The British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation originated in the early 1970's, in response to a demonstrated need in BC for greater government-industry communications in the area of environmental protection and reclamation associated with mining. All BC Reclamation Symposia papers from 1977 to current are available for free at the University of British Columbia library. The UBC library collections have been revised making it much easier to search key subject areas such as native species, revegetation techniques, tailings, mining best practices, environmental monitoring etc., the author, paper title, and/or year presented (all the way back to 1977).
While not specific to tailings, this webinar includes valuable knowledge for tailings engineers. Geosynthetics have made a major impact regarding erosion control and revegetation of soil slopes. Whether temporary or permanent time frames, these easy-to-use rolled products come in many types and varieties. This webinar properly characterizes the materials and then provides designs for their use on both soil slopes and in channel/ditches. This webinar also presents laboratory bench-scale and full-scale field test methods. It also explains those methods. This webinar discusses a new generic turf reinforcement mat (TRM) specification, along with the required test methods which are necessary for use by designers and specifiers. The webinar concludes with a summary and recommendation section.