HOUSTON, TEXAS (Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2025, Words: 335) — SSR Mining, following the Çöpler Incident, commissioned Call & Nicholas, Inc. (CNI) to conduct an independent review of the heap leach failure at Çöpler.
After analysis of the engineering design, construction, and operation of the heap leach facility, and comprehensive reverse-engineering of the failure, CNI determined that the most likely cause of the Çöpler Incident was a deeply-rooted flaw in the third-party engineered design of the heap leach pad.
