dimensions as well as designs

Country: Turkey

Time period: 2019–2020

Commodity: Lignite

• Analysis of current hydrological and hydrogeological situation and definition of groundwater measuring drillings
• Planning and implementation of suggested dewatering measures during mine operations
• Development of geological resource exploration drilling programme
• Validation of existing drill holes as well as design
• Determination geotechnical drilling locations
• Analysis of geotechnical samples for
  parameter determination for open-pit mine design
• Updating geological 3D model
• Completing life of mine schedule including pit and dump design

Country: Ukraine

Time period: 2022

Commodity: Iron ore

• Evaluation of the mine design and planning teams (planning and software skills as well as the related mining processes)
• Assessment of mining operation (personnel capacities, mining technologies and operational processes)

Country: Iceland

Time period: 2022-2023

Commodity: Pozzolan

• Geological exploration – planning and sample monitoring
• Laboratory analysis and geological characterization of a pozzolan deposit