Eco Elementum Information

Established in 2013, Eco Elementum is a multidisciplinary environmental and engineering consultancy serving the mining, energy, industrial and public sectors, from four offices across three continents and with project experience in 33 countries. Innovative consulting is how the business is built. We hold environmental and engineering in one structure under a single leadership, so the authorisation and the design that must satisfy it are developed together rather than reconciled afterwards by separate firms. Our environmental practice covers authorisations, mining rights, water, waste and air licensing, compliance auditing and monitoring, aquatic, wetland and geohydrological studies, spatial and visual assessment, closure planning and sustainability reporting. Our engineering practice covers tailings storage facility design and Engineer of Record appointments, geotechnical and engineering geology, stormwater and civil infrastructure, slurry, water treatment and materials handling, and electrical, control and instrumentation. Our clearest differentiator is Total Tailings Management. We design the whole tailings system, from the thickener underflow at the plant through transport and deposition to the return water at the process water dam, removing the interface gaps that arise when separate consultants each own a section of the circuit. We do not sell a standard scope. Every project begins with the client's actual constraint, and success is measured by the outcome delivered rather than the scope sold. Designs are optimised across capital cost, operating cost and closure liability together, and our Engineer of Record, supervision and closure roles keep us accountable long after the drawings are issued.