Water scarcity and regulations: How do they affect your mining operation’s productivity?
Do you need a solution to ensure water supply to your mine? Or help with tailings management? Then you are in the right place. We provide a full range of water services for mining, including preliminary and detailed engineering, provision of standard and custom equipment, project management services, as well as long-term operation and maintenance services or temporary mobile water solutions. We understand that water, energy and waste management can combine to form a significant expense line for mines, and have solutions to help you.
In addition, are stricter environmental regulations and increased public pressure making it difficult for your mining operations to maintain their operating permits? Veolia helps you develop strategies to limit your exposure to environmental and operational risks and implement best practices to improve your mine’s operational performance. Whether through optimised cleaning and maintenance services, water treatment or waste management clients benefit from our expertise. It is by reducing the impact of mining on land and the environment, and by improving cooperation with local communities, that we can support your mining operations to ensure the sustainable and social acceptability and therefore the productivity of your operations.
of critical mineral sites operate in areas where water demand exceeds supply*
Mining industry challenges
Licence to Operate
Obtaining and maintaining operating permits, with solutions that ensure reliable and sustainable water supply, waste management and environmental compliance. Also improving cooperation with local communities to ensure the social acceptability of the mine.
Maximize mine production
Shortages, excess or poor quality, water has a direct impact on mining production. We help our customers avoid disruptions and optimize their operations through our chemicals, proven technologies, and digital tools. We also offer solutions for recovering valuable resources from mine tailings.
Reduce Environmental Impact
Minimizing the environmental impact of mining and managing mine closures by rehabilitating sites to give them a second life. By developing unique synergies between water, waste, and energy, we help create more value.
Our tailored solutions for mining industry
We support more than 100 mining sites worldwide. With over 50 years of experience we are the leading supplier of environmental services to the mining industry.
Our services dedicated to mining companies
Environmental services to meet the challenges of the mining.
The concrete example of wastewater treatment at the AngloGold Ashanti gold mine in Ghana.
How to make the mining industry more productive and sustainable?
Thanks to its expertise in water, waste and energy management, Veolia implements solutions tailored to mining operations to:
Lower your costs and increase mining production, by optimizing mine water and tailings management with advanced treatment technologies or maximizing uptime through best in class industrial cleaning and maintenance services.
Ensure operational continuity at extraction sites, by providing robust, reliable equipment and 24/7 service support tailored to your operational conditions.
Comply with all local environmental regulations affecting mining activities, by implementing proactive risk management and transparent reporting.
Advance sustainability in the mining sector, by integrating circular economy principles, and water footprint reduction strategies into mineral extraction operations.
“ Mining companies face mounting pressures to increase output while reducing their environmental footprint. At Veolia, we partner with the industry to deliver both—optimizing extraction and processing through advanced water, waste, and energy management solutions. ”
Jennifer Haigh
Market Manager Mining, Veolia
They did it!
Australia
Implemented a comprehensive waste and industrial services strategy iron ore mines in Australia. We sort waste and recycle oily water as well as providing specialised industrial cleaning and mechanical services on site to minimize production downtime, logistics and disposal cost. The result is a savings of AUD10’s of millions each year.
To supply copper mines with the water they need to maintain production, despite continued drought in Chile, we will operate the new seawater desalination plant Aguas Pacificos (capacity 1,000 l/s).
Ghana
In Ghana, we upgraded a gold mine's wastewater treatment plant to maintain compliance with waste disposal standards.
Our solutions for industries
Discover how industrial companies are reducing their environmental impact
while meeting the specific constraints of their operations
We offer solutions for every sector
- Pulp and paper industry: producing more and polluting less
- Food and beverage industry: reducing environmental impact
- Oil & gas and chemicals industries: the sustainability challenge
- Pharma and life sciences industries: combining quality with sustainability
- Automotive industry: driving to a greener future
- Defense industry: improving competitiveness
- Construction: reduce the environmental footprint of buildings and construction sites
- Chemical industry: between regulations and the environment
The experiences of different industry players
