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Initiated in 1998, the founder pioneered the use of floating walkways and floating platforms on mine tailings dams, dredging and industrial marine applications around the world. Xrosswater has delivered more than 15,000 meters to some of the world’s largest mining and mineral corporations — from Africa and Asia to South and North America.

02 / All projects

13 projects around the world

World map with pins marking completed Xrosswater projects
  • Xrosswater walkway leading out to the pump at Red Chris Mine

    Northern British Columbia · Canada

    Red Chris Mine — Newcrest JV — 300 m

    300 m walkway plus a 6 m deep × 300 m tailings barrier to keep sediment out of the pump. Designed, supplied, assembled and installed in only 10 weeks.

  • Pivot walkway at the Shell oil sands dredging operation in Canada

    Fort McMurray, Alberta · Canada

    Oil Sands Dredging — Albian Sands — 600 m

    600 m floating PIVOT walkway with cable trays for an oil sand dredging operation, designed and delivered within 6 months of the initial request.

    Case history PDF
  • Xrosswater pivot walkway in snow at a uranium mine in Northern Canada

    Northern Canada · Canada

    Uranium Mine — 102 m+

    Pivot walkway depositing heavy uranium tailings in an arc pattern, with Paterson & Cooke consulting engineers. Delivered fully assembled via ice road.

    Case history PDF
  • Walkway section being craned into the research paddock in Alberta

    Alberta · Canada

    Oil / Tailings Research Paddock — Pre-assembled

    Custom pump platforms for tailings density analysis equipment, pre-assembled and delivered in a 53 ft van trailer.

  • Aerial view of the Xrosswater walkway at Florence Copper, Arizona

    Arizona · USA

    Taseko Florence Copper Mine — 200 ft

    Extreme Design walkway in FRP and stainless steel for Taseko’s new Florence copper mine.

    Case history PDF
  • Helicopter lifting Xrosswater crates in the Peruvian Amazon

    Yanuyacu reserve · Peru

    Oil Clean-Up, Peruvian Amazon — 500 m

    500 m shipped RTA in one 12 m container to Lima, trucked to Pucallpa, barged down the Amazon and lifted by helicopter 18 miles into the jungle.

    Case history PDF
  • Penstock platform at the end of the walkway on a Botswana tailings dam

    Botswana · Botswana

    Diamond Mine — Debswana — 810 m

    810 m walkway with a penstock water intake platform, anchored with helical anchors. Delivered in one 12 m and one 6 m container.

    Case history PDF
  • Xrosswater jetty on the Namibian coast

    Coast of Namibia · Namibia

    Subsea Diamond Recovery Jetty — 96 m

    Jetty for unloading diamond-bearing gravel from diver boats, ending in a 6 m × 6 m platform with pump and hopper system.

  • Penstock platform under assembly at the heavy metal mine in South Africa

    KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa

    Titanium Mine (Heavy Metal) — 500 m

    Shipped semi-assembled in 6 containers with FRP handrails, anchors and chain — including 2 large penstock intake platforms.

    Case history PDF
  • Local team laying out Xrosswater sections at the iron ore mine in Sierra Leone

    West Africa · Sierra Leone

    Iron Ore Mine — Marampa — 374 m

    Delivered RTA in component form and assembled by a local workforce at about 40 m per day in hot, humid conditions without cover.

    Case history PDF
  • Aluminium pump frame on the Algerian reservoir walkway

    Edge of the Sahara · Algeria

    Irrigation Reservoir — 417 m

    417 m walkway and a large aluminium pump platform with trolley hoist, pumping reservoir water to irrigate farm fields in the dry season.

    Case history PDF
  • Xrosswater walkway on a mountain tailings pond in Turkey

    Eastern Turkey · Turkey

    Gold Mine — 2 ponds

    Shipped to the Black Sea port of Trabzon and hauled up the mountains. Built RTA by the client on two tailings ponds.

  • Installed walkway at the Marafiq plant in Saudi Arabia

    Jubail · Saudi Arabia

    Marafiq Power & Desalination Plant — 140 m

    Modular walkways for structural rehabilitation and monitoring at the world’s largest power and desalination plant — working even in fast-moving water.

    Case history PDF

07 / Events

Events

  1. 23 Oct 2019

    AACC Forum Town Hall, Vienna

  2. 17–20 Nov 2019

    Tailings and Mine Waste 2019, Vancouver

  3. 15–18 Nov 2020

    Tailings and Mine Waste 2020, Colorado

  4. Nov 2021

    The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

  5. 14–16 Jun 2022

    Mine Water Solutions 2022, Vancouver

  6. 6–9 Nov 2022

    Tailings and Mine Waste 2022, Denver, Colorado USA