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Elbow Creek Engineering has been providing contract process engineering services to industry and EPC/EPCM firms since 2000. Serving the metallurgical & mineral processing, power generation, industrial water & wastewater, and specialty chemical sectors, Elbow Creek has completed over 200 projects worldwide. As an independent consulting process engineer and owner of Elbow Creek, Mike Botz is uniquely suited to join your project team and assist with advancing projects from the concept stage through full process definition. Contact Mike Botz to discuss how your staff can be expanded during the process development phase of a project.

• Technology Evaluations
• Flowsheet Development
• Process Simulation / Modeling
• Mass and Energy Balance Development
• Piping & Instrumentation Diagram Development
• Laboratory and Pilot Testing
• Equipment Performance Specifications

• Conceptual Capital & Operating Cost Estimates
• Detailed Design Oversight & Review
• Operations Manual Development
• Plant Start-Up and Commissioning
• Operator Training
• Troubleshooting and Performance Upgrades
• Performance and Safety Audits

Complex Heap Leach Modeling

Atacama Desert Chile

Cyanide Recovery Plant

Gold/Silver Milling Operation

SART Copper Recovery

Asia Heap Leach Operation

Zero Discharge Water Treatment

USA Coal-Fired Power Generation

Laboratory Treatability Studies

Saline Water Reverse Osmosis

Zero Discharge Power Plant

Mine Water Treatment Pilot Plant

Canadian Arctic

Activated Carbon Circuit Modeling

Boiler Feedwater Treatment

Steady-State & Dynamic

Process Modeling

High Density Sludge

Acid Drainage Treatment

Cyanide Detoxification Plant