Restoring the Hunter Valley
ESTABLISHED in 2007, MRS Services Group’s ( MRSSG) civil and earthworks division is a leading supplier of mining rehabilitation services across the Hunter Valley.
With a large fleet and highly experienced operators, MRS has a proven track record of producing high quality works within timeframe and budget.
The company boasts excellent back-end systems that ensure the reduction of costs and increased profitability, and a large diversified base of highly skilled employees.
This is paired with MRSSG’s commitment to staying nimble, responsive and innovative and to remain focused on its customers’ changing needs.
MRSSG has held an ongoing contract for over nine years at Glencore’s Bulga open cut operation and is currently in the third year of the current three-year contract.
The scope of work includes the provision of labour and necessary equipment for clearing and rehabilitation works.
This involves the felling and mulching of vegetation, stripping of mulch and topsoil ahead of operations, the bulk push of overburden dumps to achieve final landform, and the rehabilitation of completed overburden dumps, among others.
At Glencore’s Mangoola operation, MRSSG has held the rehabilitation contract for the past seven years with about 100ha/yr rehabilitated.
The works consist of the provision of all labour, equipment and rehabilitation and the scope includes topsoil emplacement, gypsum spreading, ripping and seeding, placement of stag trees and wood piles.
MRSSG’s services include – but are not necessarily limited to – clearing, mulching and stripping, bulk shaping of overburden dumps to achieve final landform, rock raking, contour and diversion bund construction, drop structures, topsoil respread and conditioning, habitat tree placement and reseeding.
In addition, MRSSG provides pit service support including dam and sump desilting, road construction and repairs and water management.