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Tailings governance
By T Alexieva
Since the early 1900s the geotechnical community has investigated every significant failure of a tailings dam, improved our knowledge of the behaviour of the tailings storage facilities, developed ana
Jul 23, 2018
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Tailings disposal
By P. C. Lighthall, D. W. Zandee, W. Shukin
"IntroductionThis chapter deals with the on land disposal and storage of fine tailing in slurry form behind dams. Other types of tailing, such as coarse dry cobbs from magnetic separation of iron ores
Jan 1, 1989
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Designer Tailings – An Integrated Model for Tailings Management
By T Baumgartl, T Huynh, K Tungpalan, E Wightman, M Edraki, M Tayebi-Khorami, L Huang, S Palaniandy, E Manlapig
With the increasing rate of tailing production worldwide there is a growing concern about the hazards of tailings storage facilities (TSF). Past and current mining, processing and waste disposal strat
Jul 16, 2014
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Responsible Tailings Management
By J Boshoff
The management and operation of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) are often neglected until the process plant has to shut down as a result of this negligence or as a result of a catastrophic failure
Jul 27, 2015
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Tailings and soils
By G. K. Rutherford, G. W. Van Loon
"Tailings in the mining and smelting industry are reject products of the refining process which are deemed too deficient in native are to warrant smelting. They are essentially finely ground rock mate
Jan 1, 1982
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Repurposing Mine Tailings: Cold Bonding of Siliceous Iron Ore Tailings
By S. K. Kawatra, J. E. D. McDonald, S. C. Roache
"The formation of geopolymers from mine tailings using cold-bonding processes is known to be possible. Numerous cold-bonding methods exist, but the hydrothermal processes involving high temperatures a
Jan 1, 2016
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Elko Roundtable 2011: High-Density Tailings, Paste And Filtered Tailings
By Bryan Ulrich
Knight Piésold and Co. hosted its annual roundtable discussion on March 17, 2011 at the Stockman Hotel and Casino in Elko, NV. The theme for Roundtable 2011 was, ?High density tailings, paste, and fil
Jan 1, 2011
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Geochemistry of Tailings and Seepage from Three Tailings Storage Facilities in Australia - Uncapped, Capped and Active Tailings
By T Baumgartl, D Bradshaw, B Forsyth, M Edraki
In a tailings storage facility, the chemistry of pore water is a function of oxidation and dissolution of sulfide minerals, containing metals and metalloids, the neutralising effect of gangue minerals
Jul 10, 2012
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Optimisation of surface tailings storage and tailings backfill – a case study
By B P. Wrench, N R. Steward, C Wu
A gold mine in southern China has transitioned from an open pit operation to a fully underground mine. An overhand mining method is used which requires the mined stopes to be filled with backfill havi
Jul 23, 2018
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The Kemess Mines Ltd. Tailings Dam Construction Using Tailings Construction Sand
By John Hoffert, Darren Colwell, Greg Tucker, Jeremy Kinch, Greg Rasmussen
"The Kemess Mine, a major producer of gold and copper, is located in north-central British Columbia. Kemess was brought into production in May 1998 by Royal Oak Mines. On February 11, 2000 Northgate E
Jan 1, 2004
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Caijiaying Dry Tailings Storage
By R Jia, J T. Waldram
"The Caijiaying lead zinc mine is located in China, north-west of Beijing, in Hebei Province. The region experiences severe winters, below -35°C, and warm summers, up to 30°C. The mine and con
Oct 10, 2016
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Tailings Engineering at Syncrude
By Larry T. Yano, Gerald T. Handford
"Tailings Engineering has the responsibility for planning and coordinating tailings disposal and for ensuring the stability of the tailings dyke. The inclusion of both the planning and geotechnical fu
Jan 1, 1990
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Sustainable Development and Tailings
By H Jones
The paper outlines the adoption and evolution of ‘sustainable development’ as a concept in tailings management practices in the mining industry over the last 30 years. Over 500 lives have been lost in
Nov 22, 2011
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Alternative Tailings Disposal Methods
By Marco Túlio Santiago Ferreira, Nilton Carlos Torquato, Washington Pirete da Silva
In 2005, with the significant reduction of iron content in the “Quadrilátero Ferrífero” reserves, Vale began the study of alternatives for the tailings disposal in other structures, that are not taili
Oct 3, 2019
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ERG Tailings Retreatment Project
"INTRODUCTIONGold tailings retreatment plants have been operated for many years throughout the world. Several large tailings retreatment facilities have been operated profitably in South Africa since
Jan 1, 1989
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Symposium on Tailings Revegetation
By E. Watkins, J. C. LeRoy, A. Vivyurka
"TAILINGS REVEGETATIONWelcome to the Revegetation Session. My instructions are to introduce the Speakers and to provide a general introduction.I do the latter with humility not only because of a lack
Jan 1, 1975
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Morenci Tailings Leaching Plant
By Carlos Kovacs-Figueroa
Complying with air pollution regulations created the need to dispose of increased sulfuric acid production by the Morenci smelter. As a result, a two-module leaching plant was constructed to leach Mor
Jan 1, 1977
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Milling Kentucky Fluorspar Tailings
By Robert R. Walden, LaMont West
KENTUCKY'S first acid-grade fluorspar flotation mill, shown in Fig. 1, was placed in operation Aug. 1, 1952, by the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. at Mexico, Ky. During 1951 a critical short
Jan 5, 1954
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Reinforced Cemented Tailings Fill
By L. Dison
There are many potential uses in gold mining for an initially stiff element of backfill that will yield at a predetermined load and maintain that load to beyond a compression of 30%. Such elements cou
Jan 1, 1988
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In-Pit Tailings – World’s Best Practice for Long-Term Management of Tailings
By G M. Mudd
Mine tailings represent one of the two largest sources of mine waste from the minerals industries (the other being waste rock). Given the problems of declining ore grades and growing production, taili
Aug 8, 2011