Vale's Sudbury Operations
Project Overview
Location: Sudbury, ON
Client: Vale Canada
Services: Engineering, Geotechnical & Dam Engineering, Environmental, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Geomatics Engineering, Geospatial & LiDAR, Contract Administration
Sector: Mining
Project Description
Vale Canada operates multiple mines, mills, and supporting facilities across the Sudbury Basin. TULLOCH has supported Vale for more than a decade across a range of sites and assignments spanning development, construction, mine advancement, reopening, ongoing operations, and mine care, closure and maintenance.
That long-term involvement has required TULLOCH teams to adapt to different site conditions, project stages, and operational priorities across active and decommissioned facilities.
Scope of Services
- Dam Safety Inspections for 62 earth-fill and concrete dams across 12 sites
- Geotechnical investigations, slope-stability analysis, seepage modelling, dam design, and reviews
- Environmental studies and flow-monitoring system calibration at active and decommissioned sites
- Surface water monitoring and management, including collection, treatment, settling, sampling, and controlled release in accordance with compliance criteria
- Mine care, closure and maintenance contract administration inspections, sampling, and reporting at Whistle and Crean Hill Mines
- Legal boundary retracements and title investigations
- Engineering surveys, LiDAR scanning, construction layout, and as-built surveys
