Passive dewatering techniques are also used, such as filling cracks with grout or sealants. The importance of removing water from open-pit mines can’t be overstated.

Dewatering of the larger Z87 pit (“Z87”, together “the Pits”) is expected to start in 2025 and will take approximately 18 months to complete.

Since mining — and dewatering — in the pit stopped in the 1980s, the Canisteo complex has been filing with water, pushing nearby groundwater higher and higher.

Like other industries, mining operations are changing rapidly, shifting to a focus on ESG concerns when it comes to the development of new mines around the world.

In line with the dewatering plan, the mine’s own fleet of pumps was supplemented by a custom offering from IPR. This involved some units being purchased outright from IPR, and other pumps taken ...

Dewatering of the dormant mine pit began in April and will take about 18 months, said Albemarle geochemist Morgan Warren. So far, about 178 million gallons has been discharged into Kings Creek and ...

Why is Albemarle removing the water? The stench is coming from the dewatering of the lake formed from 40 years of rainwater filling the dormant, open mine pit that closed in 1988. The pit is just ...

Pit dewatering is legally defined as any process used by mine operators to pump, drain or otherwise remove water that is impounded or collected inside a mine. This includes direct rainfall and ...

Some residents have lingering concerns about the Vella Pit, a gravel and sand mine north of Ann Arbor that was sued after some residential drinking water wells ran dry and waterways were damaged.

When Robin Kunkel returned home from vacation in July 2023, her home north of Ann Arbor had no water. The Kunkels called a local well drilling company and discovered the water level in their drinking ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Township officials aren’t taking any chances when it comes to future mining operations after residents living near a gravel pit outside Ann Arbor saw their wells run dry ...

It’s been filling with water after mining operations — and dewatering of the pit — ended in the 1980s, pushing nearby groundwater higher.