ICARD-IMWA 2015 is organized to provide an international forum where mining professionals, operators, researchers and suppliers can meet to exchange, interact, analyze and discuss experiences and recent innovations in the area of sound and responsible mine water and effluent management. These proceedings contain 220 abstracts of papers and posters written by authors from 24 countries. The main topics addressed by the abstracts included in these proceedings are: Geomicrobiology, biogeochemical cycles and biomining; Applied mineralogy and geoenvironmental units; Prediction of drainage flow; Prediction of drainage chemistry; Mine water and drainage collection and treatment; Cover design and performance; Scaling from laboratory to field studies; Reliable mine waste management; Reliable mine water operation; Mine dewatering; Mine water management for closure; Mine water geochemistry and Pit lakes.
In the present study, laboratory experiments were performed to investigate the geotechnical properties of four different tailings, including two iron tailings (coarse and fine) and two copper tailings (coarse and fine).
These guidelines describe the process that must be undertaken when a proponent is considering using a natural water body frequented by fish as a Tailings Impoundment Area (TIA) such that a regulatory amendment to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (MMER) would be required. In the context of these guidelines, the term, TIA refers to a natural water body frequented by fish into which deleterious substances (such as tailings, waste rock, low-grade ore, overburden, and any effluent that contains any concentration of the deleterious substances specified in the MMER, and of any pH) are disposed. The requirements for the conduct of alternatives assessments that are presented in Part 2 provide useful guidance for the assessment of all mine waste disposal areas including those developed on land. The overall objective of the alternatives assessment process is to minimize the environmental footprint of the disposal area.
Repository of sources (projects) under the Mineral Resources Program. Objective: Understanding potential and existing environmental impacts of mineral resources and their extraction promotes sustainable development of needed mineral materials and responsible stewardship of our natural resources. Topics include baseline data, bioavailability, deposit models, geochemistry, metal mobility, metals in waste, mine waste, mineral resource formation.
The Tailings and Mine Waste Conference is a conference hosted through the Colorado State University in conjunction with the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta on alternating years.. This conference provides a forum for presenting the state-of-art and state-of-practice with respect to mill tailings and mine waste, as well as to discuss current and future issues facing the mining and environmental communities. The conference includes keynote lectures and technical sessions by practitioners and recognized experts in mine waste, with the technical papers presented in the annual proceedings. Proceedings are available electronically for 2009, and 2012-2021.
To meet the growing need for multi-disciplinary training and education, three major universities in the US that are at the core of training and research in mining engineering and mine waste management have combined forces to form the Tailings Center. The Tailings Center will leverage faculty from the three universities and work with industry leaders to develop timely and appropriate training opportunities for practicing professionals and graduate/undergraduate students that have an interest in tailings management.
TAILLIQ is a university-industry research project whose purpose is to help better understand and reduce the risk of mine tailings loss of containment from static liquefaction. The research is being carried out at four Australian universities, with funding providing by the Australian Research Council (ARC) and six international mining companies. The website has been developed to provide project updates and links to publications produced from the research.