Case Study  ·  Supplier Vetting

Turning old tailings into a new resource.

A global mining and commodities company wanted to understand its options for reprocessing mine tailings. We found and assessed vendors across the field and combined our findings with the client’s own mine analysis.

The Client

The client is a global mining and commodities company. It wanted to know which reprocessing strategy fit its mine.

The Challenge

Old waste.
Find the best strategy.

Prescouter was asked to build an understanding of tailings reprocessing options and the overall strategy, informed by the range of new technologies in the field.

  • Options

    Reprocessing routes

    The ways tailings can be reworked.

  • Vendors

    Who can deliver

    Providers assessed against the field.

  • Fit

    Site-specific strategy

    Matched to the client’s own mine data.

Our Approach

Blending vendor research with the client’s mine data.

Vendor search
Globalvendor search

Find the vendors

We used primary and secondary research to find vendors offering tailings reprocessing technologies.

Benchmarking
Rankedvendors against the field

Benchmark the field

We assessed each vendor relative to the wider field of tailings reprocessing technologies.

Site analysis
Sitelevel analysis integrated

Fit the strategy

We built the client’s own analysis of its mine into our final strategy recommendations.

The Outcome

A clear path to reprocess the tailings.

Prescouter combined vendor research with the client’s own mine analysis to recommend a tailings reprocessing strategy. The work turned a broad field of technologies into a clear path for the site.

  • Vendors

    A vetted vendor field

    Assessed against the wider market.

  • Strategy

    1 clear strategy

    Grounded in site-specific data.

  • Decision

    Clear next steps

    A path for the site.

Tailings are a liability until the right technology makes them a resource. Site data turns a technology scan into a real decision.

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What could your tailings be worth?

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