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  • AUSIMM
    Evolution and technical considerations to manage tailings at the RPP- 140 mining title (Antioquia - Colombia)

    By García B., Wolff E.

    In Colombia, northeast of Antioquia, there is a gold deposit that has produced continuously since the middle of the XIX century, located within mining title RPP-140, property of Gran Colombia Gold Seg

    Jun 17, 2024

  • SME
    A review of nickel, copper and cobalt recovery by chelating ion exchange resins from mining processes and mining tailings

    By BARBOSA AMILTON, Denise C. R. Espinosa, David B. Dreisinger

    Chelating resins can be used to recover important metals from different sources, and it is important to understand which resin is most suitable for each metal [1]. This review  benefits the mining ind

  • AUSIMM
    Seismic Design of Upstream-raised Tailings Storage Facilities in a Semi-arid, Low-seismicity Setting

    By D A. Williams, P J. Chapman

    Constructing upstream raises with tailings is an accepted and cost-effective practice in Western Australia, where the climatic conditions are favourable, desiccation (and hence overconsolidation) occu

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Determination of cyanide and potentially toxic elements in gold tailings at Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa

    By K E. Mudzanani, T A. M Msagati, D T. Maiga, T T. Phadi, M R. Letsoal, B M. Chabalala, S W. Limani

    This paper addresses critical environmental, health, regulatory and scientific concerns related to gold mining activities in the specific area of Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. The paper thus ca

    Apr 16, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Development of a Cover System Design for Potentially Acid-Forming Tailings at Peak Gold Mines

    By M, C Silveira, C Ellice, D Christensen

    Peak Gold Mines (PGM), a member of the Rio Tinto Group, is an underground and open cut gold mining operation located near Cobar, NSW. A multi-phase study was initiated in 2001 in support of developing

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Multi-objective mathematical programming framework for integrated oil sands mine planning and tailings disposal optimization

    By Hooman Askari-Nasab, AHLAM MAREMI, EUGENE BEN-AWUAH

    In oil sands mining, tailings are voluminous unwanted byproducts generated from extracting the desired mineral from the mined ore. Dyke construction and backfilling activities require well-managed tec

  • IMPC
    Effect of Salt Water on the Dynamics of Flocculation of Copper Sulphide Tailings Containing Kaolinite

    By P. Fawell, C. Castillo, C. Ihle

    "The need to reduce fresh water consumption has pushed many Chilean mining companies to utilize seawater obtained from distant locations. At the same time, increasing amounts of fine particles in copp

    Jan 1, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Minimising cost of rheology control additives for iron ore slurries/tailings for enhancing processing performance

    By Y K. Leong

    Occasionally additives are used in the wet processing of iron ore tailings and slurries, for examples, in the thickening of tailings with flocculant to recover process water, and in the smooth pumping

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Depositional Behaviour of Coal Tailings, Co-Disposed Coal Washery Wastes, and Loose-Dumped Coarse Reject

    Coal washery wastes comprise tailings, finer than 0.5 to 0.1 mm depending on the sophistication of the washery, and coarse reject, typically finer than 50 mm. Subaerial disposal of coal tailings slurr

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Improving Extraction Efficiency from Witwatersrand Gold Tailings using Flotation and Ultra-Fine Grinding of Concentrates

    By D Capstick, M B. Ebell

    This paper describes the test work, process design, commissioning and operation of a processing system at the Ergo gold operation that improves the extraction efficiency from gold tailings material. T

    Sep 26, 2013

  • CIM
    The Identification of Poorly Crystalline Scorodite in Uranium Mill Tailings at the McClean Lake Operation

    The uranium ore processed by the McClean Lake Operation is co-mineralized with niccolite, rammelsbergite and gersdorffite (nickel arsenides). During the strong acid leach process, the majority of the

    Aug 1, 2010

  • SME
    OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVANTAGES OF 3D GEOLOGIC MODELLING FOR TAILINGS STORAGE FACILITIES - SME Annual Conference 2023

    By H. D. Lelono, M. Walden, G. Johnson

    3D modelling can be used throughout the mine lifecycle and has proven to be a powerful tool for consultants and mining companies. One of the most significant benefits of 3D models is their ability to

    Feb 1, 2023

  • SME
    The Significance Of Natural Ground-Water Recharge In Site Selection For Mill Tailings Disposal ? Introduction

    By D. B. Stephens

    Milling operations throughout the world have created vast amounts of waste by-products, or tailings, which are often disposed on the land surface. The wastes may be disposed behind dams, on untreated

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    Studies on Recovery of Iron From the Tailings of Arcelormittal Concentrator Plant, Serra Azul, Brazil

    By U. B. Kodukula

    The iron ore beneficiation plant at Serra-Azul Mines of ArcelorMittal, Brazil operates at a rated capacity of 3.2 million tons per year. The ore is concentrated using magnetic separation, jigging, hy

    Feb 23, 2014

  • SME
    Can Fly Ash Pond Closure Expertise be Applied to Mine Tailings? - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By Paul C. Schmall

    In recent years, several geotechnical methods have been successfully applied to ash pond closure. These include modified dewatering techniques with wellpoints and wells to physically drain the materia

    Feb 1, 2024

  • SAIMM
    Rainfall-induced groundwater ridging and the Lisse effect on tailings storage facilities: A literature review

    By S. A. Lorentz, Y. Xu, C. Theron

    The failure of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) results in the discharge of significant quantities of hazardous waste material into the natural environment. Research studies relating to slope instab

    Feb 2, 2022

  • IMPC
    The investigation of copper recovery process from mine tailing by flotation and high pressure leaching

    By Ljubisa Obradovic, Baisui Han, Batnasan Altansukh, Zoran Stevanovic, Atsushi Shibayama, Jonovic Radojka, Daizo Ishiyama, Kazutoshi Hag, Radmila Markovic, Ljiljana Avramovic

    This paper discussed a combined froth flotation and high pressure leaching (HPL) process to recover copper from mine tailings. At first, froth flotation were carried out using the mine tailings sample

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Direct Fuming Of Zinc From Sulfide Ores And Concentrates

    By K. A. Foo

    Minproc Resources Inc. is developing a tailings retreatment project in Bolivia at the Colquiri zinc-tin-silver mine, in the Bolivian Andes. Mining at Colquiri has been continuous since 1940 and COMI

    Jan 1, 1992

  • CIM
    Numerical Information System Supporting Safe Management Of Copper Post-Flotation Tailings Pond "Elazny Most", Poland

    By W. Swidzinski

    "Zelazny Most" post-flotation copper mine tailings pond is the only place to of storeing wastes for KGHM POLSKA MI EDZ S.A. The flotation tailings is are the main waste stream in copper mining in Pola

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Integrated Mining and Processing Systems Design for Eco-Efficiency

    By H. C. L. Reemeyer

    "The mining industry faces increasing economic, environmental and social challenges, as easier deposits deplete and ores become more difficult to mine and process; head grades decline; projects migrat

    Jan 1, 2017