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Irene Nyirenda

Irene Nyirenda is an ambitious civil design engineer working in the mine infrastructure and waste division of engineering and environmental services firm Golder Associates. For the last five years, Irene has specialized in civil and geotechnical engineering associated to waste contamination facilities and the mining infrastructure. These include a number of high-profile South African projects such as Vachmen waste disposal (Mpumalanga); Rand Uranium Tailings Pyrite Storage Facility (Gauteng); MMC Kingston Vale landfill site (Mpumalanga); TCTA Acid Mine Drainage Sludge Disposal (Gauteng) and Optimum Water Reclamation Scheme (Mpumalanga).

 

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