About Us / Company Profile

We offer a full range of services including laboratory testing, conceptual, pre-feasibility and feasibility consulting studies, engineering design and procurement, construction management and operational management and support.

Our team:

  • Has been significantly involved in the majority of the paste systems and plants constructed and operated in the world today.

  • Has taken paste technology, which began as an underground mining backfill application, and expanded its use to include surface mine tailings disposal as well as important innovative solutions in the power, oil & gas, and land development sectors.

  • Has transitioned paste technology use from the mining industry to include industries generating fly ash, coal spoils, oil sands fine waste and other mineral waste materials.

We have grown to over 100 engineers, technicians, designers and construction managers located in Canada, Europe and South America and have been the preferred consultant for the study, design and construction management of over 15 paste systems for underground backfill, including:

> Green’s Creek – Alaska
> Cannington – Australia
> Red Lake – Canada
> Caraiba – Brazil
> Neves Corvo – Portugal
> Campbell – Canada
> Henty – Tazmania
> Macassa – Canada
> Zinkgruvan – Sweden
> Great River Energy – United States
> Laronde – Canada
> Bulyanhulu – Tanzania
> Kidd Creek – Canada
> Cayeli – Turkey
> San Rafael – Peru
> Big Gossan – Indonesia
> Colstrip – United States
> Cerro Lindo – Peru
> Diavik – Canada

Golder PasteTec™ specialists work in partnership with the mine services teams of Golder Associates (including mine waste management, ore evaluation, mining environmental and rock mechanics) to ensure that a full range of experienced personnel are available around the world to resolve practically any engineering issue that our mining clients may encounter.

Globally, Golder is now one of the largest privately-held engineering and environmental science consulting group of companies in the world. Our global group of companies currently has over 160 offices worldwide and we have worked on projects in more than 140 countries receiving numerous awards for the development of reliable, cost-effective solutions.

PASTE 2010
13th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings Toronto, Canada
 May 3-6, 2010